Guest Editor Picks - 3/28/08

Hi, I'm Dorn, president of the Dust Bunny Club of North
America. and this
week's AOL Journals Guest Editor. 
Briefly, I have
been blogging on AOL
for just over 4 years (my first blog, Dust Bunny Club, celebrated it's 4th
Anniversary on March 18th).  My mom has always urged me to
write some of my stories down so this is for her.  Its also
the closest to a letter anyone in my family will ever get so they all
read it as well.

I have been married
for 24 years to a retired soldier whom I lovingly refer to as Dickidoo, 'because his stomach
sticks out further than his.... ', well, you get the picture. 
We have 5 children, the Oompas.  Gabe, the oldest, is the father of my two
grand babies, and is
currently serving his second tour in Iraq.  (Be safe Gabe!)  The Oompas and I share a journal
written for him:  Letters To Gabe.  Thanks to
the wonders of modern technology, even in a war zone, our soldiers can
still keep in touch with their loved ones here in the states through
the Internet and we
hear from him often.  The other Oompas are here at home with
me, Zack, Art,
Becca and
Rocky.  They are, among other things, my inspiration and
exasperation... No, wait, Dickidoo is my exasperation.  What
ever, I've got it all!

I am a
reader.  I love to read.  I used to be able to finish
novels in one sitting.  Now days I don't have time for the
newspaper let alone a novel, although I did manage to squeeze in a
Nelson Demille
hardback this week, amazing writer!  I think I have Attention
Deficit Reading Disorder, or ADRD.  If I can't read the whole story
in 2 minutes flat then it ain't gonna happen!  Journals, or blogs are perfect. 
They are short, informative and very entertaining.  My
'Favorite Journals' list on my desktop is over a hundred urls long, and
growing.  I love going to the Blogs home screen and browsing
through the recently updated entries for new blogs.  Here are
a two of my most recent discoveries.

 Rick Minerd - Life Is A
Jukebox :  Retired Police Chief, Former Deputy
Sheriff, Former Broadcaster, Car Guy.  He sounds like the main
character of a 70's television Cop mini series.  He writes
like a script writer for a 70's television Cop mini series. 
He's witty, and at times sensitive, but most of all, he's
interesting.  I had never heard of most of the radio stations
or broadcasters but found myself clicking from entry to
entry.  Wolfman Jack, yeah, I remember
him!

 my brain is in
pain :  Its like Colbert and Jon Stewart
rolled into one.  The guy is funny, and random.  But
don't stop there, cos he makes sense too.

And now for
a  couple of old favorites.

 This simple housewifes contribution to the
world :  Jill Marie is the complete opposite
of me, organized, clean, sweet and intelligent with all her helpful
household tips.  She makes motherhood sound
appealing.  She could be the Mother of the Year. In
fact I think I shall name her Dust Bunny Club Mother of the
Year.  I would love to be just like her when I grow up, if I
didn't  already know how much hard work it
would involve.

 The Hadonfield Myers
Experience : Wait, can it be?  Yes, it is a
blogging dad... with
teenagers!  Parenting blogs written by parents of teenagers are hard to
come by, probably because the parents are too busy doing damage control
to have time to blog,
and yet here is a humorous, well written one that inspires other weary
parents and comforts them in the thought that they are not
alone.

Lastly, and not just
because it's my husband's blog (even though I make the posts cos he's even
more of a computer idiot than I am)... its mostly because he's a darn
good photographer:

 PAPARRAZI BY
PROXY :  Okay, so his name isn't really
Dickidoo, I just call
him that cos it bugs him... Steve has taken some amazing
pictures.  His job on a military installation gets him up
close and personal to many different species of wild life as well as
some in the proximity of our military in action.  Yes, I will
admit to a little rivalry and maybe just a little teenie tiny bit of jealousy
but there's no denying the guy has an eye! (or maybe he's just
lucky!)  I'lllet you be the judge of that.  This of
course leads up to a blatant plug of yet another of my blogs: Through The Eyes Of The
Beholder (that's me!)

I hope you enjoy
these blogs as much
as I have, and if you haven't already done so, stop by the Dust Bunny
Club where I'm giving away free Dust Bunnies in celebration of my 4 Year
Anniversary!

Dorn~