Blogophilia 47.16: Water

Marvin Martian says IMPORTANT NOTE: WE NEED YOU!!!! We can’t express how much we have appreciated your participation and friendship over the years, dear Blogophilians! Please note that because the blogging participation has been way down in the past months, we at the Marvin House may be forced to make a decision about our viability for the future… So please join back in with your amazing writes, as we would like to keep blogging!

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Hard Bonus: Mention a mythical captain (like Captain Crunch, Captain Jack Sparrow, etc)

Easy Bonus: Incorporate a sailboat

Come Sail Away

Come on in, the Water is fine! Captain Hook wants you to write with us. Or you could be like The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything, and just have fun sailing on their pirate ship.

• Who: Racine Concert Band & Case High School Band
• What: 3 bands, 1 concert
• Where: Case High School
• When: Thursday, May 22, 2025
• How: Just show up, it’s free, but you’re welcome to donate
• Why: Quality music, FREE because you need someplace to go, something to do, and people to see

Week 46.16: Teddy Bear Tea

Marvin Martian says Greetings, Dear Earthlings and Fellow Blogophilians!! Welcome to Week 45 of Year 16 in Blogophilia! Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful Moms out there of all kinds – Moms, Stepmoms, Grandmas, fur baby moms, surrogate moms, and any who care for and love just like Moms! 

Blogophilia group on Facebook HERE and blog topic parameters & how it works on WordPress HERE

Hard Bonus: Include a song title that reminds you of your mother

Easy Bonus: Mention a tumbler, glass or other drinking vessel

Before Goldilocks, there were 2 bears

I loved my tea parties and used real tea. I had stuffed animals, but never Teddy Bear Tea. Maybe if Goldilocks hosted, they’d have shared porridge with her, but what do I know?

I raise my favorite tea cup – I’m Cleanin’ Out My Closet (Eminem), Because of You (Kelly Clarkson). No, she did not have a drug problem, and will write in my story, which I need to get back into writing. Life is funny. Between one on one therapy 3 separate times, in person group, virtual group, virtual counseling, going my own way, and being an admin/mod in an adult group has helped.

I’m presenting to you, the boy who made me a mom… my best boy, my heart, my pride, the chef, musician and more than anyone can imagine, my Chad. Happy Mother’s Day to you all!

My son shine

Here is the live stream of the UW-Parkside Wind Ensemble & Community Band. Music starts at 6:11.

Blogophilia 45.16 – WRITER’S CHOICE! Impersonators

Marvin Martian says, Greetings, Dear Earthlings and Fellow Blogophilians!! Welcome to Week 45 of Year 16 in Blogophilia! May the FOURTH be with you! Also – It’s Cinquo de Mayo week – so get your margaritas ready!! And hot diggity dog – it’s WRITER’S CHOICE WEEK! You get to write to your heart’s content! 🙂

Blogophilia on Facebook HERE and blog topic parameters & how it works on WordPress HERE

Hard Bonus: WRITER’S CHOICE – include a celebrity impersonator

Easy Bonus: WRITER’S CHOICE – include a cover of a fav song

No Rick Rolling!

Some people say the best compliment is imitation, but I think some people obsessed. 20 years ago, we were in LA on a vacation, and went into Hollywood to the Wax Museums and the Believe it or Not one. We saw a Sylvester Stallone impersonator as Rambo.

It’s too bad that this cover of What a Wonderful World by Israel (IZ) Kamakawiwo’ole isn’t in a famous movie. I think it’s worth getting air time.

Speaking of music…

• Who: UW-Parkside Wind Ensemble & Community Band
• What: Final concert of the 2024/25 music season
• Where: Rita Tallent Picken Center aka “The Rita“
• When: Thursday, May 7, 2025 at 7pm
• How: Buy your tickets online by 6:30 HERE or in person at the boxoffice
• Why: Featuring 1) Fanfare Politeia by Kimberly Archer 2) Symphony in Bb Mvmt. 1 by Paul Hindemith 3) Sea Songs by Ralph Vaughn Williams 4) Tarot by Lindsay Bronnenkant 5) Scotch Strathspey and Reel by Percy Grainger

It’s going to be a great show! I couldn’t be in this one since I had a terrible infection that required surgery & wound vac. I’m not sure if I can make it because Mike is having lumbar surgery the day before the show. So, I’m counting on YOU to be present!

Blogophilia 44.16: Stuff Happens (The SFW version)

Marvin Martian says Greetings, Dear Earthlings and Fellow Blogophilians!! Welcome to Week 44 of Year 16 in Blogophilia!

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Hard Bonus: Incorporate a phrase or quote by Barack Obama

Easy Bonus: Mention something that you dislike running out of

Stink Wheels

Maybe it’s a good thing I did not eat any beans recently, because if I did, I’m not sure if I’d be Safe For Work (SFW). But being that I work in a nursing home, Stuff Happens on a regular basis, and it’s not always the residents. I’m glad I have a working toilet to use, except for the times that I had to use the ones in the Atrium. I don’t like running out of toilet paper and coffee filters. But when you have to make a run for it, just remember, “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” Barack Obama

Just remember, change is the only constant – make friends with it. I leave you with Changes by David Bowie.

Blogophilia 43.16: Childhood Memories

Marvin Martian says “Greetings, Dear Earthlings and Fellow Blogophilians!! Welcome to Week 43 of Year 16 in Blogophilia! Happy Easter to all who celebrate!!!”

Blogophilia on Facebook HERE & blog topic parameters & how it works on WordPress HERE

Hard Bonus: Incorporate a song you heard on the radio growing up

Easy Bonus: Include any type of egg (Easter egg, fried egg, scrambled, deviled, duck egg… etc)

Fishing Alone

My Childhood Memories are weird. We didn’t do Easter in Japan, so my 1st one was when I was 9. I didn’t know hard-boiled eggs were in potato salad, and duck eggs are a lot like chicken eggs, just bigger. Fresh is best. I think some of the songs I’ve heard growing up after coming here to Wisconsin (we rarely drove in Japan, and the radio was mostly in the car when we got to the States) – aside from the Star Wars soundtrack, were Don’t Bring Me Down (ELO), It’s Still Rock n Roll To Me (Billy Joel), but then when my mother got with my 1st stepfather, it was mostly listening to tape cassettes that they liked, and there was Statler Brothers, other country type mixes, and not really my thing… My sister had friends who introduced her to the radio, and while she liked the pop-rock, I liked the alternative. My graduating year, it was Boom Boom (Paul Lekakis) – who is actually a model & actor. But I also liked the hard rock like Blondie & Lita Ford.

Blogophilia 42.16: Nights in Sedona

Marvin Martian says – Greetings, Dear Earthlings and Fellow Blogophilians!! Welcome to Week 42 of Year 16 in Blogophilia! Happy Passover and Happy Palm Sunday to those who celebrate these most meaningful holidays! Reminder to all you Americans – April 15 is Tax Day, so get your filing done!

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Hard Bonus: Incorporate a lyric or quote by Gloria Estefan

Easy Bonus: Include the phrase “swinging on a star”

Desert Reflections

Nights In Sedona might get pretty cold. Desert dry rising in red rock reaching for the golden sun… It might be beautiful at sunrise & sunset. So, to stay warm, you may as well keep warm by making sure you stay warm by dancing all night. As Gloria Estefan says, Rhythm Is Gonna Get You –

No way
You can fight it every day
But no matter what you say
You know it
The rhythm is gonna get you

Star swinging on a clowd

So, go ahead… take your trip, so you can go Swinging on a Star & enjoy!

Blogophilia 41.16: Concrete

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Hard Bonus: Mention a famous city building

Easy Bonus: Include a construction vehicle

Skyrise Parking

Asphalt stinks… I don’t know why people think it’s smart to blacktop the roads. I’m also thinking that we should use Green Concrete: This type of concrete uses waste materials and requires less energy for production, making it more durable and requiring less maintenance, increasing longevity. Saves money, energy & lasts longer all good, right?

I wonder if Casa Milà in Barcelona gets fixed with green concrete? What do I know? I just know I’d like to see less articulated haulers & more tractors around – it seems like there’s so much construction going on… with the current economy, we can use more farmland or at least plant more trees that can grow fruit.