On October 8, 2009, my lovely niece Jenny over at MomminitUP

tweeted…”…my 60 year old Uncle Paul is coming over today to set UP his blog…so excited!!!”.

I wasn’t 60.

I wasn’t happy!

Well, today’s my birthday.

I’m still not 60.

But I am knocking on its door.

Ouch.

And thank goodness I don’t look it!

I guess it just takes time.

…I went to Wal Mart yesterday.  You know those “people of wal-mart” people you see on the internet?

Well, they were all there!

The nation that gave us Coco Chanel, Pierre Balmain, Dior, LaCroix, Gaultier, Givenchy, and Ives St. Laurent has an Abertrampy and Skank on the Champs-Elysees.

What is the world coming to?

And, there are days when the line of people waiting to get into the store is 150 people long!!

And that’s a short line!

Seriously, what is the world coming to?

A&F is just one of many US stores looking to Europe for more sales.  With too many stores in the US and the economy in the toilet, the easiest way to increase sales is to invade other lands.

“Lafayette, we are here!”, takes on a whole new meaning. 

Back in May, before Abercrombie’s store opened in Paris (writer shakes head in disgust) , the Columbus, Ohio-based company flew in more than 100 male models.  Parading them shirtless, and with their  jeans slung just above the groin – as only Abertrampy and Skank can do, where they caused a near riot in front of the store.

Teenagers screamed, while older, more elegant Parisians looked on with an air of disdain – as only the French can do.

But, alas, the gendarmes arrived, restored order and demanded that Abercrombie to slap some of its cheap and tacky rags on the models. Paris has rules you know, one of the regulations bars partial nudity on the Champs-Elysees.

Imagine that!

One young Frenchwoman after waiting four hours to get into the store, said, “Young people here don’t think badly about America — we’re American in our heads, we watch all the U.S. television series: ‘Gossip Girl,’ ‘Glee,’ ‘Vampire Diaries.’ ”

Well, I guess that explains it.

…I was going to post today about John Jacob Astor, the founder of the Pacific Fur Trading company.  It was founded today about a jillion years ago, back in 1794 or so.

He was the first American to become a multi-millionaire.

But, I’ll save that for another day.

The Fur Is Flying Again as Bristol Palin’s memoir, Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far comes out tomorrow.

She’s 20 freakin’ years old, what kind of memoir can it be?

15 pages?

According to all reports she trashes the McCain family for their excesses, hauty attitudes, and all that “looking down their noses”  at the Palin family.

Bristol, talk to your mom, she might be able to explain why some people look down their noses at ya’ll.

I sUPpose I’ll have to get knocked UP, taken captive by the Taliban, kidnapped by a serial rapist, or have my Mother run for Vice President to get my book published.

Ok, that last one is probably a good idea.  She’d kick some ass UP in Washington I’m sure; she’s kicked plenty for the last 92 years…ask around…the woman is serious when it comes to proper behavior.

But, back to Bristol.  Bristol and Meghan McCain have been at it since the get go.  Bristol says in her book that she “felt like she needed to watch her back” around Ms. McCain.

I checked my list of “books I want”, and I don’t see hers there.

My birthday’s Sunday, and if you’re looking for a gift – as you darn well should be - pass this one UP, I’m pretty much over people who can’t write getting book deals.

And a little jealous too!