I scream. You scream.

It’s I-Day for A-Z bloggers. And the letter “I” cannot rightly stand for anything but ice cream. 

I insist.

I scream.

You scream.

We all scream for ice cream.

Everyone knows those lines, but most folks don’t know they started with a popular song in the 1920s by Johnson, Moll, and King.

Take a listen to “I Scream. You Scream. We All Scream for Ice Cream.”

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Here are the lyrics to “I Scream. You Scream. We All Scream for Ice Cream,” in case you missed them.

Oh! I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

In the land of ice and snows
Up among the Eskimos,
There's a college known as Ogiwawa!
You should hear those college boys,
Gee, they make an awful noise
When they sing an Eskimo tra-la-la!

They've got a leader, big cheerleader,
Oh, what a guy!
He's got a frozen face just like an Eskimo Pie!
When he says, "Come on, let's go!"
Though it's 45 below,
This is what the Eskimos all holler:

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Tuesdays, Mondays, we all scream for sundaes,
Sis-boom-bah!
Boola-boola, sarsaparoolla,
If you got chocolate, we'll take vanoola!
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
Rah! Rah! Rah!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
Rah! Rah! Rah!

Frosts and malts that are peppered and salted,
Sis-boom-bah!
Oh, spumoni, oh, cartoni,
And confidentially, we'll take baloney,
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
Rah! Rah! Rah! 

Craving ice cream yet?

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Isn’t EVERYONE a foodie on Thanksgiving?

Today is Thanksgiving. 

We gratefully assemble with loved ones around dining tables to break bread and recount our many blessings. We reminisce about Thanksgivings in the past and fondly remember those who are no longer with us. We dig heartily into delicious foods, such as roasted turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie.

And the holiday season officially begins.

Tomorrow, we'll put up our Christmas trees. We'll start addressing holiday greeting cards. And many will race out to Black Friday sales. In a few days, we'll crank up our computers for Cyber Monday deals.

But for this moment, let's enjoy Thanksgiving.

OK, this isn't creepy ... AT ALL ... !

What’s your Thanksgiving personality? Maybe each of us has one.

I found a blog quiz on this topic. Possible results included:

• Foodie
• Rebel
• Shopper
• Social
• Thankful

That list sort of intrigued me. Just for fun, I took the little test.

Here are my findings from this Thanksgiving blog quiz:

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          Your Thanksgiving Personality is Foodie

       

     

   

   

     

       

        You love Thanksgiving, as long as it's done right. And that means no funky green jello salads.

Thanksgiving is all about the food for you, and you like it to be top notch. There's a good chance you do all the cooking... that is unless you dine out.

Your ideal Thanksgiving would include your favorite dishes, as well as a few funky new experimental favorites.

And it would also include friends and family who can appreciate good food as much as you do. No instant mashed potatoes lovers welcome!

       

     

   

 

 

    What's Your Thanksgiving Personality?

 

 

 

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Try it yourself. See what turns up.

Happy Thanksgiving.

And remember, you are what you eat, even on Turkey Day.

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Don't Sing in the Shower on June 30th

Don't Sing in the Shower on June 30^th

La-la-la-la … oh, no!

June 30^th is Don’t Sing in the Shower Day.  Wanna know why?

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho thriller premiered on June 30, 1960. Remember the scary shower scene, when Anthony Perkins’ crazed character literally liquidated Janet Leigh’s character in the shower?

Here’s the film footage, one of the most famous scary scenes or violent vignettes in motion picture history:

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Conserve water on June 30^th. Take a quicker shower than usual, and save your singing voice! You never know who might be listening, anyway.

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Film reel photo – public domain

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F is for . . . Fashion

Posted for these prompts:
ABC Wednesday (“’F’ is for . . .”)
Meme Express (“Confucius Says”)

‘F’ is for . . . Fashion

"Life is really simple,
but we insist on making it complicated."
Confucius
Ancient Chinese Philosopher
(551 BC – 479 BC)

What’s so complicated about fashion? Not much, unless you happen to have teenagers in the house.

Not long ago, one of my daughters stayed home from school for a sick day. Around mid-morning, she suggested we weed through my own closet. In a weak moment, I agreed.

Together, we began sorting through jackets and jeans, shirts and skirts, blazers and belts and more.

“Mom, you really need to donate some of these dresses to the church drama department,” my teen daughter exclaimed. “They look like they belonged in biblical times.”

Yikes!

Perhaps this is an appropriate moment for confessing that I have actually worn those fancy frocks to company Christmas parties, holiday brunches and even weddings.

What’s the worst fashion faux-pas you have ever experienced? Are you willing to share your story in a comment here . . . or post your own blog, and leave a link here in a comment?

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