The Stuff I’m Doing On A Friday

I’ve been reading through a spate of biographies the last couple of days, and I have to tell you. I am so glad to have my own life. Reading about other folks’ lives–the good parts as well as the bad–emphasises to me just how well-equipped I am for this particular life. The biographies of rich [...]

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The Dance With Dragons Drinking Game

No, I’m not putting spoilers in this. Especially since my better half hasn’t even cracked the cover. (See Below) I loved the book, and loved it very much. Most of the fanboys hate it, but what can you do? If I liked things most other people liked I’d be waiting in line for beer at [...]

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If I Were You, I’d Ignore This Post

I have a blog because the writing exercise is supposed to be good for me. Well, that’s why I’ve kept the blog active even though I seldom write directly about politics any longer. This summer has been an odd slog for me. It’s the first time since my official diagnosis (which is now changing, again, [...]

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Going To A Garden Party With Valerie Bertinelli

As a tween girl (only we weren’t called that in the early-80s–they just callled us “kids”) I watched reruns of “One Day At A Time” in syndication and I thought Valerie Bertinelli was the prettiest girl in the world. I wanted more than anything to look like her. All long dark hair and big eyes [...]

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Notes From The Dog Park

This is not going to be a ponderous thing. Just a little note to say why I’m not writing furiously in my makebelieve world or in my real world. My sister is here with my niece and nephew. Like me, her children are Fur Kids, so my home is running amok with Cousins who love [...]

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Harry Potter Is Evil: Here Is Why

It’s been years since I waded back into the Harry-Is-A-Tool-of-Satan camp. Of course, every book and film release I’ve lived through since 2000 has been accompanied by this grief the same way there is always a handful of people who get sick at concerts and sporting events. “We will barf on your good time!” I [...]

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Deathly Hallows: The End?

First off, allow me to apologise for being gone a week with nary a word. I was not in a place mentally that makes for good company. And as I explained to my husband on the very long drive home from the movies Saturday night, I always feel like if someone is going to give [...]

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You Can Leave Dollar Bills Under The Space Bar

Over at another blog that I link to quite often these days, (Take a guess! Is it Aunt B. Or Mike Duran?? Pick one) there is a discussion as to how to use blog comments as breadcrumbs leading back to your own blog. Now, to be honest, sometimes I don’t want people from one blog [...]

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A Glass Darkly

It’s a watershed moment here at my house. Watershed era? Stepping into the garage you’re greeted not by the sight of bicycles on stands and hanging from hooks in the ceiling but by a lot of nothingness. All of the Park tools which had been hung on the wall in such an orderly assembly have [...]

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In A Handbasket

I’m a bit over all this fretting about whether or not there is a Hell and who among is headed there, and how fast those folk are going. First there was Rob Bell’s book about “Love Wins” which, surprisingly, wasn’t an ironic tome about Tennis. And now we have another book about the same topic, [...]

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