Thursday, December 07, 2006

Pom Pom, Pom, Pan, Pommeranian.

The first cheerleaders were men. Thomas Peebler of Princeton University assembled his chums to rally the crowd at the Princeton-University of Minnesota game on November 2, 1898. Six dudes performed that day with Johnny Campbell as the Head Cheerleader. In those days the routines were a mix of choreography and yelling with a barker, the long cone that you see popular in movie directors of that age. More banal equipment would follow. Women didn't appear on the scene until the early 20's. The first use of pom poms can be traced back to the early 1930's, all of the equipment were paper. Women cheerleaders were the main manipulator of the pom pom, hence the curious abscence of the hyphen. How to fluff your pom poms , Pampering your pom poms
The first vinyl pom poms were invented by Fred Gastoff in 1965, and first used by the International Cheerleader Foundation. The word, and it is one, pom pom holds significance for different people in different ways. If you're an impatient sort you think that there should be no space in the word ie. pompom. If your eyesights poor you can think that the word can look like porn porn. If your mind is dyslexic, you probably want to go clean your kitchen floor. If you're of the rare breed like me, you believe in all three.

Pom is the new miracle drink that is 100% pommegranate juice. The fruits' season is short, only from October to November. Better mark your calendar for next year or you'll miss November being National Pommegranate Month. It's an odd looking fruit, like a Bermuda (red onion for you lame-os) onion with out the pinstripe suite. Imagine Gore Vidal in Dolce Gabbana. This odd fruit is being touted as having many wonderful benefits, "The real beauty is on the inside..". Studies have lead to evidence that pommegranates contribute to fighting cancer, defy aging, promoting cardiovascular health with it's stockpile of antioxidants. Antioxidant would be a great name for a dragqueen in Key West but it's much better as being recognized for fighting free radicals. Free radicals are unstable little molecules we take in from pollutents, alchohol, etc. that can lead to a bevy of ailments. Remember that, "Nips, Tucks and Botox are sooo last year.." real beaouty comes from within.

Pan is spanish for bread. I love bread. Flat bread, sourdough bread, crusty bread, dark bread, warm bread, warn bread I'm coming 'cause I'm coming hungry. Warm tortillas are a staple in Mexico at all meals. Cornbread is also prevalent in mexican food. Foccaccia bread is my downfall especially if it's soused in olive oil. I'd bake but I don't have the patience to be so precise for the skills needed, or if it's that I just I couldn't wait for it to rise. It boils down to my need for carbs. I'm very active and couldn't exist without carbs for energy. Plus I have a pasta dependency. It must be once a day and I don't care how. Fat opera singers know what I'm talking about. I'm also cursed with the vanity of a godling in a gay male's body and overweight is not an option. And you thought you had pain. Pan? Pain. Pan? Pain. Ping Pong? Pain. Pan.

Pommeranians are small annoying dogs. They fit in purses as snugly as they would an active microwave. The recent craze of the small dog is waning and soon we'll be beset with orphan pommeranians, just like we were with chihuahas in the late nineties. I see the Star Trek espisode, "The Trouble With Tribbles" and I shudder. Please google the last remark if you are too young. Pommeranians make me want to drop my pom poms, pick up my pom and pummel. Instead I ponder and place the pummus stone on my bunyon to burn.

Read the title of the posting correctly and find the hidden Beach Boys song. Collect all of them and amaze your friends!!!!

1 Comments:

At 10:51 PM , Blogger GirlFran said...

That was educational AND entertaining! You rock!

 

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