I don't know what I clicked on but my office computer and two others went kaput last Friday (the 13th).  My tech is here right now trying to get rid of the virus.  He said he had been fighting this thing for two weeks and had already replaced 3 computers.  Fortunately, mine is new enough that it warrants being cleaned up.  I am using my boss's computer right now and since he never uses it, I should be okay.  At least I don't have a lot of personal stuff on my office computer.  I do need to replace mine at home, however, it's been down for 3 years!!

Kathleen, what happened to your friend has happened to people I know, too.  I found out McAfee antivirus doesn't work, and that some of those Facebook links can cause big problems.  My hard drive had ti be wiped, so this is like getting a new computer, and you know what fun that is.

Phil, sheesh.  Of course I'd be dressed if I were at the In-n-Out.

Phil how do you dress a french fry? in a french bikini?....Just wanted to give Charlotte another chance to say "Men Sheesh"

Just a reminder that my daughter-in-law, Gayle Lemmon, will be appearing at the Barnes and Noble, Creekwalk Village, 801 15th St., Plano, Texas on May 19, at 7pm. She will speaking on and signing her NY Times Bestselling Book, "The Dressmaker of Khair Khana". This is a true story about a teenage woman who, during the Taliban rule in Afghanistan, created a dressmaking business out of her home to support her own family and ended up employing over 100 women in her neighborhood. Fascinating story and since Gayle has travelled for over 5 years to Afghanistan, she has become quite the expert on Afghanistan, it's people and it's problems. If you have the book, bring it and she will sign it. If not, you can purchase there and she will sign. They make wonderful gifts. Or if you just want a fascinating evening with friends, come and enjoy. Spread the word and I hope to see a lot of you there. Thanks in advance for your support of this important story.

Ken, I imagine I'm out of the running to be an Olympic Judge for the event you referenced. I still have that stain on my record from attempting to tip a pole dancer with eight rolls of pennies rather than four $1 bills. Those g-strings just don't support as much weight as you'd think.

Speaking of the Golden Debs and pole dancing, I see where a British company, Vertical Dance, has started an online petition to make pole dancing an official Olympic sport. If successful, I'm sure the first act would be to hire professional judges, men with vast experience, unbridled enthusiasm, and a wad of one dollar bills. Judhead Caldwell, Felipe Pelch, and Geo Johnny leap to mind. Bobby Moffett is excluded due to his nightly exposure to this activity.....at home.

Thanks, Barbara.  I thought it was around '67 when the name changed, but I never knew what it was changed to.  I wonder if they are still the Pivoteers?  Correction from my last post - I meant to say that the Dashing Debs were the second "high school" drill team in the state. 

For those who are interested, the saga of the Golden Debs came to an end in 1967.  Fortunately, the integrity of the Golden Debs was never compromised by the wearing of petticoats or “pole-dance” routines, as the replacement drill team – the Pivoteers – came along with the school year of 1967-68.  Although Debs may not have always been perfect girls, through hard work and discipline, our routines were close to perfection!  I work with people of our era who graduated from high schools in Ft. Worth and Garland.  They still talk about how the South Oak Cliff Golden Debs were legendary!  As Jerry Vessels so aptly put it “We didn’t always win the game, but we always won the half-time show!”    

My sister-in-law told me that the Dashing Debs from Garland celebrated their 65th anniversary this year and they are the second oldest drill team in the state.  I believe that the Kilgore Rangerettes were the first drill team in the state, so the high schools must have started right after that.  I'm getting hyped to see my great-niece perform this fall and I think Garland is supposed to have another good football team, so it should be fun.

The world has surely changed: morals, civility, gas prices, grading concepts, drill team performances, etc, etc, etc. Now the once proud Golden Debs are the still proud Olden Debs, last of the precision, disciplined drill teams. I don't think anyone today (or in the past) performs with the precise exactness that SOCites enjoyed seeing. A couple of years ago I went to the Celina-James Madison playoff football game. The Madison drill team was...uh....how should I say...."entertaining". Only individual poles could have added to the performance. A guy sitting by us made a very un-P.C. and very funny remark. He thought it was great that so many girls could find babysitters on a Friday night. Ouch!