I have two favorite flavors of ice cream: coconut and peppermint stick. Fortunately these are rather hard to find flavors thus ensuring my girlish figure. There’s an ice cream parlor down the shore called Hoffman’s and they serve the most delicious coconut ice cream ever! LOVE IT! Sadly I can’t seem to find peppermint stick ice cream anywhere. The first and last place I had it was in Florida at probably one of the last Howard Johnson’s that still had an ice cream parlor. Today at Acme I found Peppermint Ice Cream by Edy’s. It’s not peppermint stick but rather just peppermint but that’s okay. I immediately snatched up a carton and I could barely wait until I got home to eat it. It’s good but it’s not as good as Ho-Jo’s. I’ve been seeing ads for Chick-Fil-A’s Peppermint Chocolate Chip Hand Spun Milkshake. I’m gonna have to try that soon. In fact I better hurry because according to their Web site, the shake is only available for 44 more days. Edy’s Peppermint Ice Cream is also limited time only. I guess it’s a holiday-thang.

I’ve decided to keep my thermostat at a lower temp than usual. Last winter it was set to a nice and warm 72 degrees. What I’ve been doing so far this colder season is dropping it down to 60 when I am at work and when I get home, I raise it to about 65 degrees. It feels cold in the house, I’m not going to lie. I don’t know how long I will be able to keep it at this temperature.

What temperature do you keep your place in the fall/winter?

This Web site is recommending 68 degrees when you are home and 55 degrees when you are sleeping. That 55 degrees seems really cold to me.

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I get drunk most every night!!!!

My mom’s proud of that one!

Damn Big Jim Sykes! DAMN HIM!!!!!! Coming home from the train station today, I couldn’t get myself to break away from the Elvis channel! Big Jim just had to play one great Elvis song after another! I can just see myself forgetting that there are a ton of other great channels out there on XM and only listening to Elvis.

Lisa and I met Big Jim Sykes when we were at ElvisWeek back in August. I’m gonna tell you a secret. Big Jim is not big. In fact, I’d say he’s wee. Want proof? Check out this picture of the three of us and note how Lisa and I are crouching to make him appear big. That’s the kind of girls we are… kind.

I gotta say Big Jim was a great sport. You see this photo was taken right after I insisted that he only played the same 5 Elvis songs over and over again and he should meet a real Elvis DJ like Rockin’ Ron Cade from WOGL. Please note I hadn’t spent any considerable time listening to him and I guess I was just feeling belligerent that day since I now really enjoy his show.

This morning everything was changed! At least on my XM dial. Actually, very little has seemingly changed– there have been some great additions though. The XM and Sirius merger is complete and the two are almost now one. The channels have merged and I am left wondering which of my favorite DJs are looking for work? Terry “Motormouth” Young is still listed on the XM Web site so I must assume he’s still around. Bruce Berenson and his weekly Rockabilly Roadtrip is missing from the Web site and I am worried he may be gone from the XM airwaves. High Standards has become Siriusly Sinatra. Some good news is that I now get the one and only 24/7 Elvis only channel that was once only for Sirius subscribers. I also get Underground Garage that is produced by “Little Steven” Van Zandt who is apparently a member of Bruce Springstein’s backing band.

Here’s my new presets:
50s on 5
60s on 6
70s on 7
80s on 8
Elvis – 18
Underground Garage – 59
Siriusly Sinatra – 73
1st Wave – 44 (70’s and 80’s Alternative)
Hair Nation – 41 (’80s Hair Bands)
RoadHouse – 10 (60s’ & ’70s Country)
BB King’s Bluesville – 74
The Verge – 87 (Emerging Artists)
The Joint – 86 (Reggae)
Radio Margaritaville – 55
Real Jazz – 70
Classic Vinyl – 46
Faction – 52 (Action Sports/Punk/Ska)
Classic Rewind – 49 (’70s & ’80s Classic Rock)
Cosmo Radio – 162 (Girl Talk)
Oprah & Friends – 156 (Bullshit)

I brought my Watergate salad to Erin’s Halloween Party. To make it more festive, I decorated it with marshmallow eyeballs (my mom made them).

I am trying to tap my psychic powers and predict the outcome of the presidential election. Although it seems as if Obama is the man, I think McCain is gonna take it. I am not happy either way. I really don’t welcome the idea of either bozo winning. And really, this year has been one loss after the other for me. Ron Paul, Rosemont College, uhhh, there was something else wasn’t there? It seemed like more than that. Oh well, they were big losses for me. So whoever wins, whatever. I’ll figure out a way to survive. I’ll keep going. And everything else will too.