Showing posts with label Reconstruction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reconstruction. Show all posts

Sunday, December 31, 2007

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Sunday, December 31, 2006 22 Of Your Sparks

COUNTDOWN TO NEW YEAR'S
MEMPHIS, TN (C.S.T)
CENTRAL STANDARD TIME
THE COUCH will reopen at midnight


TRACKING NEW YEAR'S AROUND THE GLOBE
ALREADY 2007:


CHRISTMAS ISLANDS
JAPAN
KOREA
AUSTRALIA - HI DIANE!
NEW ZEALAND
SINGAPORE
TAIWAN
PHILIPPINES - HI LIZZA
CHINA
RUSSIA
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
VIETNAM
MYANMAR
BANGLADESH
NEPAL
INDIA - HI WENDY!
PAKISTAN
UZBEKISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
IRAN
KUWAIT
MADAGASCAR
SAUDI ARABIA
YEMAN
IRAQ
ETHIOPIA
KENYA
SUDAN
JORDAN
LEBANON
ISRAEL
TURKEY
EGYPT
ZIMBABWE
UKRAINE
SOUTH AFRICA
BELERUS
ROMANIA
FINLAND
ESTONIA
GREECE
BULGARIA
POLAND
HUNGARY
SERBIA
SWEDEN
AUSTRIA
CROATIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
GERMANY - HI SANNI! HI SONNY! HI CAYLYNN!
ITALY
DENMARK - HI TINKERBELL!
NORWAY
SWITZERLAND
NETHERLANDS
BELGIUM - HI TISHA!
ALGERIA
NIGERIA
FRANCE
SPAIN
EMGLAND
SCOTLAND - HI TOP CHAMP!
IRELAND
MOROCCO
PORTUGAL
ICELAND
BRAZIL
GREENLAND
PARAGUAY
ARGENTINA
CHILE
NEW FOUNDLAND & LABADOR, CANADA - HI MERI!
NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA - HI COCO!
PUERTO RICO
VENEZULA
BOLIVIA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - HI JANICE & ANDY!
QUEBEC, CANADA - HI ANNDI!
COLUMBIA
ONTARIO, CANADA - HI ANGELL! HI JO!
CUBA
JAMAICA
PERU
EASTERN TIME ZONE FOR THE USA (DEEP BREATH..)HI MATT & ALLYSON & MOM AND DAD & LYNN, KEVIN, CANDICE & JOSEPH & AUNT ADELE AND COUSIN DENISE & STEVE & COUSIN JOYCE AND RACHID & AUNT PAT & MARY & DIXIE & BUSY & TURN & DANA & DIANA & BENTO & FRED & DR. BLOGSTEIN & MIMI & AMY & JULIE & BECKEYE & PIA & TIGGERPRR & BUD & SO SO SO MANY MORE..
POSTED EARLY
NICARAGUA
EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALE
MANITOBA, CANADA
MEXICO
CENTRAL TIME ZONE, USA
AND TO THE REST OF THE WORLD... WE ARE CHANGING OVER IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR
ENJOY YOUR CELEBRATIONS





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Friday, December 29, 2006

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Thursday, December 28, 2006 43 Of Your Sparks



Well the general contractor has arrived and
promises to be through for the unveiling on
NEW YEAR'S DAY
We are looking forward to starting off 2007 with a bang
and continuing to post a minimum of 5 days a week...

The Couch moved over to Blogger on March 16 of 2006 after coming into being over on the American Idol site. The Couch came into being over there because the Taylor Hicks Threads kept getting deleted by the ijits who moderate over there.

We began to kid that it was getting tiring having to lug the Big Leather Couch from thread to thread. And on the personal blog, we began to critique each show.

I would rate the performances and predict the bottom three and my choice to say goodbye. I did pretty good, and two days out of the week, The Couch was dedicated to Idol.

We began with a readership of two...three...maybe more with one or two comments a day. We commented on the world, silly people, lunatics, celebrities, my sojourn from free-lancing to total unemployment to finding the current position which resulted in my move to Memphis.

The Couch ranted on FEMA and environmental terrorists. We held a few pity parties and even left once or twicebut only for a couple of days.

For the most part we have posted 5 days a week.

You were introduces to my family and our lives, both good and bad, with special tributes to Joan & Vince (the parents).

Posts were written honoring our Veterans and our Founders. We remembered Duane Allman, Thurman Munson, Jerry Garcia and Wade Winter on the anniversaries of their deaths.
You were introduced to my "first loves" and relived September 11th with us.

And all the while, we met more and more people across the Bloggosphere.
We found out Fred had a blog and let us hear about his life.

Cathy allowed us to be part of the difficult birth of her grandson, and Mo brought us 7 silly Questions.

Sanni always has a cup espresso hot for us and Sonny (who is NOT John!) brings us smile and cute stories. Lizza allows us to see her world in the Phillipines and introduces us to new blogs each Saturday.

Then Mimi brought us Peace Globes and Dating Horrors. We learned about tape radio WTIT from Bud and laugh constantly at his cutting humor. Miranda has allowed us to be a part of her life from way to close to the North Pole!
I saw one day I was linked from a Dr. Blogstein and went to find wit, intellegence and down right good times. The good Dr. brought Tisha to THE COUCH and us to her site. A nice Bronx girl who has made her way to Israel and now Brussels. Lola was also introduced at the Dr. B's and wooo...the girl is a blast.

We linked up with Starrlight and are now watching as her clock tells us how much longer before she heads to Maui (huff and pout)...

We met, from the desert, Songbird and from the mountains, Tug from HELL, CO...Need a shovel still?

Peggy spoke to us about Thanksgiving and we haven't heard from her again and hope she is ok.
From Pittsburgh to New York, BeckEye brings her unique take on music and the pop culture.

Maggie is living the life we secretly wish we could have, becoming a chef. Tiggerprr lives near the ocean so arg! Just kidding...and TC let us hear her talented music.

Many many came over from the Bestest Blog site where we now have Blog Carnivals. Maybe THE COUCH will even get a BBOTD this year.

Some we met through Thursday Thirteens, some Wordless Wednesdays.

Of course our core audience from the beginning were the group of wonderful people we have met through a Gray-haired soulful singer on a reality show. Taylor Hicks introduced me to some incredible people. Many have blogs, some don't.

THE COUCH will be going to Birmingham, AL on March 10th for the Taylor Hicks concert in his home town at the Alabama Theatre... There I will get to meet Robin and Wayne, &TinaT and Right and dozens more.

Some of those who can not be there include my birthday twin, my Sista' From DA BRONX - Busy, The Newlyweds Sue and Frank. Dana will be seeing him but not in B'ham.
Then the others we will have to meet at another time are the DAMM DUCK!, Diana, Travis, Jo and Lynn, Bex and Gail, Yoda and Tez and Julie and Amy and Amanda
Coco, Anndi, Meri and Angell are foreigners so they can't be there! HUMOR FOLKS..

THE COUCH will be lucky enough to meet Maryfly, Dixie, Bento, Pia and Duff....what? OH... they are sneaking Anndi across the border dressed as a duck. sssssssssssssssh
Turn will be there, we met in Louisville. TayMyFav worked wonders and got us all rooms!

The problem with doing this is we just know we missed one or two people who have been a part of this - if you are one of those, we apologize.

Thank you to everyone who has ever stopped and sat on THE COUCH this year. Your readership and comments has certainly shaped parts of the way we present ourselves. Stealing little bits and pieces of your style and pinache.

To all of you, and to your families and friends THE COUCH sends out warm wishes for a safe and happy New Year's Eve and for y'all to be bestowed with the greatest of happiness in 2007!!!!

OK STAND BACK..
THIS SUCKER IS COMING DOWN..



SO, LET'S PARTY...



St. J - P.B.U.A.B.W.A.B

Thanks for sitting on THE COUCH, hope you enjoyed your stay.

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Keep that spark of insanity kids...It helps keep you an individual.

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ON THE COUCH: Composer: Prince

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