What are they? The silly ones, I mean?

We all have these trivial things that govern our little lives. I'd like it if you go ahead and share some of them here, on the AfterGlow, and perhaps we can turn them into Friday's Daily Talker on the Colleen and The Boys Radio-Oh Show.

(Not making any promises, however; gotta get that by Colleen and Reuvers. I have no power.)

Anyway, I'll share one here, just to start us off. Your Main Man of The Glow has been subscribing to the Sunday New York Times for eons now. Something like 20 years now.

But there's one rule that G.R. has to live by in regard to the Sunday paper. If I haven't read it by end of day Tuesday. it goes in the recycling bin.

Why? That's just the way it is.

Now You Tell The Glow Down Below.

WHat are your silly rules to live by?

And The Super Fife AfterGlow Prize Closet Bonus Code Word of the Day is ... "rule."

As in "I totally ..."

Friday's comin', good people! -gr

We were trying to name this decade on the Colleen and The Boys radio program Wednesday. Only 40-some-odd days left.

We'll take all kinds of suggestions here on the AfterGlow.

I had a whole bunch of your comments lined up, and a remarkably written AfterGlow that has now been crashed three times today. So, give us your thoughts below on what you'd name this decade.

Me, I'm going with the Doom Decade. You heard it here first, folks. I coined it.

Here's a NYT story on it.

The Prize Closet Bonus is "name."

As in "That's not my ... "

Ting Tings forever.

That's all I got folks, sorry. Sometimes the computer wants you to walk away. -gr

Or not, as it were. The Daily Talker on the Colleen and The Boys Radio-Oh Show dealt with this one Tuesday. And we'll do it here as well.

The G.R. told the Reuvers and Sheletta about setting the mood on a date.

(Thanks to Sheletta for subbing; Colleen, get well soon!) 

So, he puts Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On?" in the old Victrola, and ... well, that was it. As Sheletta pointed out, the words are a bummer, no matter what the groove is.

So, We Put It To You

And we got some emails from you about what does or doesn't set the mood.

Mary gives us: How about the song from Kid Rock (the one that is currently over-played) can't remember that name, but this was just last summer.
Something about Summer and the lake.

"All Summer Long" is the name of the "song," and I don't know if that sets it or ruins it.

Leahsez: Anything Lenny Kravitz.

Again, does that set it or ruin it?

I like this from Denise:

Anything by the Cars sets the mood for my husband and I, we used to make out at the park to the tape of Cars greatest hits.

Awesome! I can relate.

And this deal breaker from Cyndie:

I can remember being a young INSECURE teenage girl, making out w/ my crush, in his 1979 Chevy Caprice, getting hot and heavy, probably more hot and heavy than I had been before- when all of a sudden FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS came on the radio! What a nightmare!! I tried to ignore it, but it was just painful - and I didnt even have a big butt, it was just my pubescent crazy teenaged girl mind!! Needless to say, he took me home...

Ouch! What about you?

Do Tell the Glow Down Below.

And the Super Sexy AfterGlow Prize Closet Bonus Code Word of the Day is ... "mood."

As in ... well, you know.

-gr!

Not at all to make fun of praying, but those times when we all try to pull some strings for the very little things. Do tell.

I'll start us off with a story. Over the weekend, Your Main Man of the Glow decided to take a Saturday evening walk around his neighborhood.

His 'hood, of course, is downtown Minneapolis. Nice night, folks out and about.

Because of this fact, The G.R. lives in an urban, high-density area. And because of this, you get to know some of your neighbors, whether you want to or not.

So, across the courtyard is a group of 20-something-aged young men in an apartment. Can't tell how many there are, but any time there's a sporting event, which is most nights of the week and all weekend long, there's a bunch of them.

And They Get Together And Yell At the TeeVee

Nothin' wrong with that. Maybe a little beer involved. Just a little.

Anyhoo, late Saturday, I come across one of the gentleman kneeling, face down, shirtles, with as towel over his head, in the courtyard.

"Dude, you okay?" I say.

He pulls the towel off his head, looks up and says, "I'm praying."

I look at him quizzically.

"Iowa's playing Ohio State," he says, "and I'm praying."

So he was praying for a Hawkeye victory.

And that got me to thinking: What's the silliest, most insignificant thing you've ever prayed for? A girlfriend? Pass a math test?

Do Tell The Glow Down Below.

And the Super Kneeling AfterGlow Prize Closet Code Word of the Day is ... "pray."

Like I do to get this blog over with. -gr

Just the ones that kinda sound like it. That was Friday's Talker on Colleen and The Boys, and we're posting your emails here.

First, though, the whole thing stemmed from this story Your Humble Servant found on the internets: A high school principal bans use of the word "meep."

Like, the sound Beaker from the Muppets makes.

Anyway, that made us make the leap to words that sound dirty, but really aren't.

Colleen started us out with one: "****quat."

Ahem. Then you emailed in several.

Rico says, "Homework." Huh. Never thought of that before.

Holli helpfully points out that "masticate" means "to chew." What's so dirty about that?

And a story from Staceypants:

Back in the day when I worked in advertising, there was a campaign we were shooting for a cake mix. The exploder on the front of the box said "Betty's Moistest Ever!" Never have gotten that out of my head.

I don't quite understand ... it's about cake, right?

Apparently, one listener and another emailer point out there's a place somewhere called Lake Titicaca.

Looks like a lovely place! 

And, of course, don't forget the current dirty du jour, "stimulus package."

What about you?

Do Tell the Glow Down Below!

And, hey, keep it clean, people. The point is words that are NOT dirty. That's the point.

And the Super Filthy AfterGlow Prize CLoset Bonus Code Word is ... "dirty."

As in "bird."

Haven't you heard? Have a weekend! -gr