THE MOMENT OF TRUTH

Fox network debuted the new reality TV/game show Wednesday night after American Idol. Hyped as the most controversial show on TV. I found it boring. I mean, who really cares if someone sleeps with their date on the first date? Not me. Big deal!!

I'll explain the show. First, I only watched it because I was curious as to all the hype and it did come on after AI which I watched. Now, for how this lame show works. The contestants answer 21 questions to win $500,000. The constants have before the show answered 50 questions hooked up to a lie detector. I'm assuming they had to do extensive questionnaires or write an essay or have questions submitted by family or friends, because the questions are highly personal. The constant has no clue as to how they did on the lie detector exam. The constant comes out on stage, is seated in a very nice chair and with a few family members and friends seated where everyone can see each other, the questions begin. The host, Mark L. Walburg, explains that in order to win the grand prize all questions must be answered truthfully. They can stop at any time, but if a question has been asked they have to answer the question. If the constant feels like maybe they answered the question wrong during the lie detector part, they can change their answer. Also, the family member or friend can push a huge button in front of them if they don't want to hear the answer, but another question will be asked. That question maybe worse than the previous question so, 50/50 gamble.

The person gets all comfy. Nice chit-chat about the person's job, family, etc. To win the first round for $10,000 the constant must answer 6 questions. Each question gets a little harder and more personal. The show tries to build suspense by delaying the answer by what seemed like way too long, before the sexy woman's voice with the lie detectors answer. I was like, OK get on with it it's only a question about hair club for men......geez.

These people are basically making fools of themselves in front of family, friends, studio audience and the rest of whoever is watching for a few bucks. Who really cares, but the guy's wife, if he sleeps around or has delayed having children with her because he doesn't know if the marriage will last? I certainly don't care!!!! Do we really need to hear all this crap?

I guess the show is cloned from the same type of shows in Colombia, Germany and several other countries. No big winning though. The good old USA has the biggest pot. Colombia's show was recently canceled when a woman reveled she had hired to have her husband killed. OOPS! Too much information. :-) Maybe a good way for the cops to catch *would be* criminals.

So, my moment of truth is this........have you ever stole candy from a grocery store?

BARRETT-JACKSON CAR AUCTION

I went to the Barrett-Jackson car auction today. The auction actually starts tomorrow. Yesterday and today was preview day. Although not all the cars for sale are here these two days, they are more affordable. $20 per person that's why I go.



Tons of cars. There isn't anything that you couldn't find. This year a bunch of cars from Monster Garage show are up for sale. It was fun to see the cars and trucks that you've watched them do on the show. Some are pretty beat up, but they'll sell none the less. Kind of like E-bay. :-)



Also for sale is the Batmobile, the Monkee's car, Thelma and Louise's T-bird and the Beverly Hillbilles truck. Alice Cooper has his Golf Monster up for grabs too.



The Robosaurus eat a car. WOW!!!!!!! I was sitting in the front row to take photos and got to feel the heat from the beast.

That was a lot of fun to watch. It scared some of the little kids. They thought it was real, I guess.

A great day out in Scottsdale. Ate a huge burger from Alice Cooper'stown eatery. Thing must have weighted a pound. For $7, it had better be big.

You can get a idea of what's going up for sale and some of the things I saw today, go to http://www.barrett-jackson.com/ . The auction will be on the Speed channel on cable. A film crew was there filming Robosaurus eating the car. I assume they were from Speed.

See ya on TV!

ALL PHOTOS ARE MINE AND ARE COPYRIGHTED, PLEASE DO NOT DOWNLOAD WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!!!!!! THANK YOU! :-)

AFTERNOON RIDE

We (my husband, H, Shasta, the wonder dog and I) went out to Seven Springs, which is a little past Carefree, AZ, so I could take photos of storm clouds. I wasn't disappointed. The clouds were incredible.

Seven Springs is wilderness area that is used for hiking, camping and the like. A couple of summers ago, this area was devastated by a wildfire that consumed lots of vegatation. I was so glad to see that some was coming back. It's been some time since I had been back in there.

We stopped at Bronco Trailhead and got out. It was freezing cold, misting and windy. I set up my camera gear and took a couple of shots before the wind and cold got to me. Shasta was busy sniffing around. There were several cool trail, but they will have to wait for better weather. :-) This place had several cool corrals dedicated to two men who had died. (PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHTED)

We got back in the truck and drove back to the Sears-Kay ruin turnoff. All the time I've been back in here and never knew these ruins existed. It was a half a mile hike up to the ruins. The ruins are 900 years old and was build and lived in by the Hohokum Indians.

Remains of several large buildings and smaller ones. About 40 buildings in all. Very interesting. Signs are posted along the way with good history and how these people lived.

Interesting rock formations and scenery too.

It was a pretty productive ride. Got to go hiking and took some great photos. Shasta got to get out in the wilderness. This makes her second real hiking trip. She loved it. She'll sleep good tonight and so will I.

IT'S 2008

I can't believe I haven't posted anything in a long time. I'm going to try to do better this year.

2008 started off with the playing Scene It, the movie game, I was one of the losers. LOL Then we (Ric, Vicki, Brad, Jackie, H and I) watched the movie No Country For Old Men. It's a good movie, the ending left us all scratching our heads. I won't go into any details, except to say, don't get up to go to the bathroom or you won't know what's going on. Of course, after a few alcoholic beverages anything could've left us scratching our heads. LOL

I hope everyone has a healthy, happy New Year.

Peace out!