Another Episode Of Adam-12

Pete Malloy and Jim Reed were on break. They were taking their gals to a ghost town. Reed's wife was going to have a baby. Malloy's girlfriend was a nurse, but didn't work with babies. When they got there, they parked Reed's car and went to the old saloon. Then, they heard a sound like thunder. It was all of these guys on motorcycles. They were called the "Satan's Sinners".

The gang saw Reed's car and dug through it. They found handcuffs and a picnic basket. Malloy and Reed were watching, as the Satan's Sinners threw beer at Reed's car. Then, the gang looked through all of the buildings for them. They called them "fuzz". Reed and Malloy caught the leader and two other guys. Reed's wife asked him, "Didn't you own one of these (motorcycles) before?" "Yes" he said. She said "Honey, run down to the hospital now and hurry. I'm going to have a baby!" So, he did (on one of the motorcycles) and she did not have one (a baby), but will soon.

If you go to a ghost town and there is a motorcycle gang, just be quiet and let them have all of your fried chicken.

Just Plain Stupid, #2

I have three stupid things to tell you about. One time, my dad was super gluing something and he super glued his thumb to the glue tube. I was afraid that my dad would have a super glue tube on his finger forever. He tried for hours to get it off. He looked very stupid holding his thumb in the air like that for hours.

Yesterday, we went to a store and these ladies (who worked there) were spray painting all the leftover Easter stuffed animals. It smelled very bad. I love stuffed animals and it hurt me. I think they did it to disguise them to sell them for another holiday.

Today, I saw on the news that a lady had stolen 17 ladders and 1 leaf blower. How stupid?! Here is the story - http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6762132 . I think she wants to stack up all the ladders against a tall bank building and get on the roof and climbs through the hole in the top of the building. Then, she tricks people into thinking the leaf blower is a gun. She probably didn't do that. But, if you go to a yard sale and there are 17 ladders and a leaf blower for sale, call the police because you have found her - the stupid ladder stealer.

Hornbook

Do you know what a hornbook is? Well, I think they're cool. Here is what I found out about them. They were used in the colonial days at school. It was like those things that people take pizza out of the oven with - a flat board with a handle. It has a page with letters on it and it was not a real book. There was a piece of wood with a page on both sides and protected by a sheet of horn. It was the only school "book" back then used by the younger kids. The page had the alphabet on one side and the other side had some prayers. It didn't have pages to turn. When the children learned to read and write what was on the hornboard, they could leave school. It did not matter (madder) if they could not spell. One time a teacher wrote in a newspaper that he taught "writeing and spilling".

The board had a hole in the top of the handle to you could tie it to your waist and carry it around. I guess this was the first laptop for school.

Frog And Toad

I like the books of "Frog and Toad" by Arnold Lobel. Years ago, when I was tiny, some of these books helped me learn to read. I think Toad is funny. He likes to sleep a lot and is always laughed at because he does stupid things. Frog is always looking for adventure! One time Toad made a day's list and it blew away. He chased it. Here is what the list said:

Wake up.

Eat breakfast.

Get dressed.

Go to Frog's house.

Take walk with Frog.

Eat lunch.

Take nap.

Play games with Frog.

Eat supper.

Go to sleep.

He crossed out "wake up", "eat breakfast", "get dressed", "go to Frog's house" and "take walk with Frog". When he went to cross out the last phrase, the paper blew away and they could not catch it. He had a hard time remembering what it (the list) said. Then he remembered the last one on the list - "go to sleep".

Here is another story. One time, Toad made a big batch of cookies and took them to Frog. Frog loved the cookies and so did Toad. They ate so many cookies that they couldn't stop. Frog said they need more will power. So, they ate about ten more and gave the rest to the birds.

Frog and Toad are very funny. They get into a lot of silly adventures. They are the amphibian version of Spongebob and Patrick. If you are teaching a little kid to read, use the "Frog and Toad" books. That's what helped me learn.

80s Video Reviews, #3

I thought it was time to look at some more videos. I hope you enjoy them!

"Material Girl" - Madonna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6_yqWqjh24
This video is crazy. Madonna says that some boys haunt her and some boys love her. But some crazy guy that she likes comes to find her and buys some flowers and a truck, that was in good shape, from a raggedy farmer just for her. It was to pick her up for a date, and it might have just been rented - I don't know. The boys in this video were cute and she had a humongous bow on her back. The video is like a dating show. She picked the crazy guy with a little fuzz on his head and he wasn't even in the dance.

"Take On Me" - a-Ha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW86DTpWWpM
This is a stupid video. A girl is reading the comics in the paper at the diner and she sees a boy she likes in the comics. A hand comes out of the paper! She takes the hand and it pulls her in! Then, she is in the comic with the cute boy. The waitress throws the paper away and then the girl comes out of the paper. She is in the trash can and everyone is looking at her! The girl runs back home with the paper. She looks at it and there is the boy in real life in her house. He was banging his head into the wall. This never happened to me, when I read "Peanuts".

"Sunglasses At Night" - Corey Hart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXw4qqQqTrY
This video is very stupid! It's about a guy who wears his sunglasses at night and then walks around singing like an idiot (ediut). Some cops come and take him to jail. The lady in there watching over him was wearing sunglasses, too. While he was singing, she heard him and let him out. I have no idea how that touched her heart to let him out. I don't think that you can get arrested for wearing sunglasses at night. It is stupid, but it is not against the law!

Barack Obama's Stimulus Package

I do not know what Barack Obama's stimulus package is, but I'm going to take a chance and guess what it is. I have been hearing a lot about it on the news and everywhere. I think it could be any of these. It is maybe:

1. A package that he is about to get in the mail.

2. A lot of money.

3. A new pet named "Stimulus Package."

4. A vacation set up by a travel agent.

5. His birthday present.

6. Taxes.

7. A free dinner.

8. Some ice cream.

9. An invitation to a party.

10. Some valuable gifts.

If I was to get the stimulus package, I would want it to be either number 2 or 3. If you received a stimulus package, tell me what is in it, please.

Earth Day Haiku

Happy Earth Day! Yesterday, I learned about haikus in school. I learned that the first line has five syllables, second has seven and the third has five. They don't rhyme. The Japanese made them, so I made one for Earth Day.

Don't be wasteful, please.

No polluting for this Spring.

Keep our nice earth green.

Happy Earth Day to you!

Wilber

Wilber is a cat. I watched his show on Youtube called "Wilber the Cat". It can get a little gross sometimes, but mostly it's funny. He has a girlfriend, who is missing. Her name is Daffodil. Her favorite toy is "Catnip Squirrel". He likes to play with it to remind him of her. He left it at the vet and got it back again. He loves Catnip Squirrel.

I like Wilber the Cat. He is so funny. He is a fat cat, who has a lot of stuff going on. Make sure you watch all the videos. It (the last one) has a suspenseful ending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6xxvPbnLQ8&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qunNXfFLJ3U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABWQBonnW24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6X4PpFygz0&feature=channel

(There are more episodes here and there. However, these stick more to the story and are the better ones.)

Ants

Today, I made an ant farm. I got five ants and they were very hard to catch. I named them Limpy, Anty, Spot, Flick and Fred. We caught them in our front yard. We got some plastic Easter eggs and caught them in that. Then, we got a straw and put it in the hole of the ant farm where the ants are supposed to go in and dropped the ants in. They will live in this gel that is what they dig in and eat on. We would take a picture to put on the blog, but the ants have not made any tunnels yet.

Ant facts: An ant can lift twenty times their body weight! An ant has two stomachs - one for it's food and one for stored food to share with other bugs who come to visit.

Ant joke: How many ants can live in an apartment? Ten-ants.

Bedknobs And Broomsticks

Yesterday, I watched the movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks". It is a very good movie about a lady who goes to a class to learn how to be a witch. She got a flying broom. She is not very good at it and falls and breaks the broom. When she picks up the package, which is the broom, she is invited to go into the museum, which is closed to hold the children whose parents were killed in the war. There were only three children left and they were family, a girl and two boys. They were given to her.

Then, she got a letter saying she could not have the last witch lesson, because the program had gone out of business. So, she put a traveling spell on the youngest kid's - Paul's - bedknob from the bed. She told Paul only he could put it on to make it work. Then, he listened to Miss Price (the witch) about where to find the magic guy. He said it, then tapped it three times and turned a little to the left. Then off they went to find him. The bed went to him and she got the magician guy and told him. They went in the bed to his house.

They talked and then in a little while, the war started and the magician had left. He had fallen in love. Then the war's soldier got her and took her house and put her in the museum, where the kids first were. The war people scared the magician, Mr. Brown. He rushed home. He got in and turned himself into a rabbit, got in the museum and turned back into Mr. Brown. He told Miss Price to do a spell and she made all the drums, trumpets and armor come to life and made an army that fought with the soldiers from the other country. The soldiers blew up her rec room, where her magic spells were. Finally, Mr. Brown and Miss Price got married. Mr. Brown went into the army and they adopted the kids.

My book of spells is about learning how to spell words.

Kid Trivia

Did you ever break a fast? Yes, you have every morning. Fast doesn't just mean very quick. When you go to sleep you start a fast. Fast means to not eat for a while. When you get up and eat breakfast - that breaks your fast. That's why you call it "breakfast". If you don't eat for days, you both starve and have a long fast. And fast does not mean eating fast, either.

Did you know at noontime, you eat a lump? Lunch used to mean a lump of bread. Nuncheon used to mean a drink at noon. Lump and nuncheon got put together to make luncheon.

Supper came from the word sup. Sup meant to sip your soup.

Eat came from "I'm so hungry. Give me food!"

(reference: Childcraft Dictionary, 1989)

Statue Of Liberty

Earlier in the school year, I learned about the Statue of Liberty. It was a present to the United States of America from France in 1876. She holds a torch and a book. It is in the New York harbor. It is the tallest metal statue. It was a symbol of America in World War I and World War II. An elevator runs to the pedestal and steps go to the crown. Kids saved pennies to buy the base. If you go there you will see how tall it is. When you sail in a boat, you can see it from far away.

I think we should give France a statue of a French artist with a stick mustache and wearing a huge beret (bura), holding a paintbrush and a big loaf of French bread. And they can call it the "Statue of Thanks from America".

In our town, there are these people who dress up like the Statue of Liberty and jump up and down on the side of the road. They are trying to make us go to their tax place.

Math Trick

Here is a trick. This is how you do it. Let's pretend you are doing it with me. You write a number between 100 and 999. It has to be a three-digit (didict) number with none of the numbers the same - like you picked 853. Now reverse the number - so it would be for this number, 358. Subtract those numbers. Take the answer you got and write the reverse of it underneath. Add these numbers together. What is your answer? {Now don't read the rest of my blog until you figure it out.} Then I bet your answer is 1,089! Is that your answer? If it isn't, it's wrong. Everytime you do this right, it comes out to be 1,089. This is a good trick, but it can't change your life.

The Treadmill Band

I watched this video. Their music is cool and their video is amazing. You know, you have to be careful on treadmills. When they (the guys in the band) lie down, their hair may get caught. I guess that's why that one guy was bald! I bet they're fit from all that treadmill walking and dancing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI

Hooty And Al, The Hooting Owls

There once (wonst) was a band called The Hooting Owls, played by Hooty and Al Owl. Their music is very screechy, but they think it's good. Their mother hates when they practice in the house. The neighbors hate it when they practice outside. They have never won any "Best Music In Show" award before, but they have won "Worst Music In Show" award. Today, The Hooting Owls are going to play and win an award - it's "Worst Music In Show" again. Here are some of their songs: "Theme", "Come On Do The Hoot", "Here Comes The Hooties", "There An Owl, Where An Owl, Everywhere An Owl", "Who Left The Eggs Out" and "Owls, Owls, Owls, Cool". You will never find them on CDs, because they are too terrible. But trust me you won't want too anyway.

Easter For Real

Today is Easter and today, I'm going to tell you it's real meaning. It's not about Easter eggs or the Easter bunny.

Back in the New Testament of the Bible, Jesus was born. He taught and did miracles. Then Jesus' disciple, Judas, told these guys who didn't like Jesus where He was. They were going to get Him crucified (crosafided)! Crucified means to be whipped and beaten and forced to work. Then, you have to carry a big, wooden cross to a hill and be hung up by nails and die. Well, Jesus was hung up there on Good Friday. Before that, He got whipped 39 times and had a crown of thorns on His head and He carried the cross to the hill. He was hung up by nails on His hands and feet. People who liked Him, put a towel covered in wine on a stick and gave it to Him. But these mean men wanted Jesus to suffer, so they got a spear and drove it into His side. Ouch, I bet that hurt! They said to Him, "If you're the Son of God, why don't you save yourself?" Then He died. He was placed in a tomb with a rock guarding the door. After three days, on Easter, His mother Mary and a friend came to put flowers at His grave. Ohh!! The tomb was empty! The Lord had risen! He came back to His disciples. They were stunned. Then after 40 days, He went to Heaven. So, there's the story, folks!

If you're either lost or if you're lonely or bad with sin, just turn to Jesus. He is always there to help you out. (She believes that based on the picture she picked, that it was probably about to rain as Jesus went to Heaven.)

Easter Egg Hunt

So far, I have been to three egg hunts. I found a teddy bear at one and I named him Bunny Shortstop. I have witnessed some bad kids. One snagged an egg from me. I was mad, because you could get $15 if you found a penny in an egg. Right now, as I write this blog, I am about to make Easter eggs.

What you do at an Easter egg hunt is - 1) Look for a golden egg. 2) When you hear a whistle, run fast to get the eggs. 3) Pick up eggs. 4) Open them.

What to do to be nice at Easter egg hunts is - 1) Be sweet to the little kids by giving them your extra eggs. 2) Don't bully people around. 3) Don't steal eggs. 4) I wish people would bring Easter baskets and not garbage bags.

What the bad kids do at Easter egg hunts is - 1) Steal eggs. 2) Cheat. 3) Push. 4) Shove. 5) Bully. 6) Start before time for the hunt to begin. 7) Make me mad.

I saw a snobby lady walking her dog on a bathroom walk in the middle of the eggs. That's one brown Easter egg I don't want to find.

I had fun today! Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail. Hippety, hoppity, Easter's on it's way!

Target

Yesterday, we went to the Target store. There we saw these crazy teenagers going to the prom. My mom told me what a prom was. Then she said that kids don't ususally spend prom night at Target. They were in nice floppy prom dresses and tuxedos (touscetos). The girls took off their high-heels and walked around in there with no shoes and took pictures in there with the dishwasher detergent aisle (diturgent isle)!

Then, we went to leave and this lady came in all nice and pretty. I looked at her feet. She had two different high-heel shoes on! One was white and one was black with a rose. What was her deal?

Also, I wanted to mention (mentuen) that I saw this Easter card with peep bunnies dressed up like the Brady Bunch. They were called the Brady Buns! Target is a weird place to go on a Thursday evening. (She wanted me to be the tradmark "R" in a circle after Target in the title. I didn't know how to do it on this keyboard.)

Gilligan's Island

Gilligan's Island is another show I like. It is a very funny show. These people get on a boat for a three-hour tour. Then a storm gets crazy and the Skipper and Gilligan and the tourists get stranded on an island. No one lives there, but them. In one episode, the island is sinking into the ocean. Gilligan is always in trouble. And in one episode, he has a friend, which is a monkey named Gladys.

On the island are seven people from the S.S. Minnow, the ship. Here they are: Skipper - the captain; Gilligan - the sailor, the nut in the hut; Ginger - a movie star, she went because she wanted a ride, she is pretty; Professor - he went to study the ocean; Mary Ann - a farm girl, she just wanted a break, she is a sweet girl; and Mr. and Mrs. Howell - millionaires, they'll do anything (Mr. Howell has a teddy bear.)

There are huts that they built out of straw. They drink coconut milk and catch fish and lobsters to eat. They sleep in hammocks. I think if they could build a signal fire, they would be rescued. I wonder what the Skipper and Professor's real names are.

It would be weird to live there. This is what I would want to have if I got stranded on an island: my teddy bear, clothes, food, a bed, my pets, a Bible and a cow for milk, so I wouldn't have to drink coconut milk. Watch this show and if you ever get stranded on an island, it will help you. Hop aboard for a three-hour tour or maybe a whole life tour!

Monkees

I like the Monkees. They're a great band. I like Micky Dolenz, the drummer. I have all the episodes. Their names are Micky, Mike, Peter and Davy. They play a lot of music. Here are the ones, I like: "Pleasant Valley Sunday", "Daily, Nightly", "Listen To The Band" and the theme.

Mickey is very funny and does a lot of crazy stuff. So, if you happen to meet him - be careful. He may trick you. The picture you see is a poster on my bedroom wall. In the episodes, Micky got chased by a lot of girls and so did Davy. My favorite episode is when they meet Frankenstein.

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If you are a kid, and you don't know who they are, then you better find out. You would like their music and the show. And it beats all the yucky shows now like Hannah Montana. My mom made me a shirt that looks like their shirts with all the buttons. I dress up and sing their songs some times.

Comics

I like comic books. On Sundays, I read the "funnies" in the newspaper. There is this website where you can find all these comic strips each day. http://news.yahoo.com/comics;_ylt=AiqSLMfqtVQRFH_dmwc8Uox7U84F My favorite ones are Peanuts, Marmaduke, Heathcliff and Garfield. This website is cool, so read, read, read. You can even look at the ones from the past. And you can print out the ones you want to keep. If your day is boring, then go to this website and have a little laugh.

Volkswagens Galore

Yesterday, I went to a Volkswagen show. It was on the other side of Winston-Salem. My parents and friends went with me. There were a lot of VWs there. One of my (older) friends was going to buy one, but he did not. There were a lot of car sales and a lot of car parts and stuff like t-shirts, stickers, steering wheels, lights and other things that I don't know what they are, for sale. A lot of cars were there, like regular VWs, VW buses, VW trucks, VW motorcycles and Dune Buggies. And there were a lot of weird things like a VW made into a grill, two Herbie the Love Bugs and a small car and a big car that looked the same. The big one was named Super Pickle and the other one was called Small Pickle (they looked like pickles.) There was a motorcyle made out of a VW. It was funny. It was hard to stay alive there because there were a lot of cars trying to hit you.

My dad has a Volkswagen. When I grow up, I want a Volkswagen myself. (The picture is my dad's car.)

Flea Market

The flea market is not a place to get fleas, but a place to shop. In October, the flea market turns into the State Fair. There are some freaks at the flea market and some friends. It opens only on weekends and Black Fridays. Here are the freaks that are there:

Once upon a time, there was a guy who cleaned people's sneakers. When you walked by with sneakers on, he would yell at you "Your sneakers look dirty. Let me clean them." We just ignored him.

Then there's the five-dollar-smurf-lady. She's a lady who sets up at the Virginia flea market, too. She buys old toys like smurfs and sells them for five dollars. Too pricey!

There is a portable restaurant that sells Mexican food. It's logo is a guy not with muscles, but tacos instead!

Also, there is a guy who sells movies. He says "Going out of business. DVDs five dollars," but he has not gone out of business. I wish he would. He's been going out of business for five years.

Another guy sets up and sings, trying to be Elvis or something. Today, he had a kid playing the drums with him.

And today, there was a guy who was selling his things with a friend, I guess. He was mad, because his friend kept sitting on the table. He told him to stop or he would smack him! He said he was going to smack him about ten times while we stood there. There are more freaks I haven't mentioned. It's not always the same freaks one week to another.

My friends sell me books, knick-knacks, drinks, hotdogs, furniture and dvds. I know you will enjoy going to the flea market, when it's not too hot or cold.

Beautiful Joe

Beautiful Joe, a dog rescued from the SPCA was once abused by a mean guy. When he was a puppy, the guy took him and cut off his ears with scissors! I think that's horrible and it just makes me want to cry. The dog might have been put in a pen to fight with other dogs. He would have been dead if the SPCA hadn't rescued him and (the police) arrested the owner for his abuse. I think that guy's punishment should be to cut off his ears. I think that it's terrible how people treat animals.

He was named Beautiful Joe from a book called "Beautiful Joe" (by Margaret Marshall Saunders, 1893), because it was about an owner who cut off his dog's ears and tail. I'm looking to find that book and I hope to meet Beautiful Joe one day. Even though he doesn't have ears, he has love in his eyes and heart. (About Beautiful Joe - http://www.spcawake.org/site/TR?team_id=2520&fr_id=1050&pg=team )

Always remember, you can donate food, money and supplies to the SPCA. The SPCA is kind and loving people that help poor or hurt and homeless animals. And don't forget, you can fill your house and heart with a pet from the SPCA.

Just Plain Stupid

My mom made me mix macaroni. No, that's just a tongue twister. Ha, ha. Here's the real thing - my mom made me look at this stupid website. It's just plain stupid. Here it is: http://www.flockofmullets.com/ . Now you have found out how stupid it is and how crazy my mom is. Don't watch it again! It will ruin your day.

Yesterday

Yesterday, I woke up and my cat was on my head. Then, I ate breakfast and let the dogs out. I got dressed and went outside to get the dogs and they jumped into the bushes. After that, I started school. My book only asked one question. Then, I ate my lunch. It was a peanut-butter sandwich with spinach and olives on it. I had a tomato milkshake, too.

Later, I played with my hula hoop. Two squirrels and five chipmunks came and watched me. A woodpecker came and knocked on our door. I answered it and it flew away. Then, I climbed out the window and landed on a turtle and a hare {I think they were racing}.

After that, I got on the back of the couch and fell behind it. I could not get out. So, I went under it. I met a daddy-long-legs and made friends with him. Then, I stood on my bed and fell down and went to sleep. End of story!

April Fool's! Got you!