Wow, how boring.

Reliving Madonna is lame.

Tom Petty – Great.

Paul McCartney – great.

Madonna – nope.

I have a beautiful Samsung LED high def TV.

I really love the picture.

It is a great TV.

But Smart Hub sucks.

It is slow.

It is cumbersome to navigate.

It does not have Amazon streaming.

Basically, Smart Hub is worthless.

Absolutely worthless.

Do not buy this TV for the purpose of Smart Hub.

Sure there are some classic black & white Christmas movies…but really, what Christmas movies to you want to watch every year?

For me they are:

• A Christmas Story
• Christmas Vacation
• Elf

I just finished watching Elf, and not only is it a funny movie, but…I’m almost embarrassed to say this…tears were brought to my eyes more than once in this movie.  Jeez, I must be getting old.

I love to write on a dry erase board.

Whether brain storming or while explaining something.

I’ve had a 3′ x 5′ board for quite some time…and it just ain’t big enough.

Looking online to buy the next size up, even used, is just cost prohibitive.

So I started looking for alternatives.

The first alternative I found is Idea Paint (www.ideapaint.com).
It seems like what I was looking for.  The smallest “kit” which covers 50 sq feet is $25.  Not bad.
But, what caught my eye is the 7 day curing period…less than desireable.

So, I next looked at Whitey Board  (www.whiteyboard.com).  The concept here is they have a stick on white board film.
A 3′ x 6′ “board” is about $40.
I bought it and it sucked.
I wiped the wall clean, stuck the film on my wall, and when I came in the next day, it was barely hanging on the wall.
I gave it a few more tries with no luck.  I sent an email to the company and they quickly sent me a new one stating they had a bad batch from a new supplier.

Excellent, so I tried the new one…same problem.  This doesn’t work.

Finally, while at a “home improvement warehouse” I saw Rust-Oleom Dry Erase paint.
As it cost about $20, I figured I’d give it a try.
WOW – this rocks!

One can covered about a 9′x4′ area.

NOTE: the instructions say if painting over a dark area, put a coat of white primer on first.
Of course I didn’t, and I see why you should.
This paint is rather thin, so my hunter green base paint was peering through.

I put on a second coat and it looks great.

Another thing, as this paint is pretty thin, don’t try to glob it on, because that will create drips.

So, if you prep properly: use a white primer, and apply it good and thin (basically follow their directions), you’ll have a great, cost-effective dry erase board.

I like Alec Baldwin…as an actor.

He is great.

Obviously, he doesn’t give a hoot about people.

Even if he was on a private jet, he would have had to turn off his phone.

That rule, as annoying and antiquated as it may be, is a federal regulation.

The airlines didn’t make it up.

It doesn’t matter if you are still at the gate, when the door closes and the crew tells you to turn off you electronic devices, that’s what you have to do.

Instead, “Mr.” Baldwin gets pissy over a game.

Whaaaay!

He obviously doesn’t care about the other passengers nor the flight attendants who are trying to do their jobs…no matter how un-attractive they may be.

Don’t forget Alec, the flight attendants are not there to serve you…they are there to help you get out of the plane if it crashes.