Before I begin today’s journal entry, let me comment on yesterday’s [re: Bob Gentry's]. Many people emailed in mentioning other BG’s…And …No I didn’t forget about the female country singer Bobbie Gentry, I just wasn’t sure if Bob and Bobbie should be counted

Actually… I’m QUITE thankful for there being a Bobbie Gentry. Not only because I like her voice and songs but also because thanks to her legacy, my website also gets hit a little more. It’s not a huge amount but I’m always thankful even for a small handful. For that matter I also get web hits from people searching Montgomery Gentry and I’m SURE that on stores like iTunes when people search looking for another “Gentry” my name pops up—certainly doesn’t hurt. And so, I give my respect to the other Gentry’s out there….Family or not…Thanks!

Of course as most of you can imagine the question I’m most asked is “Any relation to Bobbie Gentry?” …And then I’m somehow reminded that George Foreman named all his kids George. For that answer, I’ll need to ask the Bob Gentry in northern California, he would know.

Place the question is mostly asked? Tower Video and/or Blockbuster Video. And what a great little segway into the next paragraph! lol

I do have a funny Blockbuster story…This story just shows the lack of education in this country (without preaching too much, we really need to work on that and PAY our teachers in money rather than disrespect: end of sermon). On to the funny Blockbuster story:

When I 1st moved to California from Michigan, I was a fine upstanding member of the Blockbuster Video community…So much so that with the amount of movies I rented, by my moving away, I joke about them having to close that local store there in MI. What can I say, I love movies.

And so the story goes… When I came to my 1st California Blockbuster video, my name was still in their system saying : “Robert Gentry“ with an old address of Grosse Pointe, MI. As I went up to the counter with movies in hand and ready to check out, the counter person asked “Are you still living in Miami?” Now I have to admit, I was EXTREMELY CONFUSED and answered with “Um, I think you have the wrong Bob Gentry”…

My ears couldn’t believe their next breath of “who dropped you on your head as a child?” …. “Well Mr. Gentry, it says here that you live in Grosse Pointe, MI-ami“. I then asked what year MIAMI became the 51st state. They didn’t understand my question and I’m now left with this humorous scar. Oddly enough, this exact same thing happened THREE TIMES at the same store and each time with DIFFERENT employees. I would have let it slide if they thought MI meant Mississippi or Minnesota..Etc…But the city of MIAMI? An honest mistake?-or something in the water at that Blockbuster? For you all to decide.

End of “WOW, What a difference!”–isn’t that their slogan? Difference in IQ perhaps? Sorry, I’m just finding this WAY TOO EASY to rip on right now…I should stop.

Disclaimer: note, I do not think everyone who works at a video rental store is dumb, just at this specific store. I do miss the old Mom & Pop Video Stores though. Now those were the Route 66 of Video Rental…Long before the super highway stores were built

——end of Video Store metaphor and analogies——

Tonight, I pick up my mom and sister from the airport. Their plane is supposed to land at 9:20pm and I have another hockey game at 9:45pm. It’s going to be cutting it close…But I’m placing my hockey fate in the hands of the airline. After last night’s ASS WHIPPING by the opposing team (and not some kinky sex thing), I’m a mentally sore. Let’s just say that I felt like I was playing on the team that always gets humiliated by the Harlem Globetrotters. Two completely different sports but the score looked more like a basketball score rather than a hockey score—ok I’m exaggerating a tad but you get the idea.

Well…i’m off to shower and grab a Holiday Haircut. I LOVE haircuts! T.M.I- I know.