Helicopter Wins Skateboard Race!

Yesterday, just outside Golden, Coloroado, a private helicopter filming the Buffalo Bill Downhill skateboard race crashed near the finish line. No-one was hurt. 

The crash interrupted the in-progress race with over 120 competitors. The events organizers haven't yet commented about a reschedule. 

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Posted on May 8, 2011 by Lisa VanDyke Brown and filed under News.

Butterfield Break!

Let's pause and absorb the sage words of Betty Butterfield. I loathe Walmart too, sister.  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4EF9ifvkPA&feature=related]

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Lisa VanDyke Brown and filed under Videos.

Derby Notes

It ain't a feather fascinator, but it worked. I decided to get my hellbilly on for this year's derby. Different? Yes -- DEFINITELY. But since I attended with DJB, who is (a.) in western attire, and (b.) rounding out the last fiscal quarter of a one-year spiritual beard quest, I decided to deck out in complementary fashion... sans beard... would've been funny with beard, though... hmmm... note to self: purchase stunt beard for totally matchy-matchy times. 

Thanks to divine guidance courtesy of Sabra the Horse-Picking Goddess, DJB placed his bet on Animal Kingdom. 

My derby ensemble wouldn't have been nearly as fabulous without these grand items from Adorn. 

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Lisa VanDyke Brown and filed under Events, Fashion.

Muskrat Birthday!

Toni Tennille (pictured here with Captain) is 68 today. 

Two fabulous facts: 

1. She and Captain are still happily married. They live in Prescott, Arizona. 

2. The Captain's real name is Daryl Dragon. Totally jealous. 

Happy birthday, Toni. 

Love,

Lisa Dragon

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Posted on May 8, 2011 by Lisa VanDyke Brown and filed under Birthdays, Music.

Mother's Day Sugar Buzz!

This is my mama, Kathy Azar-Masica, RScP.

St. Clair Winery & Bistro hosted a lovely Mother's Day brunch. We made the dessert table our bitch! Here we are, about to dive into our platter crammed full o' delish sweeties, including bread pudding, carrot cake, cannoli, heavenly cream cheese angel pockets (I don't know what they're really called, but they were damn good), cookies, angel food cake and more. 

Two hours later, and I'm still bouncing off the walls. Wheeee! 

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Lisa VanDyke Brown and filed under Events.

Credo

The thing that most people do not understand is that you get to control the way you feel, because you get to choose the thoughts you think.

Most people think that they only have the option of responding to the circumstances that surround them.And that's what makes them attempt the impossible, which is to control the circumstances around them, which only feeds their feeling of frustration and vulnerability because it doesn't take very much life experience to discover you can't control all of those circumstances.

But you can control your vibration.

And when you control your vibration, you've controlled everything that has anything to do with you.  

– Abraham 

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Lisa VanDyke Brown and filed under Credo.

And the most ironic nickname of the day goes tooooo....

Drumroll, please.... Hummer Mom!

Congratulations to our lucky winner, Christine Hubbs of Livermore, California. The 42-year-old mother of three is now facing 67 sexual assault charges in connection with the statutory rape of two teenage boys, one of whom was her daughter's 14-year-old boyfriend. YIKES! 

She's known around Livermore as "Hummer Mom," because she's always driving around town with kids in her Hummer. Ugh. 

HUMMER MOM! Are you f*cking KIDDING me? I've said it before and I'll say it again: you simply can't make this stuff up. The truth is, indeed far, farrrrr stranger than fiction. 

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You KNOW Mrs. Robinson gave mean hummers! 

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Lisa VanDyke Brown and filed under News, WTF?!?.

Friday Fabü

I’ll begin this issue’s column bluntly: down with poor manners! Over the last few weeks, I’ve noticed one etiquette faux pas after another. Sure, we’ve all been guilty of slight social gaffes, but enough of the major malfunctions, already. No mas, I say! I’m putting my perfectly pedicured foot down and busting out the Fabü etiquette files. This column is lovingly dedicated to readers requiring more finesse in their politesse.

Consider yourselves glove-slapped.

Click here to read the rest of the column. 

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Lisa VanDyke Brown and filed under Fabü.

It's bin Laden Bites!

Nothing says "commemorate the execution of the al-Qaeda founder" like vegan chocolate. 

To honor the mission of U.S. SEAL team 6, PETA is sending sweets to the elite team's headquarters in Virginia Beach. 

Posted on the PETA site:  PETA is sending the U.S. Navy SEALS some very special dairy-free chocolates called "Bin Laden Bites." With every satisfying bite, the SEALS can savor the demise of a terrorist who caused so much human and animal suffering. 

Click here to order bin Laden Bites. 

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Lisa VanDyke Brown and filed under Products, WTF?!?.