John

@KickRocks2026 That’s awesome! 👏

I was the ultimate family parrot, and it got me into showbiz before I even knew what that was. At four years old, I was a tiny chaos machine who repeated everything my older siblings said. “Mom, he hit me!” I’d echo right after my brother struck. “She’s copying me again!” I’d parrot back at my sister. They’d get grounded, and I’d get cookies. It was a genius system. One day Mom dragged me to an open call for Sun-Maid Raisins. The director wanted a cute kid happily eating raisins. I showed up, stuffed my face, and started repeating the grown-ups’ lines in the squeakiest voice possible…“These are the best raisins EVER!” (even though I was mostly just spitting them out like confetti). They loved it. I booked the commercial. For months afterward, random people in the grocery store would stop me like, “Hey, you’re the raisin kid!” and I’d proudly reply, “I’m the raisin kid!” while my siblings died of embarrassment. That commercial opened the floodgates. Suddenly I was modeling in JCPenney catalogs, grinning in tiny outfits like a professional poser. Then Reid & Hughes, Young Folks, G-Fox and Styles ads…same deal, just different backdrops. Photographers would say, “Smile bigger!” and I’d yell back, “Smile bigger!” while striking poses I definitely made up on the spot. I was four going on Duchess. My big sister was a cheerleader, so naturally I became the team’s official mascot. Picture this…a three and a half-foot-nothing gremlin in an oversized uniform shaking pom-poms like they owed me money. I’d scream the cheers louder than anyone, even the ones I didn’t understand. The next year they let me actually cheer with the squad. I was the smallest one doing cartwheels. The crowd still cheered, even when I face planted, probably out of pity, but I’ll take it. Then came Barbizon School of Modeling. I learned how to walk, pivot, and “own the runway.” I took it very seriously… for about thirty minutes. After that I was mostly just repeating the instructor’s corrections in my best fancy voice. Dance classes… lasted ten glorious years of ballet, hip-hop, tap, and jazz. Baton lessons on top of that, because why just dance when you can fling a dangerous metal stick in the air and hope for the best. I dropped that baton more times than I caught it, but the audience thought the extra flips were part of the routine. (They weren’t.) Looking back, I was never the most talented kid in the room…I was just the loudest, bounciest, most obnoxious parrot who accidentally turned into a mini star. Thanks to my siblings’ constant trouble and my inability to shut up, I got to do commercials, catalogs, cheer, karate, dance, and baton twirling like a glitter-covered tornado. And I can still remember spitting raisins at the camera while yelling, “Yummy, yummy raisins!” at the top of my lungs. It was classic me.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ @KickRocks2026

@Arkypatriot This looks like a Norman Rockwell painting. I miss those days.

This is me in 1958, age 5 helping my stepmom in the kitchen. She’s at the sink washing dishes and I’m right there “helping” by putting them away in the cabinet. No TV in the background, no distractions just the two of us working together after supper. Those were the days of real kitchens, real chores, and little kids learning. Who else has memories like this? The smell of dish soap, the clink of plates, and feeling so grown-up “helping” in the kitchen?

@kat_maryb Boomer without the gate keeping. Really don’t have much need for stuff. I keep things simple.

I'm Gen X. We trust no one. Which one are you? #GenX

@Alice_MiaX Karen Elizabeth Warren. The prototype of all things Karen.

She’s such a dumb Betch!

@Oceanbreeze473 Mammary Lake. Fed by Bent Spine River near Mt. Peaks, OhmyOh. I went motorboating there all the time in my youth.

Anyone know what Lake this is?

@ForgeThePatriot Mine is basically math related. I can add up expenditures easier. I was not that attentive in math class. Much more attentive on the females at my school. 🤣

That’s so funny you say that I’m the same way. I always round it up and make sure it’s an even number and never ends off at all. I’ve been like that forever. Not exactly sure why but at this point I’m sticking with it 😂 Appreciate you sharing your thoughts on this! Make it a great day!

Receipt debate time! Restaurant adds automatic gratuity. Do you add more on top or leave it as is? What if the service was bad?

@SibleyBoss Good morning and happy Thursday to you my dear friend!

@John_A_Meier Amen 🙏🏼 Good morning John 🤍☀️🤍

My relationship with Him and the love I get to share with my sons and granddaughters 🤍

@LawJustice323 @FangOctober @arvin_stacy I will go on record as never having sex with either of the Obama men.

@FangOctober @arvin_stacy Exactly 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Indeed! 🤓🧐🤔🤣🤦🏼‍♀️💀 @LawJustice323

@Ghostofcynthia Because somehow sexual orientation and geopolitics are connected? Yes, Mike, grab a coffee and simmer down.

Jesus, go grab a coffee and relax. The world will keep spinning, I promise. 😌👌

@kat_maryb 7 colors

I see 11 different colors

@smsamford01 She is adorable without even trying.

@John_A_Meier LOL she was looking at me upside down.

Good morning Every morning, I wake with my sweet little Lovie curled beneath my left arm, warm and peaceful against my side. I am a dog person and never liked cats, but I rescued Lovie 2 years ago and now I'm a cat mama. I love this girl.

@0hour1 Into a sandwich first.

Making your mom a sandwich first.

@shanrocksnwa Fact

This hantavirus cruise ship crap was just so no one would pay attention to what happened on that Disney cruise. I said what I said. Cry about it.

@GuntherEagleman It’s a credit to this administration as to how each and every one of them can articulate so well against the opposition. Makes all of us proud Americans go, “Yeah, take that you mfers!!!”

🚨 FBI Director Patel torched Democrat Sen. Chris Van Hollen live on the hill: “The only person that ran up a bar tab in Washington, D.C. was YOU. The only individual in this room that’s been drinking on taxpayer dime during the day is you. You running up a $7,000 bar tab… filed by your own office.” Then Patel drops the receipt like a mic. Classic DC swamp hypocrisy. These clowns lecture us about “standards” while sucking down cocktails on our dime before lunch.

@Notwokenow This does not go well with my morning coffee. 🤣

What happened to Sam Smith?

@Monkeyjunk11 Beauty is in the scent of the beholder.

Hopefully 😂

@GladYuengling Just what holiday did the advisors deem these fishnet trousers appropriate for?

Thinking about buying these and posting them while wearing my Crocs. Thoughts?