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And so there you have it Lewis Black says Bloggers are the root of all evil. Whether Lewis Black knows it or not, he is more of a Snarky blogger type then a standup comedian. If you took everything he says and put it down on paper, word for word, what do you have…a raving mad ranting BLOGGER! The only difference I see is that he has no follow through to publish his work online.

So Lewis, just join the ranks of the rest of us, it is time to sign up to blog. Visit us at Today.com, no need to pay someone to set one up for you and write it for you like some other celebrities do. Role up them sleeves and TYPE HARD AND FAST! You know you want to…

Come on everybody! Let’s give a shout out to Lewis Black so he can hear us.

Oh my gosh it is too funny and I’m trying to write my blog. I’m going to have to watch it on ComedyCentral.com later. Lewis Black’s The Root of All Evil is Ultimate Fighting vs. Bloggers.

Should I even give him a plug? Hey, so what is your take? Are we evil? Is there a point?

Maybe, maybe not. I know that as useless as my rant against Danica Patrick was yesterday, how much more useless is her rant against other drivers, how useless is racing, sporting events, the theatre, the movies…?

It turns into the age old question…Are you my mommy? No not that one… Why are we here?

Lewis’ verdict…BLOGGERS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL

Let me count the ways…

Some may say that I have no right to complain about a woman in a sport that I no longer watch…for other reasons that I won’t complain about. Well, who asked you?

Listen I’m a racing enthusiast. I’ve actually flagged race cars at the SCCA level…way before kids…and won’t do it again and till those kids are on their own.

Anyway, why is it that every time there is news about IndyCar racing it is about Danica? Why is it that each time it is not positive?

Look sister, you may have the ride but you don’t own the road. And shame on IndyCar for letting this take place all the time. Don’t worry, you won’t gain any of the viewers you’ve already lost over the years, but you can certainly achieve the greatness of losing more.

Apparently someone is always in her way…ummm, they call that racing. And she always takes matters into her own hands…umm, they have stewards for that. But what bugs me the most about all this is the fact that she is giving women in racing a bad name. She is no role model for women in sports.

What you call passionate and respect for your sport is BS…BigShoe nonsense.

And another thing, not only do I not want to constantly hear about who has done her wrong; I think she should put more clothes on when she is not wearing that driving suit.

I certainly hope she never tries to get a ride in Formula 1, for once I’d have to agree with the men over there…maybe there shouldn’t be women in racing…at least one we know of.

I’m throwing a debris flag, there’s definitely some debris on the track. Someone clean it up.

While the Brits are busy complaining about Mattel creating a collector comic super hero Barbie (Black Canary Barbie) for age appropriate collectors, two young male entrepreneurs in Britain have created a teen game site targeted for girls called Miss Bimbo.

Instead of registering a pet frog, dog or iguana, teen girls are given a naked girl named Miss Bimbo to take care of. Feed, dress, keep her thin…

The clueless young men tout the social positives of the site in this news clip. You have an opportunity to send her to university and such. Umm, yeah, I’ll do that after we take a few diet pills and augment her breasts.

These dudes are so clever that teens are being charged a few bucks a text message to play in their game when they run out of virtual dough. Parents are not happy…my gosh, are they just getting clued into the fact that their girls are playing this game after they get a phone bill?

I hate to say what is our world coming to…but seriously folks, what is our world coming too?

So, which is more offensive to you?

I thought for Sunday…into Monday of course, I’d share some poetry with you all. I’d write you a poem but I don’t have it in me today. The last poem I started about a week ago had to do with one of my favorite shows, Psych, in honor of its season premiere. I’ll have to finish it and post it some day.

I went to visit Mags and she has a poem called The Woman in Me posted at the Magnolia Diaries. Tell her hello!

The second is a new blogger at Today. Ariana over at A Poet’s Word is refreshing. Her site reminds me of carefree books of poetry, journals used to write for no one in particular, but everyone we meet. I still write poetry when I have time. Ariana makes me want to write it more.

You’ll really love her site and you can participate in creating a poem with other readers on her Create a Poem page.

And as icing on the cake how about a poem with some music…here is Masiela Lusha’s Call Us Women with Romance in D flat.

Here’s some social commentary. I was looking for something fun for the weekend and thought I’d go to YouTube. I searched for funny women cartoons I think and this is where I was directed.

Are you as concerned as I am about this? Do you find humor in it? I’m sure the idiotic men in these cartoons were fashioned after some of the cartoon creators as well.

This past Tuesday was my husband and mine’s 19th wedding anniversary. We weren’t going to do anything fancy, nothing too special between shuttling our oldest to play rehearsal and watching the little sisters.

While running errands my husband had the good fortune of coming across what I can only explain as one of the most decadent creations on the face of the earth. Aside from my love of chocolate, I love citrus and in particular I love Key Lime Pie…and don’t you know he came home with Key Lime Pie Fudge from Gertrude Hawk Chocolates?

Who ever heard of such a thing, certainly not me? Oh pity me! This stuff was a perfect cross between Key Lime Pie and Key Lime Pie Cheesecake. I mean, I thought the See’s Truffles were great but Key Lime Pie Fudge and a glass of ice tea?

Chocolate or Citrus, what’s your poison?

You know, this is a hundred times better than me writing about JAWS during the 4th of July weekend and then having some man claim to have seen sharks a week later where they shot the movie.

A hundred times…

Did you hear the one about Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii? That’s her name, don’t wear it out. Grow up, she’s only nine and you shouldn’t make fun of people so go pick on someone your own size, like her parents.

A judge in New Zealand made her a ward of their court system so he could rename her (shh, a secret name). Do you remember my last conversation about names a few nights ago? (See Hello Dolly, you really must keep up here).

Yes, he is keeping her name secret and was none to kind to the parents who had named her such. The poor thing told her friends she was named “K” instead of just saying I’m the child of dumb and dumber.

Are you ready for this…yes it gets better, what was I saying the other night about retiring names? Do you know that New Zealand has a law that does not allow hurtful names to be given out? AND the registration officials have “blocked” names…you know kind of like the retirement name list I said we needed.

In New Zealand it would look like this:

Fish and Chips
Yeah Detroit
Keenan Got Lucy
Sex Fruit

I kid you not. However the story did recount how Number 16 Bus Shelter and Violence are still available for use…they must like their names.

There’s wind, there’s rain, here comes a hurricane, here’s Dolly!

Dolly? Dolly? What were they thinking to name a hurricane Dolly? Well apparently it was on the list and it won’t be the last time it is used unless it is devastating to the proportion that it is too traumatic for us (Katrina, retired 2005). There are six lists that are repeated every seventh year and apparently this is Dolly’s year and perhaps it was in 2002 (I don’t remember) and it will be again in 2014.

How do I know all this? Well, I wanted to know who names a hurricane Dolly? I don’t know their names but they are members of the World Meteorological Organization. Hey I want in. There certainly wouldn’t have been a Dolly on the list.

I found this great chart on retired hurricane names that date back to 1954 when they began the retirement process. It got me to thinking; can we have one of these for baby names? Do you think Social Security could retire names when they do all that other stuff they do with tax payer money to give us a report on popular baby names? I’m sure my family has used up its quota on the name Violet (paternal and maternal grandmothers both named Violet).

To reuse a name we could have a special exception for Juniors or to be named after someone within so many generations…or you could pay for a retired name to be reinstated, it could be an adopt a name program and we could spend the money on a good cause. If you are really eager to support the program you can pay money to add a name to the retired list…like the one you disagree on with your spouse or because there are five students with the same name in your child’s classroom.

We could also just simplify things and follow the lead of the World Meteorological Organization and rotate six lists of 26 names every seven years, of names we could spell.

But really folks, Dolly?

How far would you go for perfect feet? I’m thinking serving up your feet as a smorgasbord to hungry little feeding fish isn’t what you had in mind. For about $50 for 30 minutes you can have tiny carp nibble away your dead foot skin. Yum.

I’m still thinking about how far I would go. I’m pretty certain it isn’t that far though. I’m up for snuggling up with a soft kitty to de-stress at the end of the day. Maybe I’ll let my parrot rest on my shoulder and preen my hair to relax. But sticking my feet in a tub of warm water and ringing the dinner bell is not going to happen.

So, what’s it going to be for you, the Microplane Foot File (the predecessor to the PedEgg, whose manufacturing must be taking notes from Victoria’s Secret) or the hungry carp?

Here’s a band I found on YouTube called Good Shoes. I’m not playing them because they are called Good Shoes, okay yes I am. This song is called We Are Not The Same. I like it, the song and the video. The video is incredible and I hope you enjoy it. And you’ve never heard me push shoes at BigShoes, but if you were to go out and buy shoes, you better make them Good Shoes…and tell them Violette sent you.

Here is an incredibly funny bit that aired on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show last week Thursday, July 17, 2008 that I just had to bring to you. Here is true commentary on sexism, in case Mrs. Cynthia Good of PINK Magazine in Atlanta GA doesn’t know what it is.

Here is a link to the piece by Kristen Schaal, Senior Women’s Issues Commentator at The Daily Show. Maybe somebody should talk to The Daily Show; she doesn’t look like a senior to me.

Setting Cynthia Good’s efforts to right sexism in America aside, what do you think about the double standard that is brought up here? In light of this do you sympathize more with Good’s point of view?

Men at Work signs are sexist. At least that is what the city of Atlanta was told and bowed down to. It seems the editor of a women’s magazine called PINK (where are the legal teams for Victoria’s Secret and Juicy Couture when you need them) has declared them sexist and they shall be removed. She even made the Today show.

This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard of. If this is the best cause a woman can come up with then one certainly needs to consider one’s sanity. In therapy they call this the case of the “shoulds.”

Just consider for one second if everybody who thinks something “SHOULD” be a certain way got their way, right or wrong. If we all had a sense of entitlement on how things “SHOULD” be.

Can Mrs. Good (yes I said Mrs., that is if she is using her husband’s name), can she find something better to do with her time like assist less fortunate women in getting better education and jobs in the inner cities? Maybe she does, I don’t know that she doesn’t, but it certainly didn’t make the national news.

I think Cynthia Good should foot the bill for replacement signs so the money doesn’t come from something more important that the city needs, like a lawyer.

Since PINK is a magazine published in Atlanta Georgia (with a female mayor), I imagine she has a little more pull and probably her influence will remain local. One would hope. Mary Lynn at Marylynnformation is a PINK Magazine subscriber, a smart one at that. She brings up some very good points about why PINK Magazine editor Cynthia Good should tread lightly.

Let’s list some Good causes to consider. What would be your most important cause for women?

And they’re off…dangling from the trees. Are her feet in the stirrups, who’s catching the babies? Doctor or dad? I know I can see something behind that black screen. And it’s a girl and another girl and oops, we got it WRONG!

That’s right. They got it wrong. One news outlet reported the babies were born a few weeks ago or so and another got the sex wrong on one of the babies. Maybe they thought they knew what fraternal twins were and took a chance.

It just goes to show you that too many people are following celebrity news instead of learning about biology.

So, has anybody lost their home yet in today’s economy?

While visiting a forum today I came across the discussion on Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, discussing of all things, you guessed it, the twins’ names. Someone actually referred to the names Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon as being “graded” somewhere.

Tick, tock…tick, tock…really people. We need to grade baby names. Let’s just be as pleasant as we are when we look at an ugly baby and say how cute. Why is it less offensive to grade names and not the baby’s features. “Really unless those eyes turn brown you’ll never make the dean’s list…we better tape those ears down too.”

Am I disturbed by this new trend? Let me think about that…NOOOO.

I already know that I must deserve an F in baby names.

My oldest is Cristina and I’m annoyed that people are annoyed when I have to reiterate, “that’s Cristina without an H”…or even more annoyed when I fill out official paperwork and even though I spelled it correctly they correct me in case I’m wrong when they type it up. (That just happened.)

How about she is NAMED after a relative and that is the way it is spelled in the country they came from…or wait maybe some American at Ellis Island spelled it wrong when she signed in at Ellis Island and she was stuck with that awful name of Cristina without an H forever. If she only knew that her great-granddaughter now has to live with that same misfortune of a name. I only hope I annoy them more every time I spell it.

It is not my fault really. I mean the name I was cursed with, Violet, how awful is that (sarcasm guys). At least it isn’t the dark ages anymore and variety is the spice of life. I remember coming home from school with a paper that said Valerie all over it instead of Violet and my mom asked me why. I told her the teacher said nobody is named Violet, my name must be Valerie and she made me practice writing it. Surely my mother had really misspelled my name, I mean horribly misspelled it (Violet=Valerie, hmmm). So my mom gets an F too. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

I don’t know how she could have gotten it wrong since her mom’s name is VIOLET and my dad’s mom’s name is VIOLET…okay the woman still gets an F, what was she thinking with that (you’ll note that I spell my name as Violette…for good reason, how confusing is that filling out official paperwork in a small town). I hope I annoy everybody when I spell my first name too.

Are you annoyed?

My inspiration for Sunday is a bit long but well worth it. How about a little motivation for the week? Set aside last week’s bad baggage (I didn’t complain about it all yesterday, but we can leave it at the door…how about that pesky neighbor’s door…just kidding). Clear the mind, clean the soul, find something positive to think and do.

Hey, this is not a movie, put the popcorn away. Hush, close your eyes, never mind there are subtitles, keep your eyes open…I’ll just shut up now. Here are the words of inspirational, motivational speaker, Jim Rohn with Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own…yes that is U2 music, what did you expect? Enjoy…

We know too much, more than we should. Our society gets carried away with the “issues”, and that is the issue. This week I saw headlines that spoke volumes in but a few words. We are voyeurs running from the mundane; we’ve run so far that we’ve forgotten where we’ve come from. Where I come from, I’ve been told if you’ve nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all… at least in front of the wrong people. How’s this for news? Don’t say anything you don’t want millions of people to hear while you are waiting to go on live TV.

Teacher Loses Job over Stern Appearance

I really don’t know the whole story and I’m not going to take the time to watch the video…but the woman appeared on Stern’s show with her husband (he’s probably the stupid one that got them in this mess), for winning an ugly dude/beautiful wife contest or something. She wasn’t sleeping with her second graders; she was talking about sex with her HUSBAND. Kudos to her, let’s bring some sex back into the marriage.

Husband of Hostage Admits Icy Reunion

Geez, don’t you think your wife feels bad enough about being a hostage for more than half a decade; do you need to tell the world about YOUR troubles? My gosh, how long has Ingrid Betancourt even been home? I think it was reported she was tied to a tree about a week ago and he’s concerned about the cold shoulder.

Christie Brinkley Settles Nasty Divorce

Tsk, tsk Christie. It is one thing to be a questionable wife (what is it now, three times, I lost count), but to air the laundry potentially in front of your children in today’s information age. SHAME. Now you win the questionable mother award.

Jesse Jackson Caught on Tape Trashing Obama

I remember a time when journalists sat down with you and would go to jail to protect their sources. What was FOX NEWS thinking? Fair and balanced my @$$. They’re ratings pigs like everybody else. And Rev. Jackson, I reiterate, don’t say anything you don’t want millions of people to hear while you are waiting to go on live TV…unless you wanted us to…

This was just a little bit of the baggage that bothered me this week. Some sad, some really sad or maybe really stupid.

What bugged you this week? Time to let it go.

Is this unbelievable or what? A 60-year-old man lied this week about seeing two sharks near the shoot sight of the movie Jaws…I didn’t pay him, honest. A few beaches were closed a day here and there.

How timely, I really had nothing to do with it. He must be the number one Jaws fan. Hey, he’s going to jail, that will make me number one legally since he can’t hold any offices in jail. The news reported that they didn’t know if he had a lawyer. Here’s a clue, the man needs a doctor not a lawyer.

Hey look, it’s July…it’s the weekend…going to the beach anyone?

Da dant…da dant…da da da daaaah dant…. The Jaws theme in my head…hey my daughter plays this for me on her marching band baritone!

The hospital where Jolie and Pitt are staying in France has reported to the news that any claims of photos having been taken in Jolie’s room are fakes…why? Because the hospital has covered the windows with a special material that cameras are not able to photograph through.

Are you rolling your eyes? All together now, let’s get a group eye roll going. You have got to be kidding. I know…this celebrity news is really important to a lot of people. Don’t we know it; I know a lot of celebrity bloggers who know this is their bread and butter.

My husband jokingly held up a magazine at Barnes & Noble last night, sorry forgot which magazine but it had a string of celebrity women pictured side by side posing the question of who is pregnant and who is not. I had to laugh as I said to him, “Don’t laugh, this is making people a lot of money.”

Setting that aside, all I have to say is since the death of Princess Diana you can really get a good feel for why the paparazzi are the lowest of the low. I couldn’t imagine being ready to give birth and having this kind of senseless exposure. AND don’t give me that crap about well they chose a public life…photos before, during and after birthing are not fair game.

I wish every mother of a member of the paparazzi could find their worthless piece of trash son (or daughter…do women even do this???) dangling from a tree, fence or ledge. I think nature would take its course then and some things would be straightened out fast.

Ladies I’m just Pink with confusion…and let me tell you here is a story that is hard to keep up with. Remember when Fox News tried to claim the phrase “fair and balanced” as its own property? Well pretty soon we won’t be able to use the word PINK. That’s right, that four letter word is causing all kinds of trouble in the ladies apparel industry.

Check it out…

April 8th 2008, Victoria’s Secret files suit against Macy’s Inc and Intertex Apparel Ltd for its inferior apparel – label “Pinkish.” Go figure, Pinkish is confusingly similar to Pink. Hello, I know the difference of walking into a Macy’s and walking into a Victoria’s Secret. It’s not as if I’m picking Pink or Pinkish up at my local Wal-Mart. It doesn’t matter if Macy’s uses a similar pup or crown on it, I won’t think I’m in a pet or liquor store either.

Pay attention…

A few weeks later Juicy Couture (Liz Claiborne’s couture selling at Barney’s, Bloomingdale’s and Saks) sues Victoria’s Secret for copying the color pink from JUICY. Juicy Couture says they stole everything right down to the marketing campaign strategy, packaging and of course the color pink.

You know I told you all about Victoria’s Secret weeks ago. Tsk, tsk, Victoria’s Secret, shame on you. They are working real hard to improve their image so they are going to take their wares out on the road and pander Pink to college students…sounds as honorable as the credit card companies doesn’t it. Credit, beer and lingerie are what college is all about. Oh and don’t forget Spring Break.

If you want to read more about this new campaign coming to a college near you or your daughter…or son…stop by Advertising at Its Best and read Changes in Victoria’s Secret Market…and How They’re Combating Decreased Sales. What a hoot.

Here’s something to think about Victoria’s Secret, I imagine that your losses are directly related to the fact that you are shutting out all the other customers who couldn’t care less about Pink. I’m willing to bet there are numerous customers like me who were quite shocked to walk in your stores in the last year or so and wonder what the hell happened. Here’s a clue, not all women are age 17 to 22. Oh my gosh, I remember my husband buying me the most beautiful and delicate all cotton night gown there years ago, too many years to count. WHAT HAPPENED?

You’ve been on the decline and quite frankly I won’t even walk through your doors to buy your bath and shower gels anymore let alone what used to be my favorite underwear…umm the ones without dangerous hardware ladies…I’m at the conservative panty table.

You buying anything at Victoria’s Secret? Is it PINK?

I missed Jaws!!!! I cannot believe I missed it. I must have let my daughters watch something because I remember it was raining…hmmm, Harry Potter, maybe that was it. We did catch Jaws 2. Roy Scheider was still in that one and the woman who played his wife, Lorraine Gary…and the Mayor and some of those annoying towns’ people. Richard Dreyfuss couldn’t make it of course, and hopefully you remember what happened to Quint in the first movie.

I was too tired for Jaws 3, I mean Jaws 3D which was the one where we gave Lorraine Gary as Ellen Brody a vacation…but she now has a cute all grown up son, Randy Quaid. I didn’t even know that movie was 3D. I still haven’t checked it out with 3D glasses.

What is even more unbelievable is Jaws The Revenge (Jaws 4). Maybe they thought it would sell better if it wasn’t numbered. There we have the now crazy Ellen Brody with a love interest played by Michael Caine…they were making up for her not having an affair in Jaws (I hear that was in Peter Benchley’s novel, she slept with the Mayor or her boss…both gross).

What do I care, I own the DVD…what I really want to know is when Ellen Brody gets eaten by a shark.

So do you still watch movies that you’ve seen before, and even yet, actually own a copy of in your movie library?

What is 4th of July weekend without a viewing of Jaws? I know. It is already Sunday and you may have missed your opportunity. Don’t fret, I’ve got you covered. Here is Jaws in 60 seconds…okay a minute and a half but is it really any different then the amount of time they make you wait before a movie starts when you go to the theatre?

Well, let’s get this over so you can tell everybody at the water cooler that you of course caught Jaws this weekend.

Stuck indoors…I haven’t forgotten if it rains this weekend! Here’s our rainy day link love.

What’s Hot on TV…says it all, you can read up on what you will watch for the week.

Want to go to the movies? If you fancy a trip to the theatre or want to hole up for a bit until the sun comes back out Movie Reviews, Opinions and Theories is covering it all, new and old. You can also pop over to Movies36 for some great movie news and wonder reviews of My Mom’s New Boyfriend, Australia and Ghost Town. Makes me want to do a little rain dance so I can go to the movies…

Movies not your thing, then check out the book section of Today. Sometimes it is as fulfilling to read some book reviews when you don’t have time to read a whole book. It’s like window shopping ladies…well for some anyway.

I know I mentioned a few book sites the other day, but I’ve come across some more book bloggers who I enjoy as well. Reading is Sexy says it all. It has great in depth reviews. And while Literary News is on vacation we are privy to all the upcoming literary festivals and other news and stories from the literary world. It is certainly worth a peek.

Let’s not leave the gaming world wanting more. I have to live vicariously through my daughter’s gaming until I get a clue. She just downloaded some games on her new iPod and I’m amazed, videos, music, games…wow. I used to be so technically advanced.

Well, if you’re like me or otherwise experienced you can visit Female Gamer and Game Source to get the news and reviews on gaming.

I really hope it isn’t raining where you are but hope there has been a bit of something for everyone this week. Take your time recovering from the holiday and we will be chatting again soon.

Have a BigShoe weekend!

One of my favorite things about 4th of July is the movie Jaws. I love a lot of shark and sea monster movies actually, even the SciFi creations. I don’t know why, I don’t swim so I don’t know if it should scare me. I also love Peter Gabriel’s song I Go Swimming. Let’s marry the two…

Happy 4th of July!

Are you travelling tomorrow as soon as work ends? Maybe with the price of gas you want to stay close to home. Maybe if it rains you’ll visit us at Today and do some virtual travel.

Yes, I’m an armchair traveler. Freelance writing sometimes gives me the opportunities to visit wonderful places and meet a lot of great people. Yesterday online I met Grugger at his site Gruggersway - Retired and Restless, it is refreshing. He’s taken up RV’ing and it makes me dream of an empty nest day here and there where I can just hit the road and have some peace and quite. He has an important message regarding the next heat advisory currently running at Gruggersway.

Want some great views, check out Travel Daily. There is a seat saved for us by the beach in Tamarindo Costa Rica. But if you really want to travel or NOT, check out The Travel Chick. Here are the summer vacation ideas, from being a tourist at home to considering train travel; this is the spot to plan some summer get a ways!

You can go off the beaten path and check out some Swimminholes. That will be my daughter’s personal favorite as she knows of some cool ones in upstate-NY.

Speaking of which, if you are travelling with the kids, don’t forget to visit Have Kids Will Travel. If you’ve run out of game and book ideas, here you can find a few more.

Whatever your pleasure, visit us more at BigShoes for a daily dose of rant, or during a lazy day in summer when we visit with our Today friends.

Food glorious food, hot sausage and mustard…when you’re in the mood… remember that from Oliver, one of my favorite songs, and so apropos for the holiday. Food people, you’re going to need some food for Friday. It is almost here. If you forgot to invite some people get cracking. Going some place, you need to bring some food man!

This week is all about the best of Today. Well, I’m sure I don’t have enough space and time to tell you about all the great Today.com bloggers but with the 4th of July looming we have to take care of some things.

Food. Let’s start with the food. The Daily Dish has it going on. I need all those helpful hints and photos to boot. Although I’m certain my cooking photos are more exciting…nothing like a nice kitchen fire to light up things for Easter.

The Daily Dish has some perfect pool party foods for you and money saving tips for the Fourth. If you like salmon she has the perfect recipe this week for that as well.

Have vegetarian friends? I used to be one of those until my second pregnancy when I wanted to swallow a whole cow. I may return to those days and I have a husband who still enjoys it more than beef. If you have friends and family of this ilk (no that’s not a bad word) then check out Easy Vegetarian. I’m going to enjoy the Balsamic-Glazed Portobello Mushroom recipe she posted.

Don’t forget the beer! Hey, it’s the Fourth! Beer & Me has all the beer news…yes there is some news about beer.

Don’t forget the music! Did I say it was the 4th of July? Let’s get this party started! Classic Rock to cover everybody.

And don’t forget a good book when you are by the pool, you know the last one reviewed by Book Review Today! Wait here’s some non-fiction if you’re in the mood…Non-Fiction Lover works in a library, she’s got an in on what’s hot.

Tune in again to see what I’ve found for the Fourth of July at Today.

So what are you bringing to the party?