I was taking kids on a hike today and we were rocking out on some sweet 80’s tunes. So… it got me thinking about what were the greatest 80’s movie theme songs. Here’s my top 5 (plus 1) list of the Greatest 80’s Move Theme Songs:

1. The Breakfast Club - Don’t You (Forget About Me) [Simple Minds]
2. Flashdance - What a Feeling [Irene Cara]
3. Say Anything - In Your Eyes [Peter Gabriel]
4. Footloose - Footloose [Kenny Loggins]
5. St Elmo’s Fire - St. Elmo’s Fire [John Parr]
6. Back to the Future - The Power of Love [Huey Lewis and the News]

Any additions? Any arguments?

Go to: www.great80s.muxtape.com to enjoy a listen.

Here’s a terriffic spoof of the band Journey and the new movie Journey to the Center of the Earth. My favortie line…”Journey is melting the earth!”

This one’s for you Kevin…

Yep, the mallow’s are ripe in the area of the country!

Saturdays are our pancake days. We don’t just eat any pancake, no. The Delonys are pancake oddity connoisseurs.  We like to experiment with what goes into them. We’ve used cereal, pretzels, gummy bears , gorp, and more with wonderful results. But today was an experiment gone wrong. I had a youth even this week and came home with a huge bag of Doritos. One of the kids suggested we add some of them to the mix and the results were less than desirable.

Here’s the base recipe:

1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour

1/2 Cup Wheat Germ

1/2 Cup Wheat Bran

1/2 Cup Flax Seed

2 Tsp. Baking Powder

2 TBSP Oil

2 Eggs

2 Cups Milk or Rice Milk (maybe more depending on consistency)

Any suggestions for future pancake ventures?

Name: Russell Hawkins (aka Mud Puppy)

Blog URL: themudpuppy.com

Occupation: Designer

City: Clinton, Michigan

Three sentence bio (no more than 37 words):
I am a Christ follower, husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend. I design for a living, and for fun. Two creeds that I try to live by are: Stop Existing and Start Living & Love Wins.

1. Best book you’ve read in the last 6 months:
God’s Politics

2. Movie that changed your life:
I just watched War Dance, and it’s pretty amazing.

3. Top 5 Songs in your IPOD rotation (or top CD at the moment)

• • Spread the Love Around - Michael Waite
• • Dance or Die - Family Force 5
• • Always Be - Jimmy Eat World
• • Forever - Chris Brown
• • See You Again - Miley Cyrus

4. Pancakes or Waffles?
Waffles

5. If you died today, what is one thing you want the world to know about you
He gave more than he took.

Cringe \’krinj\ vb

1. to draw in or contract one’s muscles involuntarily (as from cold or pain)

2. to draw back, bend, crouch, etc., as when afraid; [to] shrink from something dangerous or painful

So what’s cringe-worthy in your life?

Mine? My love of the Atlanta Braves. I love them, follow them, still watch them even though I’m on the west coast. I’ve got such great memories as a kid going to games when the stadium was empty and then later screaming at packed World Series games. But man, oh man, is this a painful, cringe-worthy love affair (especially the past couple of years). Being a Braves fan you develop this sickness in your stomach at some point in the game when you know it could be won, but that they’ll do something to lose it. You know it’s coming and cringe when it happens. The Atlanta Braves are my most cringe-worthy thing.

So what’s yours?

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