Sunday, January 27, 2008

Destiny Calls Part Deux

First of all, I think my last little blog concerning ferrets, thighmasters and blinged out preachers got misinterpreted. My wife was briefly worried that I was unhappy with our life. I also received an e-mail from a certain someone who got a similar feeling and asked me, "Was it my destiny to get pregnant on my honeymoon and continue to populate the world with children that obviously have hearing problems (b/c they don't listen unless there is a Home depot stick in my hand)..... was it my destiny to wind up driving a minivan that mostly looks like a rolling Waste Management mobile.......was it my destiny to marry a man that always looks better in his jeans than I do?" Uh, I was just trying to tell a funny little story. Well, without offending my wife or any other female reader I will share another semi-incredible (not really, but slightly funny) story from work. Does anyone remember these pictures that got e-mailed around some time ago?:





Well on Friday I have this guy in my office and he's from Cutoff, Louisiana. So I ask him what he does and he says that he manages a staffing company for one of the oil field companies and that he tends bar at a pub in Cutoff and that he's also a "minister". I ask him if he has a church and he says that he doesn't, but asks if I ever saw "The Camo Wedding" on the internet. At first, I didn't remember and then he starts telling me about a duck camp and I remembered. Well he whips out his i-phone and starts showing me pictures and there he is, The Reverend Stephen Caballero. He told me that he ran into the couple not long ago and they have a little girl now and you guessed it........"Camo Baptism" is coming soon. You heard it here first. Another ray of sunshine from our old friend Fortunna.


Of course I've had more famous people than Reverend Stephen in my office before. I once did some notary work for The Black Rhino. He didn't even carry his own driver's license, a member of his entourage did it for him. This was when he was really at the peak of his career probably about a year or so before he fought Tyson. See here for more info on the Rhino: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Etienne


And the most famous person I've ever encountered at work would have to be the very lovely Donna Douglas. Please note that every time I ever saw her (a total of maybe two times) she was wearing the top that she has on in this picture.


Well, we've got to get ready for Mardi Gras this week. The famous people that I remember seeing at Mardi Gras in the past are, Harry Connick, Jr. , Brad Paisely, Elijah Wood, K.C. and the Sunshine Band and that's all I can remember, but what an illustrous group. Who is the most famous person you've ever seen in person? Who would you like to see? Well for me, the most famous person that I've ever seen in person would have to be the aforementioned, Donna Douglas. As for who I would most like to see in person, well that would have to be Ned Beatty, Jr.

3 comments:

Bridges said...

Rhino be in dda pin.

I met Costner at work when he filmed in our building.

Dane Cook was there too. He's a prima donna.

Demi Moore was there but she stayed outta sight.

Susan said...

Calvert, I touched Elvis' hand at the Houston Rodeo and Fat Stock Show when I was about 7 years old. Does that count? He drove around the Coliseum in a convertible.

Ellen said...

I saw Kate Walsh and the actor who plays Mark Sloan on Grey's Anatomy at the San Francisco airport. I also saw MC Hammer in concert.

Mardi Gras folk: Britney Spears, Luke Perry (aka Dylan McKay) and John Goodman.

Walter