Crazy Fool of the Day

Today's winner of Crazy Fool of the Day goes toooooo...

Dr. Mary Hamer! Congratulations, doc.

She's obsessed with Joran Van der Sloot. Yes, the one in a Peruvian jail for the murder of Stephany Flores and the prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.

Hamer, 55, a Florida radiologist, sends Van der Sloot care packages on the regular, contributes to his legal fund and even travels to Peru to visit him.

"I come every six months," she told Newsweek. "I will come for the rest of my life. I have even told Joran I will move here."

She calls herself Van der Sloot's civil rights advocate, spiritual guide and guardian angel.

She insists that she has no sexual interest in him.

I totally don't believe her.

Why?

She's in the process of producing a CD of songs she wrote herself in an effort to raise money to help pay his legal fees. Song titles include Rescue, Haven’t Kissed You Yet and Come Ride With Me.

You MUST watch the video below. Yes, there's some Dutch to wade through, but the segment shot in the recording studio is PRICELESS.

I feel sorry for Dr. Hamer. She's clearly batshit crazy. Poor thing! She's not hurting anyone, so I guess it would be tough for her family to convince a judge to place an involuntary psychiatric hold on her. What a sad situation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQhBI7bmqas

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Lisa Brown and filed under WTF?!? and tagged Dr- Mary Hamer Joran van der Sloot Natalee Holloway Stephany Flores.

Happy Yawnday

Oops... I mean Donday... Happy Donday. Happy 62nd birthday to the always-exciting Don Johnson. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU3fJN1ez_w&feature=fvst

 

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Lisa Brown and filed under Birthdays.

Please Help the Nob Hill Retail Community!

Buy Local & Save!

Community Bands Together to Create Nob Hill Park & Shop

Thursday, December 15th

Many businesses are open late and having 1 Day Sales.

Nob Hill Retailers need your help!

The 17th annual Nob Hill Shop and Stroll happened on December 2nd as planned, but hurricane-strength winds and brutal cold kept most shoppers at home.  It was bad for business, and it couldn’t have come at a worse time for Nob Hill. 

Your Nob Hill neighborhood is struggling.  Shop and Stroll is usually one of the biggest sales days of the year for most area retailers.  For many merchants, 2011 has been the most challenging year they’ve ever faced.

Jay Steinberg, owner of Birdland shares, “for the first time in 17 years I’m on the verge of going out of business.”

He is far from alone.  Many stores have closed over the last few years in Nob Hill. Matie Fricker, Co Owner of Self Serve Sexuality Resource Center, and lead organizer of Park and Shop explains, “We’re about to celebrate our store’s 5th anniversary, and it should be a time for celebration.  But it’s never been harder just to stay open. When I started talking to neighbors, I realized that we are not alone.”

Martha Somerville, the owner of Papers for 15 years has seen the neighborhood change. “I grew up going to mom and pop stores--I always loved the creativity and individuality I found there. It feels very different shopping in a store that is locally owned. You can feel the passion of the owner, their heart is in the business and you really feel the love in how you are treated.”  Unfortunately, Martha has been forced to move Papers into a smaller space in order to save her shop.  “The sales just aren’t coming into support the cost of doing business.” Martha fears that without a change Nob Hill could end up looking like a ghost town. 

What's happening in Nob Hill is happening all over America, and through Park & Shop, the merchants of Nob Hill hope to make it easier for folks to keep their money in their local community.  According to Wayne Story, VP of  Communications & Marketing for the Albuquerque Independent Business Association (AIBA) “Albuquerque area consumers and businesses are spending too much of their money on businesses with ownership in other states, and the money is flooding out of New Mexico. It's filling the pockets of out of state internet businesses and national companies whose profits leave the state and never return.” 

Whether or not you can shop on Thursday, December 15th, Nob Hill merchants hope that you will choose to support locally and independently owned small businesses. By choosing to support Nob Hill and other locally owned businesses you can effectively keep vitally needed resources here in New Mexico.

For sales & details, go to:

Nob-Hill-Park-Shop-Event-Info on Facebook

Nob Hill Park & Shop Sales & Specials

The list of businesses offering big sales on December 15th is growing.

Some participants are: Revolver, Kosmic Trading Post, Self Serve, T ‘n’ A Tobacco, The Herb Store, Cowboys and Indians, Birdland, Gearwerks, Olo Yogurt Studio, Stone Mountain Beads, Terra Firma, Rhythm Dance Company, Rockit Hair Studio, Toad Road, The Yarn Store, Tres Boutique, Sole Art and Antiques, Bath and Body Distro, Stilo, Ecco Gellato, Bath and Body Distro, Astro Zombies, Papers, Zap..Oh!, Form Gallery, Aqui-Nob Hill, The Barber's Shop, Stone Circle Massage and more.

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Lisa Brown and filed under Announcements, Shopping and tagged Albuquerque Nob Hill Park & Shop 2011.

Happy Nostradamusday

Happy 508th birthday to Nostradamus. 

What do you think of his prophecies, dahling? Real deal or no? 

Let's see Wikipedia's take on it: 

Most academic sources maintain that the associations made between world events and Nostradamus's quatrains are largely the result of misinterpretations or mistranslations (sometimes deliberate) or else are so tenuous as to render them useless as evidence of any genuine predictive power. Moreover, none of the sources listed offers any evidence that anyone has ever interpreted any of Nostradamus's quatrains specifically enough to allow a clear identification of any event in advance. 

Hmmmm. Your thoughts?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Bnvcwo2CI

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Lisa Brown and filed under Birthdays.

It's a Chocolate Bomb!

Behold: The Braquier Chocolate Bomb. 

This delish treat is filled with candy, sugared almonds other goodies. The outer shell is made from 70% dark chocolate.

Simply place the Braquier bomb in the middle of a table, light the wick, wait 30 seconds, and---BOOM!---let the fun begin. The bomb explodes, sending chocolate and candy flying all over the room. Good times! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE5tNNzVymI

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Lisa Brown and filed under Products.

Happy HankIIIday

OMG... Hank III is 39 today. 

I'd better bake a cake or something. Hank III is a big deal in this house. My husband is a huge Williams fan. Whether it's Hank I, II or III, they're all gods around here. 

Happy birthday, Hank! Cheers! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-qdQ2AI2H0

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Lisa Brown and filed under Birthdays.

Best Christmas Card of 2011!

Although the Best Christmas Card votes aren't even close to being tallied, I think it's safe to go ahead and declare this year's winner: San Juan mayor Jorge Santini and family. 

The lovely quote, “Que esta Navidad ilumine tu sueño,” translates to “May this Christmas light your dream” in English.

The mayor chose this unique and fabulous scene in an effort to promote el Museo de Vida Silvestre (Museum of Wildlife)

Santini defended the unusual card by saying he wanted to promote San Juan's Wildlife Museum. Good call, mayor. Excellent idea. 

I could be wrong, but I strongly suspect the little girl is stuffed, as well. Fantastic taxidermy work. Five stars. 

May this Christmas light your dream, dahling. 

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Lisa Brown and filed under Holidays, WTF?!?.