Summer of Compliments

As many of you have heard, the Complimenting Complimenter http://complimenter.blogspot.com/ has challenged his readers to make this a summer of compliments. I love compliments. I love giving 'em. I love getting 'em. I REALLY love getting 'em. So I love this challenge.

I decided to do some complimenting right here in my blog. It keeps me from having to come up with something clever or amusing to post and it helps me to meet CC's challenge. Essentially, I'm killing two birds with one stone, as they say. (That's a pretty nasty visual, don't you think?)

I'm going to try to compliment one of my favorite bloggers here about once a week...when I'm not talking about HUNKY FIREMEN or our Blogger trip to Vegas.

This first post is to compliment my friend, Gene Maudlin.
http://oldhorsetailsnake.blogspot.com/
Now most of you know Gene as "Hoss". If you only know him from my blog (unlikely, as Ol' Hoss really gets around!), you probably know him as "Snake", which is what I call him. I'm not sure why I call him that, because he certainly is not the sort of guy who women typically describe as a "snake". I called him that the first time and I'm pretty stubborn about my habits. Once I've done something a certain way one time, I just like to keep doing it that way. I'm not too good with change, you know? Snake calls me "Whizzer." Maybe it sounds like he's trying to tell me I've got pee running down my leg, but for some reason, I really like it when he calls me Whizzer!

Snake lives in an old folks home in Oregon. He's 74 years young and the most amusing blogger on the planet. Sorry to the rest of you funny types - you're great and I love you and I've probably recommended someone to your blog, but...well...go read a couple of Snake's posts and I'll be able to stop groveling here. You'll be laughing so darn hard you won't be able to work up any bad feelings over having been slighted!

For a 74-year-old man, Snake is an unusually good-looking guy. I've never actually seen a photo of him, but that's what he tells me. And he lives with the most clever and funny old people you could ever hope to meet. (If you typically don't find yourself HOPING to meet a bunch of old people, you might START hoping for just that after reading a few of Ol' Hoss's posts!)

Snake is always looking for a way to make his pile. For a while, he and his committee of clever old folks were coming up with all sorts of get-rich-quick inventions. By the way, how are you guys doing with that, Snake??

His posts are LITERALLY laugh-out-loud, roll-on-the-floor funny. My absolute FAVORITE part is the word of the day. At the end of every one of his posts, he tells you what his favorite word today is and proceeds to define it. Here are just a couple of examples. For more, go read his blog. I've already requested the FIRST, autographed copy of his soon to be published dictionary (THAT'S how he's REALLY going to make his PILE), so you'll have to wait in line!!
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My favorite word today is peeve. Vb., Ode to a Grecian Urn. Def.: Bitching about the loss of the word "gay" as a synonym for frolicsome, even though you never used it anyway.

My favorite word today is lost. n., a form of defeatism. Def.: The place you put your keys so you would remember where they are.

My favorite word today is evidence. n., from Old Greek word for "play." Def.: The abrasions on knees and elbows formed from the compulsion to make love on cheap sheets.