Mike Rowe, I bid you a fond adieu...

Sadly, this is the last installment of Dirty Meets Snarky. I had so much fun meeting Mike Rowe and spending time with him picking his brain with my inane questions. He was patient, kind and absolutely hilarious. In this clip we argue over crab boats, he scolds me for my lack of journalistic abilities and in the end, we part ways, but not before some fun word association. So enjoy this part 7 and tell me your thoughts on the overall 7 part interview.

For the record, the Farwest Leader was captained by Greg Moncrief, and his wife who was indeed on the boat with him, was Ragnhild. Rick Quashnick and his wife Donna own the Maverick, and Rick captained the vessel before Blake was promoted captain. So we were both right.

So there.

Curses and C.R.A.P. and Cameras! Oh my!

I present to you part 6 of what I like to call a 7 part interview. I call it that because upon editing it this morning, I've got enough video for one more clip after this. And then, my friends, I'll go back to my boring blog that all 5 of you enjoy reading. But until then, let me present to you 'Curses, C.R.A.P. and Cameras!'

And don't forget, if you've missed any of the previous 5 clips, you can find them all at Profoundly Disconnected. While you're there, have a look around and see the great things that mikeroweWORKS has been doing to bridge the skills gap and get more people working! Maybe make a donation if you're feeling generous.

Mike Rowe's stripping and NOT Dancing With the Stars...

Who wants to know about Mike Rowe's stripper name and his signature move? Here's a hint: tissues will be required. Also, Mike and I nearly come to blows over Drew Carey.

Part 5 of the Mike Rowe/Snarkfest interview. Enjoy!

If you've missed the first 4 parts of the interview, you can find them here at the Profoundly Disconnected site. And while you're there, learn more about the mikeroweWORKS Foundation and how you can help.

Mike Rowe's naked belly...

That's right, Snarklings. If you zoom in really tightly, you just may get a glimpsed of the promised land. Er, or maybe just Mike's belly. Hey, you've got your promised land, I've got mine. After updating the video driver for my computer (YAY ME!) I think I've finally gotten the upper hand on Windows Movie Maker. So without further ado, I give you, Part 4.

And the mikeroweWORKS folks have been so kind by adding my video clips to the Profoundly Disconnected website under PRESS. You can catch the first 3 installments of Rowe vs. Snark here.

Wow, do I hate the media...

Donald Sterling is a racist. He's been banned for life from the NBA. Yawn. I've been listening to CNN for the past 30 minutes. I've heard how the tapes are illegal. I've heard about how he has cancer. I've heard about the crisis in the Ukraine. And now they are touting Anthony Bourdain's new show, Parts Unknown. What I have NOT heard, however, is ANYTHING about the over 230 Nigerian school girls who were kidnapped from where they slept at their school by a radical Islamic group. Now reports are saying these young girls are being forced into marriage with their kidnappers. God knows what other atrocities are being committed against them.

For a month straight, all we heard on CNN was the fate of the passengers on MH370. Over 230 people perished (probably) on that flight. I couldn't change a channel without hearing about that story. I'm not a cold, hard-hearted person (shut up, I have a heart in there!) and my heart breaks for the victims on that flight and for their families. The NOT knowing just has to be devastating.

But that's not the only thing going on in the world. Don't these kidnap victims in Nigeria, these innocent school girls, deserve the same amount of media coverage?? Those girls are (hopefully) still alive! Where is the public outcry? Where is the offer of government help from other countries to find them? Where is the outrage? What is the difference between 230 Nigerian school girls and 230 Malaysian Airline passengers?

My heart is breaking for those innocent girls, while CNN, once again, shows yet another Donald Sterling story. And another breakdown of the MH370 story.

Heartbreaking.

Mike Rowe: The next John Fascenda...or Spongebob Squarepants

First and foremost, I need to apologize for whatever the hell I did wrong this morning. Several of you saw a video, and then you didn't because I had to delete it. I edited this and saved it and uploaded it exactly like I've done the other 2 but for some stupid reason, it looked like an interview with Max Headroom. Or in this case, Mike Headroom.

After banging my head against a wall about 39 times, I tried ONE. LAST. TIME. And do you know what I did differently? I saved it in a totally different folder. It's separated from the other video clips. Maybe they were just a bad influence. I don't understand but hey, it worked and that's what matters. And now I've got a huge bruise on my forehead.

Anyway, onto the interview! Here is part 3 of a 235,256 part interview with that Dirty Jobs guy, Brick the Militant Meter Maid. Watch the video, you'll understand.

It's like I'm Barbara Walters and he felt the need to open up to me about being a selfish lover. Tune in next time when I make Mike cry.

Finally, and how freaking cool is this? The awesome folks at mikeroweWORKS.com have been kind enough to post these video snippets of our interview on their page, and you can watch them all at this link. And if that wasn't cool enough, I'm now showing up on the Profoundly Disconnected's PRESS PAGE!! Like I'm a real journalist or something! I'm right there with CNN, Bloomberg, Morning Joe and Adam Corolla. Shhhhhh, let's not tell them the truth, okay? Our little secret.

Book review now, Dirty Mike later...

Hey Snarklings. Your regularly scheduled dose of Dirty has been put on hold because I'm an idiot. That's right, I'll admit it. I edited the next video clip and uploaded it to TheYouTube exactly the same way I did the first two clips, and then I watched it and had to take a Dramamine. Seriously, it was like watching Max Headroom (you folks who were alive in the 80's will get that reference. The rest of you, look it up on The Google). So I will get that re-edited and re-uploaded later today, and I'll take a Dramamine before watching it just in case, so stay tuned.

For now, however, I've got not one but 2 fantastic books to tell you about. Today's review is a book that I've had for several months and I'm so guilty of over-procrastination it should be illegal. It is an awesome and hilarious look at pregnancy from the POV of three truly funny ladies who all happened to be pregnant at the exact same time. The book is called It's Really 10 Months by Kathy Schenkelberg, Celeste Snodgrass and Natalie Guenther and I LOVED it. From start to finish, it is so well written and so easy to read! The format is emails they write to one another so it's not just chapter after chapter of long-winded paragraphs, but instead, short and to the point questions, comments, statements and descriptions. Some more descriptive than others. They do have an expert, Dr. Bob (Robert G. Breakbone, a name that made my bones quiver in fear) who shows up often when there are technical things that need clarification.

I could relate to this so much because my best friend Mandie and I were pregnant at the exact same time too. She gave birth to her beautiful daughter just 5 weeks before I gave birth to mine. She'd call me about her hemorrhoids and the donut she'd just bought to sit on at work, I'd call her about the fact that my ankles were so swollen that I looked like Stretch Armstrong, and I could put my finger all the way in to the swelling, pretty much up to the knuckle. (gross, I know)

From abnormal test results that caused fear to free ultrasounds (the benefits of working in a hospital), between my experiences and Mandie's, this book was like reading the story of us. If this book was written 16 years ago, we would swear they followed us around, secretly recording our conversations. Honestly, it's THAT true to life.

I loved their confessions of over-eating, embarrassing conversations with their doctors, and when Natalie kicked her doctor in the nuts, I lost it. Just cracked up while reading it in between games at 14's volleyball tournament. And yes, I got some strange looks. But I don't care! It was definitely laugh out loud funny and if you are pregnant or know someone who is, this is the PERFECT book for them to read. It's real life, not what you find in a text written by an expert. WE are the experts, we who have had babies. THESE LADIES are the experts because they lived through pregnancy and wrote about it for the rest of us to learn and laugh about.

So your next stop on the innerwebs should be to purchase this book. Buy it for you, buy it for a friend but definitely buy it. I give it a 4 Snark rating out of 4.