tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64007492011-06-07T23:30:29.405-07:00The Ugly Rubber DucklingThe online diary of Norma, the ugliest of the ugly rubber ducklings.Erniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17130394154514214989noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1114549121598393052005-04-26T13:56:00.000-07:002005-04-26T13:58:41.600-07:00Lordy Lordy Quack Quack Quuuuaaaack!It's been a while for this rubber ducky to write some duck thoughts.My new CD is about to be released in Europe! Imagine that! A quacking rubber duck that has it's own CD !Well, I've got some more rubber ducks to put in a row--- so it's Quack time for now!Quack Quack!NormaDuckyNormahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288562245911299255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1101261386717866082004-11-23T17:51:00.000-08:002004-11-23T17:56:26.716-08:00Woa be doh! Winter is here. Brrrr... Time to get out my ducky winter clothes! I need a new hat, but I'm having problems finding them in rubber duck sizes. How ducky, this rubber duck is going shopping! Ducky! I was talking with a friend the other day who told me that in some parts of the world there are stores that have signs prohibiting ducks from shopping. "No Rubber Ducks Allowed"Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288562245911299255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1099150833144111892004-10-30T08:32:00.000-07:002004-10-30T08:40:33.143-07:00Whoa Be Doh! What a whirlwind the past two months have been! The life of a ducky--- Rubber ducks often have interesting lives, sometimes all is ducky, other times it's more like a frog (froggy). I guess you could say my ducky life turned froggy for a while. I went to the rubber duck doctor for my usual checkup. He thought I needed to take a stress test, so I got on the river paddler Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288562245911299255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1093223564789234242004-08-22T18:08:00.000-07:002004-08-22T18:12:44.790-07:00What a blazing few months! I'm finally back in the US of Aye and getting some needed rest. I've been on tour in Europe and Asia as my new CD was released over there first. What a few months is has been. I've seen so many interesting places, places that don't normally let rubber ducks into. I was very ducky knowing that the album was done and my rubber duck friends were pleased with how Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288562245911299255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1081210320638484522004-04-05T17:06:00.000-07:002004-04-05T17:15:45.373-07:00Ol man winter--- go away!! go away NOW! There's nothing worse for a rubber ducks quacker than the springtime temperature fluctuations. When it's dry in the winter, I keep my quacker moist with a daily sardine or two (mustard oil is the best), and in summer, there are enough crickets-- fat with juice-- to keep the quacking loud and strong. But this time of year, Golly--- it's hard to know Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288562245911299255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1080182903770383512004-03-24T18:42:00.000-08:002004-03-24T18:52:17.060-08:00Quaaaaaaccckkkk! Oh, my webbing is itching to get outside and meet the ocean again! The nicer weather affects rubber ducks just as it does humans--- spring fever! My recording work is done for a few months, I have a deal where studio time is on an 'as available' basis--- I pay less than most, but don't get to pick and choose when I can quack for the tape... I'm just about done with my work Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288562245911299255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1079033665655224132004-03-11T11:31:00.000-08:002004-03-11T11:37:35.466-08:00Woa be doh! You wouldn't believe how wonderful a fresh new quacker can feel! After a few weeks of straining, I decided it was time for this rubber ducky to take a few days and catch the last days of the skiing season out west. It's quite amazing the looks people give when they see a rubber duck heading down the slopes... You'd think they've never seen skiing ducks before! Oh well. Time to Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288562245911299255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1078304748650238152004-03-03T01:02:00.000-08:002004-03-03T01:08:47.263-08:00Greetings to all Duckies!!! Today the sun finally came out from the clouds and melted some of that not-so-ducky snow! I'm tired of the webbing in my feet getting all gucked up by the slush and snow. You'd think the rubber duck soles of the web would keep a ducky from slipping... but Noooo.... What is great for getting around the lake is miserable when you've got to march around on city Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288562245911299255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1077760414667198962004-02-25T17:48:00.000-08:002004-02-25T17:56:23.983-08:00Hmmmmm.... The things that make a ducky go Hmmmm.... I must admit, the bill of a rubber duck was never designed to promote the singing of a song or the holding of a tune. Rubber duck bills are made for quacking... and that is what I can do best! Oh, don't get me wrong... the Christmas Quack album is coming along quite nicely, but my quacker has to be in perfect tune or what comes out is Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288562245911299255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1077011056675092522004-02-17T01:41:00.000-08:002004-02-17T01:46:54.200-08:00Haaaa.... Time sure flies when you're a rubber duck! You would expect time to just waddle around, but time doesn't have webbing between the toes like us ducks do. In fact, I've never see the feet of time-- have you? Regardless, another week has passed and things are progressing along. I don't believe the ground hog, as I expect the crocus buds to start popping up any day now. Oooops--- Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288562245911299255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1076480584016467682004-02-10T22:17:00.000-08:002004-02-10T22:25:33.420-08:00Whew, It's great to be home again! FINALLY! While most rubber ducks were enjoying the week in the tub, this rubber ducky was spending the week in the hospital! Would you believe that during my recording session last Monday I developed a hoarse-quack. Now, most rubber ducks would just go on about life and live with the hoarse-quack, in hopes that it would mend itself over time. That would Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288562245911299255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1075709429716833282004-02-02T00:07:00.000-08:002004-02-02T00:12:46.920-08:00Oh My God! Where did the weekend go! Superbowl is over.... my team did NOT win... oh well, perhaps next year! This week should be busy--- with luck I'll knock off two of the songs from my Rubber Ducky Christmas CD... This is turning out to be one big project. A bit more than this ducky would have expected... it's stretching my rubber patience to the limit. Late nights and early Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288562245911299255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1075452737237107112004-01-30T00:51:00.000-08:002004-01-30T00:54:30.560-08:00Super! Now I finally got my login setup and I don't have to bother my buddy Ernie to get going on this. It's off to the tub for this tired rubber duck! CeeYa Norma Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288562245911299255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1075439685509106032004-01-29T21:11:00.000-08:002004-01-29T21:16:58.360-08:00I'm so excited! Progress was good today on a new arrangement for the CD. What I had originally thought would work (getting a bunch of rubber ducks to line up and quack in harmony) didn't turn out as I had expected-- much better! You'd be amazed at the power you feel when there are a dozen or more rubber ducks all together-- we just feed off each others silliness. I've got a few meetings to Erniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17130394154514214989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6400749.post-1075367164745583882004-01-29T01:01:00.000-08:002004-01-29T01:08:16.590-08:00Gee--- My very own Blog! Hello World! This is Norma. I once was the ugliest of the ugly ducklings. Now I've had a beak reduction and look like any normal rubber ducky, in fact, I've got a successful rubber duck modelling career going. You can see some of my modeling at Rubber Duck Land. I'm their logo-duck in the upper left corner of most of the ducky website. As I write this I'm Erniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17130394154514214989noreply@blogger.com