Elvis Blog – Post #62 – Murphy’s Law
DATELINE: Amelia Island (near Jacksonville, Florida)
Remembering Wednesday 26 September 2012
ELVIS QUOTE:
“Rhythm is something you either have or don’t have, but when you have it, you have it all over.”
ELVIS TRIVIA:
In what year was Elvis presented as “One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation” for 1970?”
ELVIS HISTORY:
Spring 1955
Elvis performed on stage with Johnny Cash at this time. In Mobile, Alabama, and was greeted with both hostility (by old timers) and with cheers (from the young crowd). By this time, no entertainer wanted to follow him. His shows were called ‘mass delirium.’
AMELIA ISLAND, FLORIDA:
Wednesday September 2012
Murphy’s Law: Whatever can go wrong, will.
Small irritations will eventually add up to a large headache. I’m still trying to catch up with the mail and emails and “life.” I had a dentist appointment today for cleaning. When I got there, the hygienist had not been scheduled for some reason, but they charged me $45.00 and I have drive back Monday—for cleaning. An hour and a half drive each way. I received notice that the annual Elvis Festival in Orlando will be held 1-3 March, but I couldn’t make contact with the hotel for some reason—after 45 minutes on the phone, I gave up. I kept getting cut off. The Million Dollar Quartet will be 30 October to 4 November in Orlando but my Sisters in Crime meeting (the first Saturday of each month) is the day our fan club suggested we go see the show, and my daughter will be flying back from San Antonio too late to go with us. The Embassy Hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina (where we stayed during the Police Academy for Writers event) sent me a small mirror, worth about five dollars, by overnight express and billed me $33.90. I am going to protest this charge. They didn’t send my expensive large mirror (that the small mirror was attached to by suction cups). They swore it was not in the room. Later they called back to say they found it and will send it—but will charge me for sending that one. A family wedding that has been scheduled for months is now in conflict with a very recently scheduled baby shower. Tomorrow is going to be a good day I just know it, because whatever could go wrong, has. I know, whine, whine, whine. This will all be funny later—much later.
JOKE OF THE DAY:
Man walks into a dentist’s office.
Man: “How much it will cost to extract wisdom teeth?”
Dentist: “$160.”
Man: “Ridiculous. Isn’t there a cheaper way?”
Dentist: “If I don’t use an anesthetic, it’s $120.”
Man: Still too expensive.”
Dentist: “I can simply rip the teeth out with a pair of pliers. $40.50.”
Man: “Still too much.”
Dentist: “If one of my students does it for the experience, I could charge you just $20.”
Man: “Marvelous. Book my mother-in-law for next Tuesday!”
RECIPE OF THE DAY:
Easy Cheezy Chicken Enchiladas for 6:
You’ll need 6 six-inch flour tortillas, 1 10 oz can cream of chicken soup
Heat oven 350
Stir the soup (reg or fat free), ½ C sour cream* 1 Cup picante sauce, & 2 tsp chili powder in a bowl
In a large bowl, stir 1 C of this soup mix, 2 Cup chopped cooked chicken, ½ C shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Divide Chicken Mix among 6 tortillas
Roll up
Place seam-side down in 11”x7”x2” pan
Pour rest of soup mix over filled tortillas
Cover
Bake 40 min
Top w/ 1 sm. chopped tomato & 1 sliced green onion
* You can substitute Greek yogurt for sour cream
TRIVIA ANSWER:
16 January 1971