Did anyone mention Dudley Moore in "10"?!?!? (besides my first GF Bo Derrik...;-)) G(D that was funny! When he's mumbling with his mouth packed full after the dentist... The "I'll alert the media" comment from the butler, when he's gonna take a bath... The "Airplane" series... Johnny saying, "WHERE did you get those shoes...and that dresss, Ohhh!" to the distraught woman. Zoolander, Dodgeball...good stuff! "Oh my god, they're Break-dance fighting!" The Money Pit... When Tom Hanks is "caught" in the ceiling?!?!? (I think I almost "went" when that scene happened!) Beverly Hills Cop I was pretty damn funny too. Faron

What a different world it was before 9/11. I was at work in downtown Minneapolis getting ready to help out with a United Way fundraiser event in our office. My co-worker in the cubical next to mine just stood up and said the World Trade Center had been hit by an airplane. As the saying goes, the commonest things happen most commonly, and I immediately thought of the World Trade building in St. Paul and the tiny downtown airport there and knew it must have been a terrible accident. Terrorism never even occurred to me. It wasn't until I went to the internet that I understood what was going on. I had a very close friend who was a flight attendant for United at the time and she called to let me know she was alright. She was in absolute shock, watching TV and telling me that a second airplane had hit the towers as we were on the phone. My husband was working in St. Paul at an office that faced southeast. He watched plane after plane head into landing formation towards the airport. The airplanes in the air were simply told to land at whatever airport was nearest and the huge Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport could take a lot of traffic. The rumors began that the Sears Tower was going to be hit next and the IDS Center in downtown Minneapolis, so our company told us all to go home. Out in the suburbs, my brother-in-law and nephew immediately went to donate blood when all of the eastern hospitals were gearing up for the thousands and thousands of wounded patients they were expecting. As we know, that didn't happen. I used to walk to and from work, and when we went back to work the next day, it was incredibly strange to hear the silence. No airplanes were allowed in the sky for several days and it was soooo quiet. The Sunday following the attack, church ended and people began leaving and the choir began singing The Battle Hymn of the Republic ("Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord....") and everyone just stopped in their tracks and began singing. It makes me tear up just to type this. A member of my book club made a strange statement that still haunts me. It was 6-9 months after 9/11 and she said some of her co-workers were STILL wearing small flag pins on their lapels every day. She couldn't understand it and thought that it was appropriate right after 9/11 but that enough time had passed and that people should now put that kind of thing away. Thank God people won't ever forget 9/11.

Those knocker/clacker things - I was really good at these, mine were purple and never broke or put out an eye. Do you remember....skip a ball? - Ours was called "Lemon Twist, it was so fun and great exercise too. - Green and Blue Chip stamps - My grandparents got these as winnings on their bowling league then they would go to a special store to cash them in. So cool Don Kirchner's Rock Concert - How about The Soouuulll Train? Your First Kiss? - Trevor Captain Kangaroo along with Mr. Green Jeans and the Banana Man - Don't forget the Dancing Bear Romper Room and the Magic Mirror - I always thought this was a Bay Area show only (I see Cindy, I see Billy...They never said Danielle) When Bubble Yum made it's debut and you were lucky to find it - Grape was my favorite!! This list is too long for me to keep that up so I'll just add my own; Grape Tang Stretch Armstrong Drive-ins this was already mentioned - Double features with a cartoon Ice rinks in the mall sin-sin - grampa always had some to hide his cigar smoke smell from my grandma Zots candy The milk man brought egg-nog during the holidays and sometimes chocolate milk. my mom swabbing me in rubbing alcohol and giving me ice baths because I had night fevers when I was really small - GASP The Jack Lelane show (sp?) he had a big white dog named Happy and so did we. so many more...

The person who could play me is dead. I remember reading an article years ago on Cybill Shepherd and how she started out as model. She didn’t get the first big modeling gig because she was beautiful or had a perfect body. She got the job because she could convince you she had it all. I think Gloria Swanson had that same “it” thing going on. Her nose and chin were just a little bit too long and her mouth just a little bit too small but she could easily convince you she was very glamorous. I have almost exactly the same bone structure as Gloria. However, as a few mentioned above about the invisible stage we women go through, right now I’m just a stranger who looks like me but older. Really though, if someone were to play me in a movie the portrayal would have to include my inline skating days. I wore all the gear including knee and elbow pads. My boys called me Xena. I also went through a brief stage where I had Joan Jett hair. Very good resemblance in this particular photo. Oh, and I’m quirky, humorous and sarcastic so someone would have to add that to the list. After thinking about it maybe Kristen Wiig could pull off “me” if she dyed her hair.