POLLY ELIASON- ARTIST---MORE QUIZ WINNERS--GENERAL MOTORS-- STRANGE BUT TRUE-

ARTIST OF THE WEEK

Artist of the Week - Polly Eliason of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Polly is a business person, homemaker, renowned artist, and--with the exception of her two oldest daughters--has raised an exemplary family.
Polly is one of my nieces, and although she may not be my favorite niece, she is in the top four.

Copyright laws prohibit me from displaying work from her professional portfolio; however, she is also famous in Sanpete County, Utah for her unique rock paintings. In the photo above she is painting the finishing touches on the logo for Skull Valley Ranch, next to an old pioneer house.

Pictured above is one her most famous rock compositions entitled "Desert Waterfowl."

Polly is very popular here in Manti and occasionally thrills the crowds when she appears in our 4th of July Parade with her husband, Marconi.

Polly is pictured above waving to her thousands of fans at last year's parade.

This is Polly with her two oldest daughters, Willow and Piper. Be sure and check out her website at: www.pollyeliasonart.com
I know you will love Polly's work and if you know her, you undoubtedly love her too. She is beautiful, bright, funny, and has taken on the inconceivably difficult task of living with Marconi.




VOO'S FAVORITE SOPRANO BABE

Charmaine Bucco portrayed by Kathrine Narducci




WINNERS: QUIZ #2

Clint Boswell, a.k.a. The Dude* (pictured above with his field trial winning, pointer named Divot)
The Dude scored 20 out of a possible 22 and wins the gift certificate at Cousin Bob's (the value of the gift certificate to be determined at a later date)

*Note: I have known The Dude for 20 years, and can personally vouch for his honesty, integrity, and impeccable citizenship. It is an honor to have him participate in my quiz.




DISQUALIFIED ENTRY

Oil Can


DISQUALIFIED ENTRY

The Wolf

These two gentlemen were disqualified because they corrupted the quiz and engaged in fraudulent, unscrupulous, unethical, unsportsmanlike behaviors.
(What they did was worse shit than Watergate.)
Oil Can* had a perfect score of 22 points (using his typical shady, sleazy techniques),
but that wasn't good enough. He let his ever-present greed take over, and attempted to further enrich himself by selling quiz answers to the dimwitted Wolf.

* Note: Oil Can's personal blog further illustrates what a self-centered, pompous, egotistical ass he really is. The vast majority of the photos on his blog are of himself--many of them showing him holding dead fish that somebody else caught.



2ND PLACE WINNER

Teen Teen a.k.a. Margo, a.k.a. The Leaf-eater
With a score of 19, Teen Teen wins herself another meatloaf dinner with a medium drink at the Sno Cap Lanes.

*Note: Her sister, Opie, was evidently overwhelmed by the complexity of the quiz and failed to even submit an entry. But at least she didn't succumb to the slimy underworld inhabited by The Wolf and Oil Can.



WINNER: QUIZ #3
(Previously known as the "Quiz for those with an elevation impaired IQ")

Joyce Eliason
Joyce is pictured above at one of the many "private" parties she hosted while at Manti High School.


STRANGE BUT TRUE...

The other day Spike and I were walking out of the Manti Red Cross Blood Bank after making our weekly donation. A guy I used to know when I was on the U.S. Olympic Ski team stopped me and said, "Voo, what's the most unique cemetery that you've ever visited?" I said, "That's easy. It's got to be the Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vermont. Barre is the "granite capital" of the U.S., and that granite is used to create some very unique headstones."

Pictured below are some of these headstones:

WHAT'S WRONG WITH GENERAL MOTORS?

It was a boring evening. I had just finished my daily 10-mile run with Spike. I sat down to rest and popped in a video of The Wolf shaving his legs. This is always good for a few laughs. (Spike especially enjoys it.) Suddenly the phone rang. An old friend of mine that I knew when I was doing research at MIT said to me, "Hey Voo, what's wrong with General Motors?" I will tell you blog readers (all 5 of you), what I told him: GM is making great cars. Some of them are getting 40 miles per gallon. The engines will last for 300,000 miles. They are comfortable with great sound systems, satellite radio, and Global Positioning Systems. However, GM (along with the other U.S. automakers) needs to go back to its roots. What these American-made cars lack is something they used to have in abundance..................TAIL FINS!

This 1959 Chev Impala is identical to Voo's first car.

1958 Chrysler

1957 Chrysler

1959 Cadillac--the ultimate in Tail Fins

Another 1959 Cad

1959 Pontiac

1959 Chev

Another 1959 Chev

Another 1959 Cad

1959 Buick

'59 Buick

Sure these cars only got 8 miles per gallon and didn't have any safety features whatsoever,
but they had style!




RANGER BOB'S OUTDOOR TIP OF THE DAY:
USING YOUR WATCH AS A COMPASS

A watch with hands will help you find what direction you are traveling. Hold the watch horizontally and point the hour hand toward the sun. The midpoint between the hour hand and 12:00 o'clock is true south. During daylight savings take the midpoint between the hour hand and 1:00 o'clock to compensate for the one hour difference.

"I have used this son-of-a-bitching method hundreds of times when I have been lost in the forest. I swear by it. It works." --Ranger Bob



RED SOX LEGEND OF THE WEEK

Jimmy Piersall
Brilliant Red Sox right fielder from 1950-57

Piersall suffered a nervous breakdown and wrote a best-selling book named "Fear Strikes Out." The book was also made into a movie starring Anthony Perkins, who had obviously never touched a bat or ball in his life.


DEAD ROCK-N-ROLL LEGEND OF THE WEEK

Bill Haley
Bill Haley and his back-up group, The Comets, started it all in 1955 with "Rock Around the Clock."

Rock until you're dizzy
Roll until you vomit
The only thing I wanted
was to be a Haley's Comet

----original by Voo

FLY OF THE WEEK

The Apprentice



KNOT OF THE WEEK

The Blood Knot

This knot is commonly used by guides to tie two leaders together. A good guide will tie this knot in 30 seconds. I find it very difficult and I'm lucky if I can tie it in 30 minutes.



MORE SISTER PHOTOS

This is Joanne when she was a BYU Cheerleader.

This is Joyce when she was in charge of security on the BYU campus.




News Events:
Teen Teen and Tulip visit from Vermont.
Joanne and Little Martha recover from hand surgeries
Haley and Sarah continue to grow: When will it stop?
Sanpete Ducks Unlimited next weekend


QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"If life were fair, Elvis would be alive, and all his impersonators would be dead."
---Johnny Carson



More fun next week when we'll talk about "How to Be Popular at Church Dances (especially when you don't go to church)"

Also, Spike is getting ready to start his own column on this blog. Watch for it soon!

That's all for now.
Voo has left the building.