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Thursday, June 30, 2011

One Of My Favorite Places - Clark's Fish Camp

On June 15th, 2011, I went to Clark's Fish Camp for the second time. The first time was about 6 years ago, and it was just as scrumptious as I remember it. This restaurant is a real treat! It is tucked back in the woods behind a suburb and sits on the St. John's River in Jacksonville; Mandarin, Florida to be precise.
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If you are ever in this area, it is a must see if you are a hunter, a lover of nature or someone who loves exotic food. I will not go into enormous detail, because it is one of those special, secret places you will have to experience for yourself, but I will tell you that I experienced the wonderful flavor of Ostrich, Kangaroo, Gator Tail and Frog's Legs, and this was just a tiny example of the foods they serve. Although I am not a huge fan of fried food, Clark's is the only place I know that can do it right. I have never experienced fried food that is consistently fried to perfection like they do it. It's very lightly battered, and I am quite sure they must change their oil daily, because there is no hint of that nasty oil taste when some restaurants don't change their oil often enough. If you want to visit, it is at 12903 Hoodlanding Road in Mandarin, FL 32258--904-268-3474. Check out the slideshow below:

Saturday, June 11, 2011

The Desire To Get Caught

Marty and I were talking about Congressman Anthony Weiner because of his little weiner scandal. We don't completely agree about the reason for this man's moronic behavior. I say he's just a dog like all the other cheating dogs out there (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Clinton, John Edwards, etc.). Marty says that men like Congressman Weiner have a mental disorder where they have low impulse control. He also says that humans are genetically designed to reproduce, and society has imposed moral rules that are good, but make it difficult for these people with low or no will power. I say that diagnosis is a bunch of BS. Call me judgmental, but Congressman Weiner is a perv and a liar to boot. My opinion is that it's fine for these guys to do whomever they want and as many as they want, but if they know they are dogs, why do they need to get married? Stay single --duh. When Weiner was caught, he said his computer was hacked. That lie is unimaginative and shows lack of intelligence, because if his computer was truly hacked, it could be easily revealed by law enforcement. Instead, his ridiculous lie made him look even worse.
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There was another diagnosis that Marty and I both considered, which was that he wanted to get caught. Sometimes people who become highly successful tend to sabotage their success for some strange reason, and we agreed that this is what probably happened to Weiner. He just had the desire to get caught. What else could explain this type of stupid behavior, especially since his wife is so beautiful? Regardless of his reason for cheating and lying, his lack of regard for his wife, family, friends, and the Democratic party, makes him an extremely selfish human being who only thinks about himself. Some people say he deserves a second chance, but why would anyone want him in a position of power if he cannot be trusted? This country is in turmoil right now because of selfish people in power. I think his punishment should be to work at Wal-Mart until he earns back the trust of the public and everyone he's hurt in this scandal. What do you think his consequences should be?

Friday, June 10, 2011

Winner of the Odd Contest

One of my Facebook friends, the only one to be cool enough to enter her story into my Odd Is Not Contagious Contest, won a spot on my blog as promised in the contest rules. Thanks Katrina for being a good sport and taking the time to tell your funny, odd story :-) If anyone else out there wants to share their story on this blog, become a fan of Odd Is Not Contagious at: http://www.facebook.com/oddisnotcontagious and send me an email.

Katrina is from Australia and is an avid follower of my blog. Apparently in 1981, while she was working at a cinema part time, she became very good friends with a gay guy named Tim. He asked Katrina to accompany him to the "Alternative Miss Australia Ball" where there were 7 men dressed as women, each one from one of the 7 different states in Australia. Additionally, each man wore something special about the particular state they were from. While attending the ball, one of the men struck up a conversation with Katrina, and about 10 minutes into their discussion, the man realized Katrina was not a man dressed in drag. He said to her, "Hey, you're for real." This is a picture of Katrina wearing the dress that Tim loaned her to wear to the ball:
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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Late Comers and Crying Babies

Is it too much to ask that people show a little consideration for others when attending a special event like a play or recital? For those people who are chronically late, please do everyone a favor, and show up at least 15 minutes early. If you have to bring your baby, and they start crying during the event, tend to them in the lobby.
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I find it so odd that people these days think nothing of showing up 20 minutes late to an event like this and disturb everyone else who left early enough to get there on time. Yesterday at my nephew's dance recital at Royal Palm Beach High School, at least 10 people on our side of the auditorium and several others all over the facility showed up well after the show started. These late comers interrupted all of us, trying to find their seats in the dark, chatting with the usher, stepping on everyone's feet trying to get to their seats in the middle of the row. Why couldn't these people just be on time? I'll tell you why. They are an inconsiderate bunch. At the risk of sounding self righteous, my entire family of 8 people coming from different parts of the area, three coming all the way from Jupiter, showed up a half hour early, just so we would not ruin the show for everyone else by tromping through the rows during the show. There are always the rare exceptions that something out of the ordinary happens, flat tire, dog/kid throws up moments before leaving, car won't start, etc. However, there were far too many late comers, and I am quite sure they all did not have conditions that were out of their control. If this blog pertains to anyone who is chronically late to everything, please think of someone other than yourself for a change, and plan accordingly so you can be a little early.
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The second bit of rudeness that we had to be a part of, was a lady in the row behind us who had her baby and two toddlers with her. When her baby started crying loudly she decided to sit there instead of getting up to calm her baby down outside. She just sat there with the baby screaming and her two young toddlers loudly asking silly questions through the entire first half of the show. That was just rude! She was not the only one who did this either. There were at least two others in the auditorium. Mommies, when we have young babies, we just have to face the fact that we'll have to miss some special moments to take our crying babies out of an event like this. For those who this pertains to, don't just sit there. It's extremely rude and disrespectful to everyone around you. I have two kids and when they were babies, I used to leave them with a sitter. If I had to bring them to a show or event, and they cried, I was embarrassed and left immediately. Can I just point out the obvious to the oblivious out there? No one wants to hear a baby cry continuously at these things. I'm sure I will get tons of comments for both sides of these situations, but the truth is, the late comers and mothers who don't properly tend to their babies will lose the argument, hands down.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

How to Pack a Pick Up Truck

Marty and I were driving through Palm Springs today on our way to the best local pizza place ever, Palm Springs Pizza, when we saw this truck loaded with all kinds of stuff. I don't think I've ever seen junk piled so high on a pick up truck. At least the guy skillfully stacked all his earthly possessions so they wouldn't fall off and hurt someone, although his substitution of duct tape for bungee cords was probably not the wisest choice. It gave us a good chuckle and felt it was blog worthy.
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