I've Been Informed That "50" Is The New "30"...

     I guess people turning 50 have to tell themselves something-- it's almost hard to believe but today is my 50th birthday. It seems like I was 30 years old yesterday and suddenly 20 years went by in the blink of an eye. I'm pretty lucky though, reasonably healthy (koff, koff), great family and friends, a job I like, blah, blah blah.

    A friend told me once that once you get past 50 you, "Never trust a fart or waste an erection." All the parts work, they're just not getting used--with anyone else that is. I'm reminded of one other quote that goes something like,"If I'd have known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself."

Speaking of which, when I was in the drugstore the other day I made my first official "over 50" purchase...



And with some sweet moolah that Mom gave me for my birthday I bought myself some Blundstones...hey I just thought of something, no laces...



What's next, these?...



God forbid! All the best to everyone in 2009...

Transit Trip To Port Moody For Christmas Cheer...

     We finally get our "White Christmas." Let me just say it's not all it's cracked up to be--especially when you lose your second cell phone as many months, D'OH!!

   My friend Pam generously offered to drive me to the sea bus but she did say she had to go to the liquor store anyway--priorities...

      Vancouver...


     On the 160 to Port Moody, Main and Hastings...

      Port Moody, had to pee like you wouldn't believe...

    Niece Karen, Dad and brother-in-law Darren concentrating on the task at hand...

    Mom plays Santa...

     Sis Wendy and niece Kaitlin...

       Oak tree in the front yard...

     Unky Dan aka Uncle Sudsy...blissfully unaware at this point that his cell phone is no longer in his jacket pocket. The funny thing is my Mom of all people found it in a puddle a couple of days later after she got off the bus (what are the odds?). It fell out of my pocket when I pulled my camera out...

     Kaitlin, Karen and the best border collie ever, Barky...

     Kaitlin...
     Karen...
      Port Moody...


      Bus trip home...

      Ramp to sea bus...

      And then as I posted in a previous blog the power went out when I finally got home...

To All The Girls I've Loved Before...

    ...well not really but they were my childhood and adolescent crushes...

    I thought Joey Heatherington was unbelievable and she seemed to be on every talk show...

      I remember seeing Doctor Zhivago when I was a kid and was absolutely awestruck at the beauty of Julie Christie...

     Goldie Hawn...

   I don't know who this woman is but I was forever changed by this album cover when I saw it in Woolworths. I felt that same tingling in my loins when I was at the circus watching the trapeze artists... 

    Which just reminded me of Gina Lollobrigida...

      Catherine Deneuve...this shot is from the Roman Polanski directed Repulsion-- scared the crap out of me but her presence was "soothing"...

      Linda Ronstadt had an album called Simple Dreams--and then some...

     Matinees spent with Jill St. John... oh yeah and Bond, James Bond...

     Britt Ecklund...Rod Stewart must still be paying for this one... 

     Suzi Quatro before all that nonsense on Happy Days... 

     Nancy Sinatra...those boots looked like they were made for more than walkin' but what did I know? I was a kid...

        Ann Margaret--no comment necessary...

     Natalie Wood...

     Jessi Colter... you sure aren't Lisa...

     Laurie Prince and Cindy Ciarnello. I loved these two through all of elementary school and don't think I talked to either of them once--way to go Charlie Brown...

    And I have no idea who this is but in my search for photos I came across this one (no pun intended)...