But, there is one exception.  Every one of those people in this movie are all 100% midgets in real life….that is, “Little People” under 4 feet 10 inches tall.  Mind you, I am 4 feet 10 inches tall too….but I am not a midget. :)

 The “Little People” in Tiny Town all ride on Shetland ponies instead of adult horses. They have voices obviously sounded like they are high on helium.  If you have seen the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz” with the Munchkins, you’d know what I mean (most of the actors in this movie played the Munchkins in the “Oz” movie a year later).  The movie sets (like the saloon doors) are all normal sized – one of these people walked UNDER the saloon doors!

 Here’s a website review of “The Terror of Tiny Town” movie from “Oh! The Humanity”, considering ‘it’s so bad it’s funny”:  http://www.ohthehumanity.com/review.php3?ID=400

This looks like an interesting movie to me, and I would like to watch it one day.  But some people out there thinks this movie is hilariously bad in a way for an “all midget western”, like the musical numbers. Like this guy's review:  http://www.thunderchunky.co.uk/tinytown.html

 Here's another site with the movie's dialogue, a mini-movie you can download, photos, and more: http://www.badmovies.org/movies/tinytown

Nancy 

I took the day off from work yesterday (Friday), so I had 2 appointments with my eye doctor and the audiologist. :)
     I went to the eye doctor first to get new glasses....so I had an eye examination, and then to check which is best vision for me using a tool that tests so people can get new glasses. He also did my eye pressure check and looked in the back of my eyes. :)
      So far, here's the results: The eye doctor said my pressure is good so keep using the eye drops....everything else looks great in my eyes. He said I am a little bit better in my nearsightness...and went on to explain that people in their 30s and 40s, their eyes gets better a little bit. :) So after he finished, he gave me a prescription for new glasses....which I picked out a pair in the same office. :) The new glasses are a bit smaller than the one I am wearing now, and will have anti-glare material, plus the lens being made lighter for my frames. :) I should get my new glasses in a week from now. :)
      Then I went to lunch at Arby's and then went home.

       At 2 pm, I went to the audiologist for the new hearing aid. I got a hearing test, which the results are consistent with all my old ones: severe to profound hearing loss. He said I can wear a hearing aid in my left ear but I will hear only sounds (voices sounded muffled in this ear). He then found out which aids is the best for me (Oticon -- just like my current one), by choosing a super power programmable aid or a super power digital aid...the audie said those aids are as strong as the one I am wearing now....I chose the Oticon programmable aid. The digital aid is expensive and may not have enough power for my kind of hearing loss...so I didn't choose that one.
      So, the final outcome is that I will be receiving a new Oticon powerful programmable BTE for my right ear. He made earmold impressions for both ears, so I will be using my current Oticon analog BTE for my left ear (it's still very good aid). He said if I wore in both ears, the volume controls won't be so high and other reasons. :) After a lifetime of analog hearing aids, I will be getting my first programmable aid! :) I don't know when I will be getting the hearing aid, perhaps next week or so....and then having the computer to set up the aid so I can use it...but I can't wait! :)

      The new earmolds will be soft material and full shell. :) This is the kind I had before my other audie switched it to the canal type earmold shell....I didn't like this kind because it didn't give a very good seal....so I prefer the full shell better, since I wore these kinds for many years and it stays in better. :)

      Well, that's how my day went! :)

    Do you like to work on puzzles such as Crosswords or Word Search?  Maybe you are one of the people who likes to work on Logic puzzles, or Fill-Ins?  How about other kinds of puzzles?

   There are two kinds of puzzle magazines that you can find in the stores -- but you can also get a subscription (1 or 2 year subscription) to be sent to your mailbox at home.  They are Penny Press and Dell Magazines.  Both are great magazines and are not expensive. :)  You can even order your kids or grandkids subscriptions to these magazines for the puzzles of their choice.

    Personally, I like working on Word Search and Fill-Ins.  Both are fun to do.  Crosswords are ok but some of the "clues" are hard to figure out. LOL

     While you visit either Penny Press or Dell Magazines,  both websites have FREE sample puzzles for you to work on at home to get a taste of what their magazines offer. :)

Nancy

    If you or someone you know who is visually-impaired or blind, and is looking for an online Bible, Gospelcom.net has one for you. :)  The "Large Print Bible" is a giant print online Bible with audio links so you can listen.  The Scriptures are typed in classic King James Version from Genesis to Revelation.

Click here to go to the Large Print Bible online. :)

Nancy

For Mozilla FireFox and Mozilla Thunderbird, they have a Mozilla Update page where you can find updated and new "extensions" for FireFox and Thunderbird.  If you are not satisfied, cannot find any older extensions listed, or just wants the very new extensions available, you can go to The Extension Mirror .

    The Extension Mirror has all of these:

Forums
Firefox Extensions (Latest)
Thunderbird Extensions (Latest)
Themes
Buttons
Goodies

    You can even go to their forum to post any suggestions, opinions, or just to get a problem solved on your FireFox or Thunderbird. :)

    This is an excellent source to go to if you ever want to "improve" your FireFox or Thunderbird....they have a list of other "extension" sites to go to if this one doesn't have what you are looking for (listed under "Recommended Sites"). :)

Nancy

Here are some excellent Christian homepages for everyone which has everything from holidays, free graphics, kid’s sections, Bible research and studies, games, and many more.  If you like, you can set these as your homepage – that’s how extensive they are! :)

Annie’s Homepage:

http://www.annieshomepage.com/index.html

Faith and Fun at Peggy’s Place:

http://peggiesplace.gospelcom.net

Perkins’ Family Homepage:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/7623

Enjoy! :)

Nancy

 If you want a United States Flag waving on your desktop (or over all windows), here's a freeware for you below. :) In the link below has a screenshot of what the US Flag looks like.
     This is created in memory of those who perished in the 9/11 tragedy....enjoy having an American Flag on your computer if you want to download the freeware. As the FAQs in the link says, there is NO spyware or adware, so it is safe to download. :)

Click here for more information or to download this freeware:
http://www.deskflag.com

Nancy

 Here's a Christian ministry for the deaf/hard-of-hearing called "Silent Word Ministries". They have a free newspaper for the deaf/HOH that is mailed out quarterly if you are interested. They have "Fantastic Saturdays", free lessons from the Deaf Bible Institute (you can earn a certificate or a diploma if you complete half or all of the lessons from the Bible), and others.

Here's their website:
http://www.silentwordministries.org

Here's where you can get their free newspapers.
http://www.silentwordministries.org/subs-SWNP.htm

I get this Silent Word newspapers quarterly and I enjoyed it. Hope you will too if you subscribe to them.  I have met one of the missionaries in this organization a couple of years ago at a deaf revival -- a deaf guy named Ronnie Rice. He does great imitations of famous people -- and he looks a bit like a young Jerry Lewis!

Nancy

In honor of all the Dads all over the world for "Father's Day" on June 19th, here's a humorous site on "10 Things We'll Probably Never Hear Dad Say". :)

Click here for a good laugh, and "Happy Father's Day"!:

http://www.wrensworld.com/dadwontsay.htm

Nancy

Arkansas Family Expecting 16th Child

URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050617/ap_on_fe_st/sixteen_kids

Arkansas' best-known big family will be getting bigger in the fall. Michelle Duggar and her husband, former state Rep. Jim Bob Duggar, say they're expecting their 16th child.

Michelle Duggar was honored in April 2004 with the state's Young Mother award. At the time, she was pregnant with young Duggar No. 15, a boy named Jackson born May 23, 2004.

The next child, a girl, is expected in October.

"We love children," Jim Bob Duggar says. "We consider each one a blessing from the Lord and we would both love to have some more."

Michelle adds, "They're a gift."

Baby girl Duggar will join her family in a new, 7,000-square-foot house that the Duggars have been building for the last two years. When it's complete, the home will have a commercial kitchen, 10 bathrooms, master and guest bedrooms, a laundry room with four washers and eight dryers, and two dormitory-style bedrooms — one for the boys and one for the girls.

The Duggars say No. 16 might not be their last.

 It is with saddest heart that I pass on the following news.

Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community.

The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection, and complications from repeated pokes in the belly.

He was 71.

Doughboy is survived by his wife, Play Dough, two children, John Dough and Jane Dough, who has a bun in the oven.

He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.

Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin.

Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Buttersworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies and Captain
Crunch.

The grave site was piled high with flours.

Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy, and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded.

Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers.

He was not considered a very smart "cookie", wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes.

Despite being a little flaky at times, he still, as a crusty old man, was considered a roll model for millions.

The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.

Here's a Flash video you can view online called "Review Your Life" about how to know Christ and what happens when you die without Christ.

This video is worth watching and can make you think.  Feel free to share the link below to others who may be interested in knowing Jesus as our Savior. :)

Click here to "Review Your Life":
http://jove.prohosting.com/sfspot/THISLIFE.swf

Nancy

    The 1960s-early 1970s TV series "Bewitched" is one of my favorite classic sitcoms.  I used to watch this show after I got home from school growing up, and as an adult today, I still love the show. :)  The year I was born, in 1969, was the year they did the "Darrin switch" from Dick York to Dick Sargent.

     The main focus of this show is of an average family living in Connecticut named Darrin and Samantha Stephens.  Samantha (played by Elizabeth Montgomery) was actually a witch who was more than 200 years old but she looked about 30 years old. She married a mortal man named Darrin Stephens (played by Dick York, then later Dick Sargeant), who sometimes had to tell Sam not to use her witchcraft, which is by wiggling her nose. Sam does use her magic only to help Darrin and to help whenever is necessary on the show. What made matters worse for Darrin is Sam's mother, Endora (played by Agnes Moorehead) who is also a witch....and a meddling mother-in-law who never said his name right. Darrin and Sam had two children: a girl named Tabitha (a witch) and a boy named Adam (perhaps a warlock - we don't know). The actors who played the kids were 2 sets of twins.

There are other witches and warlocks in Samantha's family: her father, Maurice; her bumbling Aunt Clara; Uncle Arthur the prankster; Cousin Serena; and others.  There is also a doctor in the family, but he's no regular doctor -- he's a warlock named Dr. Bombay (played by Bernard Fox). There was also a "babysitter" who's a witch but a very nervous one, named Esmerelda (played by Alice Ghostley).   Here's one of the BEST characters in "Bewitched" - the nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz. The actress who played her first, Alice Pierce, was hilarous...then after she died, Sandra Gould replaced her as Mrs. Kravitz.  Her long-suffering husband, Abner, was played by George Tobias, was also great.  Darrin's boss in the show was Larry Tate, a money-hungry man but also tries to please his clients, was played by David White.

Now coming out this month (in June 2005), there's a movie version of "Bewitched" with Nicole Kidman, this time as "Samantha", and Will Farrell as "Darrin" (I prefer Jim Carrey as Darrin because they favor each other so much and have the same rubbery expressions).  Here's the link for the movie: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/bewitched/site

Here's a very good "Bewitched" site for both the TV show and the movie, plus all kinds of trivia and facts about the series and the stars: http://www.harpiesbizarre.com

Here's 2 thumbs up to Ms. Montgomery. :)

Nancy

     For a couple of weeks, I have been the owner of an EmotiPad Plus, an emoticon "keeper" that you can drag and drop smilies, emoticons, and other types of photos in your forums or emails that you post online.  I like the idea of separating and labeling emoticons in categories such as "Happy Birthday", "Christmas", "Weather", and more. :) You can also get FREE updates of EmotiPad Plus after you purchase it from SoulSoft. :)

     I love this program because it is easy to use, and you can collect as many smilies or emoticons you want, plus this is sold at a good price (not expensive). 

You can purchase it by credit card, money order, check, etc.  One thing I need to tell you about after you download the program...During the time you are using the "trial" for about 14 days, you need to send in the payment right away (if you use money order or US check). After the "trial" is over, you will not get it up again if you don't send in your payment.

Be sure to check the FAQs and information about each of the 3 neat programs from SoulSoft to see which is best for your needs in the main page, including the prices and how you are going to pay for it.

Here's the main page:  http://www.emotipad.com

Here's where you can download EmotiPad Plus: http://www.emotipad.com/eppdownload.php

Here's the forum of SoulSoft where the moderators can help you with any problems you have with your EmotiPad software -- you can even find cool new emoticons to add to your EmotiPad!: http://www.emotipad.com/phpBB2

Here's another way you can get help with your software - called "Help Desk": http://www.emotipad.com/cgi-bin/pd/pdesk.cgi

Enjoy! :)

Nancy

    If you want to find a cool online painting program, look no further! :)  You can go directly to Art.com ArtPad to paint your heart's desire.  You can choose from a small paintbrush to a very large painter's brush to paint your picture online.  After you are done, you can replay (actually, watch you paint) your painting from "slow" to "fast". :)  You can even view other people's paintings in a gallery from this program. :)

Enjoy painting in the link below! :)

Go here:
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter

Nancy

    Have you ever seen strange closed captioning on your TV...you know, words or sentences that didn't make sense? I did and I thought it was funny.

Well, the website master who created the website in the link below knows what you are talking about. :)  He created Captionese.net, a website full of weird closed captioning that he had seen, and other people who submitted their own are included in the archives.

Enjoy Captionese.net and have a good laugh! :) :

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1waks

Nancy

     One of the most interesting famous people is Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind since infancy.  I have her autobiography "Story of My Life" which is a good read, and it is edited by John Macy, whom her teacher, Anne Sullivan had married once.

     There was a 1960s movie called "The Miracle Worker" that starred Patty Duke (as Helen) and Anne Bancroft (as Anne Sullivan).  It is one of my favorite movies because I loved some of the scenes (such as "feeling the facial expressions"), and it showed fingerspelling to help teach Helen new words.  I also like the fact that the nightmares Anne had in the movies were "grainy images", which is sort of like what the blind and visually-impaired people see first hand.

    In Amazon.com, I had written a review about this movie from "My Reviews", so here it is:

I enjoyed watching this movie because it is entertaining and I never got bored throughout the movie. I am deaf and I really enjoy the fingerspelling scenes, plus Annie Sullivan did wonders for Hellen by portraying her as a hard worker to help Hellen get a life from a soundless, sightless world. Both Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft did a great job on their parts. This is a good movie, both funny and heart-wrenching, and it is worth it to watch!

    Also, did you know that Helen had a Boston Terrier?  She also owned several other kinds of dogs in her lifetime.

From URL:  http://www.afb.org/braillebug/askkeller.asp?issueid=20051

One day, several girls invited Helen to go with them to Brookline to see some friends. This was all that they would tell Helen, and when they reached their destination, the girls were very mysterious. As Helen began to sniff, she realized that she was entering a kennel, the home of many Boston Terriers. Imagine Helen's surprise when the girls gave her one of the terriers named Sir Thomas Belvedere to take home.

Here's a picture of Helen with her BT -- photo from this link:  http://www.ioeba.net/ioebaobbhistory.htm

   Helen has written other books, including "Story of My Life".  It was said she had been typing (with a Braille typewriter) a book titled "Teacher" (concerning Anne Sullivan), but it was destroyed by a house fire.

   I think Helen is well-deserved in showing the world that people with disabilities can do anything they put their mind to it in an era when people were sent away to asylums and special schools.  Anne Sullivan is the true "Miracle Worker" since she had helped Helen to succeed in a world full of ignorance for those with special needs.

Nancy

 Students in an advanced biology class were taking a mid-term. The last question, worth 70 points or none at all was:

"Name seven advantages of mother's milk."

The student in question had also partied the night before, and was finding it hard to think of 7 advantages. He finally wrote:

1. It is a perfect formula for the child.
2. It provides immunity against several diseases.
3. It is always available as needed.
4. It is always at the right temperature
5. It is inexpensive.
6. It bonds the child to the mother, and vice versa.

And then, the student was stuck. Finally, just before the bell indicating the end of the test was rang, he wrote:

7. It comes in such cute containers.

He was the only student to make a 100 on the exam!