News from the midwest reports folks are dickering over "appropriate" holiday displays. Did we learn nothing from Southpark? Can't we all get along and simply sing "Kyle's Mom is a B*tch in D Minor?"
(The original vid was stripped off YouTube, but the one with other language translations is schweet too.)
29 November 2007
Inside Out
I put my pants on one leg at a time. I take them off two legs at a time. In the laundry bin, one pants leg is inside out. Always.
An investigation has been launched into this years-long phenomenon previously reported by the Swede. Other witnesses are asked to contact 1.800.DORKSRUS.
An investigation has been launched into this years-long phenomenon previously reported by the Swede. Other witnesses are asked to contact 1.800.DORKSRUS.
28 November 2007
27 November 2007
Think Twice Before Liberating Those Office Supplies
150,000 watch North Korean factory boss executed for 'making international calls'. Guess all y'all fantasy footballers and YouPorn watchers at work wouldn't stand an effing chance in North Korea. That is, if they didn't block those sites already.
Insubordination, and The Cool Kids
For Sheena, who upon occasion has resembled this remark. You catalyst, you!
Toothpaste for Dinner
And for whitenoise:
Tony Carillo's F Minus
Toothpaste for DinnerAnd for whitenoise:
Tony Carillo's F Minus
26 November 2007
Belonging
"It is not merely happiness we all seek. We seek some place where we belong. For the lucky few, we find it in childhood with our own families. But for most of us we spend our adult lives seeking that place or person or organization that makes us feel that we are important, that we matter, and that without us something would go undone and undoable. We all need to feel that we are irreplaceable." - Laurel K. Hamilton
Ain't dat da truf.
Mark Tonra's James
Ain't dat da truf.
Mark Tonra's James
24 November 2007
Thanksgiving
From Tony Carillo's F Minus.Things for which I am thankful, in random order:
1. Hostess Ho Hos. Was SOL after moving from NoVa to the land of no Ho Hos in Cocoa Beach as an urchin. So glad their distribution is more pervasive now!
2. Harmony. Especially minor harmony. Listening to the Indigo Girls and Jonatha Brooke bring back high school choir memories of "Great God Almighty".
3. SuperTarget and the many, many gifts it has given me. The baked brie with pear in phylo being the best.
4. Close peeps. Coyote, Otter & family, Boone & family, PJamaMama, Kimplicated, Pid, and Sheena have all had their praises sung previously. But there are others - you know who you are.
5. Potato chips. Charles' Chips. Utz. Archer Farms Sea Salt & Black Pepper.
6. A wee urchin's request to "do it again!" when they discover something they like.
7. Great fiction.
8. My rows to hoe. They're mine. They may occasionally suck, but others can be way, way worse.
9. Thong underwear. No more lines!
10. That I never had to wear the *original* thong underwear - belts for sanitary napkins. Ouch! Ew!
11. Good humor. Odd humor. Geek humor. Just not intolerant humor.
12. That I'm living in a digital world, and I'm a very digital girl.
13. Dairy Queen Dipped Cones.
14. That my Dad & stepMom unintentionally performed a diet intervention last summer and opened my taste buds up to many wonders.
15. Many great teachers who did not suck: Ms. Bertoci. Jill Rock. Milton Borens. Joyce Dillingham. Dr. David Kirby.
16. Wood burning fires on cold days.
17. Memory.
18. Family. They're mine. They may occasionally vex, but others can be way, way worse.
19. That I've never been touched in anger by a man. Or a woman, for that matter.
20. Forgiveness.
21. Walks on the beach, alone and with company.
22. Bacon.
23. The creatures, past and current, who've comforted and loved me: Peanuts. Sambo. Snoo Too. Boo. Sugar. Dinky. Pooter. Koko. Oscar. Stuey. The human ones too - you know who you are.
24. Becoming more and more comfortable with who I am. And who I ain't.
25. Science fiction.
26. Tubs of icing that do NOT have to be purchased with accompanying cake mix, thank you very much!
27. The odd. The geeky. The dorks. The doofuses. I am one. I am them.
28. That my second toe is longer than my big toe. It's mine. It may occasionally thwart a shoe purchase, but others can be way, way worse. Or freakishly strong. You know who you are.
29. That I can learn from mistakes.
30. That successes don't (usually) make me an a**hole.
31. The opportunities to see beyond my back yard into other parts of the world. Looking forward to more.
32. My grandfather's chocolate chip cookies. Best package received, EVER! (Alas, the last was freshmen year.)
33. That my grandfather never knew how much I didn't like his fruit cake cookies.
34. Those unusual sorts that actually like to cuddle when they nap/sleep.
35. French fries. Steak. Shoestring. Crinkle cut. Hashbrowns (they count). With salt only - have never acquired the taste for catsup, even with the food revolution. I live a relatively condiment free life. But dipping a french fry into a shake - goodness!
36. The Swede, and that he's still the kindest person I know.
37. That I live where I can experience all four seasons. Only one climate? Schmimate.
38. My stoopidly curly hair. It's mine. It may suck, often vex, and frequently thwart, but others can be way, way worse.
39. The clever. The cheeky. The witty. The smarta**es.
40. DVR and the remote control - on demand, baby.
41. Fantastic conversations that employ heart, wit, authenticity, and words with more than three syllables.
42. That I'm learning, albeit slowly, to hold on to what's important, and let the rest go.
Mark Tonra's James
14 November 2007
13 November 2007
The Point of Life (for Men)
From Stephan Pastis' Pearls Before SwineWas there ever any doubt? And yes, Pid. You're welcome. I know you're all validated 'n' stuff.
11 November 2007
Check It Out
Have been catching up on stuff since returning home from the bidness trips that never ended. One such catch up was Showtime's Californication. If you've not seen it, you should.
"You're tragically, flawed . . . but you have a good heart." Ain't DAT da truf.
And is it just me, or does the show's Becca (Madeleine Martin) look like a young Julie Murphy Wells of Eddie From Ohio fame? You decide.
Madeleine Martin
Julie Murphy Wells
"You're tragically, flawed . . . but you have a good heart." Ain't DAT da truf.
And is it just me, or does the show's Becca (Madeleine Martin) look like a young Julie Murphy Wells of Eddie From Ohio fame? You decide.
Madeleine Martin
Julie Murphy Wells
09 November 2007
08 November 2007
Wishing It Wasn't So, Part Two
From Hugh MacLeod's Gaping VoidKimplicated, my thoughts are with you as you wing your way to celebrate your grandma's life. It may be cold in Wisconsin, but it's warm in my heart.
From Hugh MacLeod's Gaping Void
Wishing It Wasn't So, Part One
07 November 2007
05 November 2007
Falling Back
Mark Tonra's JamesHad a brief visit at home between bidness trips, and the presence of Autumn can no longer be denied. The evenings are getting nippley, and the mornings cool enough to warrant slippers and the guilty pleasure of hot cocoa. The orange soup heralded in Cheek passim is on tap.
I'll be enjoying the leaves a bit less this year. Partly because their color is dimmed from the Georgia drought, but mostly because their view is curtailed out my back windows. The emptied neighborhood has been torn down, and the grammar school construction removed trees and their color potential.
The dogwoods are red, though. I'm looking forward to my wood fairies re-stocking me for the season, and to returning home and making the season's first fire.
02 November 2007
Papers In Order
A shout out, to the Georgia Peach:
The Old Ceremony, Papers In Order
May just have to catch them when they next come to town!
The Old Ceremony, Papers In Order
May just have to catch them when they next come to town!
01 November 2007
Coyote: Bright As Yellow
Coyote is my hero.
Erudite.
Brave.
Clever.
Honest.
Original.
Challenging.
Beautiful.
Kind.
Forgiving.
Capable.
Genuine.
True.
She supports me, calls me on my crap, loves me, cheers me on, stands at the ready to kick arse on my behalf, and expects nothing less from me. Dunno who I'd be without her gift of friendship and sisterhood in my life - I'm her biggest fan.
Coyote is Bright As Yellow:
"And you live your life
with your arms
stretched out.
Eye to eye when speaking.
Enter rooms with great joy shouts,
happy to be meeting."
High School Musical
Heading tonight to catch Nougat in her high school musical. Hoping for great snaps to post later.
Coincidence that Darby Conley is referencing musicals this week?
From Darby Conley's Get Fuzzy
As previously described, Cheek loves her some Ikea!
Coincidence that Darby Conley is referencing musicals this week?
From Darby Conley's Get FuzzyAs previously described, Cheek loves her some Ikea!
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