(VIDEO) CULLUMS RE-VISIT A FAVORITE FILM

There was nothing interesting to watch on TV, so somewhat lackadaisically we revisited a famous, favorite film.

 Wow!  We were surprised, found ourselves seeing beautiful elements in the film -- brilliant things we'd never noticed before. Was it our mood? Or it because nowadays we actually see, feel, and understand a lot of things more realistically?

NEW WORDS

A FEW words, maybe for you,

Are definitely NEW.






 Mmm.

ONE new word might be fun.

If you wanna have two...
well...
This word might do.
well...
It depends on who are your friends.



Hey, if you often "cosplay" ...

mmm

It does confuse,
But amuse your pals,
(those boys and gals),
Who choose not to divulge
The pleasures in which they indulge.



(Do you strike a match,
and join them?
Say ahem lightly, politely?
Natch!)


But new words like birds fly by...

So,
With a realistic sigh,
Just try
To make sense
In one dense sentence...

Make it your intention to mention
            To pronounce --    
            To announce --
Say loudly some time today:

"GUYS, 
YOU ARE ON
FLEEK!"


"YOU ARE FAMO!"
 
For quite awhile, your SEN PAL, BAELESS PAL,
Your toking smoking TOOKAH pals will smile!
And in the end, comprehend,
Seek to be fleek,
And like Santa's elves,
Use the new words themselves.


Here are other new words added by Merriam Websters this year:

And these:
LOLcat: In case you hadn't heard, it refers to pictures of cats you find all over the Internet accompanied with funny captions, typically with misspellings and incorrect grammar.
Five-second rule: It  makes people feel better for eating food that's fallen on the floor. This rule says it will still be uncontaminated if it's only been five  seconds.
Mahoosive: Exceptionally big.
Keyboard warrior: Someone who aggressively posts on Facebook or other social media sites.
Digital footprint: The information about you that can be found online.
Duck face: An exaggerated pouting expression, often made for a selfie.
Man crush: The non-sexual admiration one man has for another.
Some abbreviations also: Jel, for jealous; xlnt, because excellent is way too long; and IDC, meaning I don't care.

Hey,  IDDC -- I definitely do care!  Do you?

SUNSHINE IN KENYA

Wow -- in rural Kenya, South Africa, solar panels are replacing kerosene generators and providing cleaner, cheaper, more reliable energy.

I saw this photo in Newsweek Magazine -- Erasmus Wambus enjoying the solar powered light in his home in Kenya.

According to Newsweek, two-thirds of South Africa's population has no electricity. Many have always used Kerosene generators that are unhealthy and environmentally destructive. Solar costs less than Kerosene.

We own the small building in this photo. Our personal electrical bills -- for each of our two floors, are about $130 a month; also we pay the electricity bills for the building's hall ways, and exterior -- another $175.

The article described a woman entering her mud-walled house -- kicking off her sandals, switching on a light and a turning on small TV -- "a little miracle," she said. "My children can now study well,  complete their assignments. Last term they performed excellently in their exams."

Everyday the woman has to line up the solar panel outside her home. Solar is paid for by her "lease-to-own" agreement with M-Kopa Solar, a Canadian company that delivers electricity to more than 100,000 homes in South and East Africa. Customers make a small down payment and then make daily payments of pennies a day.

Spur of the moment, I phoned a Solar Panel place and got in over my head. There were pop-up requests for my name, phone, profile, income -- the sort of questions you do not want to answer online -- plus technical questions about our building.  

I talked to my husband. The co-owner of our building, actor singer John Cullum LOVES the idea.  He thinks what they're doing in Kenya could done by us -- it might inspire our neighbors, the guys who own the big buildings that surround ours, and maybe their neighbors too.

So we're googling around, reading about funding, bank loans, tax credits, checking out solar energy websites, learning what we can. It might be, it could be our summer project!!!!!

Can you hear us, we singing "You are my sunshine..." 

(VIDEO) CULLUM & EM CHAT ABOUT "NOTHING."

Out of the blue, Emily says, "There's no subject today."

Spur of the moment, the Cullums have fun discussing "nothing," -- trivial things (ala Jerry Seinfeld), about which they're not very concerned.