Elvis Blog – Post #53 – Dog Rule Number 4

DATELINE: AMALIA ISLAND (near Jacksonville, Florida)
Remembering Monday 17 September 2012

ELVIS QUOTE:
“Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.”

ELVIS TRIVIA:
In 1971 what future U.S. President said, “You Memphis politicians had better watch out if Elvis ever decides to enter politics.”?

ELVIS HISTORY:
March 1955
Elvis’s audience at Louisiana Hayride grew to the point that many performers refused to perform the same night Elvis was on stage.

AMELIA ISLAND, FLORIDA:
Monday 17 September 2012
I just saw on Sandi Pichon’s TCB Elvis Style Fan Club message board that Bill Black died yesterday. He was a wonderful man and terrific musician. I’ve written about Bill Black so much that I feel I knew him. How sad.

Today I am getting a pitch and synopsis ready for the Police Academy for Writers. It is not easy to reduce a 356 page manuscript down to two sentences. And it even harder to get the “elevator” speech (25 words that explain the entire story) right. I have a coffee cup that has, “What’s worse than writing a synopsis?” on one side. On the other side it says, “Nothing!” I guess it’s time to get out Elizabeth Sinclair’s terrific book on writing the %$%& synopsis.

JOKE OF THE DAY:
Pitch-black night. Ship’s captain sees a light dead ahead, on a collision course with his ship. He sends this signal: “CHANGE YOUR COURSE 10 DEGREE EAST.” A signal comes back: “Change yours 10 degrees west.” He sends signal: “I am a Navy captain with a battleship. Change your course!” A signal comes back: “I’m a lighthouse. Your call.”

DOG RULE #4:
I cannot buy anything bigger than a king-sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think that I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out backward and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.

RECIPE OF THE DAY:
Meatloaf Cups:
Great for potlucks
You’ll need 2 # ground beef & ½ C cornflakes
Combine 2 beaten eggs, ½ C milk, ¼ C ketchup, ½ C crushed cornflakes, 4 T dried minced onion, 1 tsp each: prepared mustard & salt, ¼ tsp pepper
Crumble hamburger over this
Mix well
Press into 6 foil-lined or greased muffin tins cups
Bake 350 for 25 min
Drain before serving
Drizzle with ketchup
Push a cube of cheese or a very small pickle into middle of meatloaf before baking, for a surprise

TIP OF THE DAY:
Moldy cheese?
Wrap cheese in cheesecloth (or paper towel) dampened with salt water and store in refrigerator. Salt kills bacteria.

TRIVIA ANSWER:
George Bush