I am so behind in everything, I can’t keep track of what has fallen through the cracks. I am terribly behind in reading OS posts, and just like my shameful inability to be a good friend, I would rather not keep in touch if I can’t give my full attention. As… Read full post »

 The Republican purge continues apace, with Graham the unlikely next victim.  :

First they came for Kerry, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Democrat;

Then they came for McCain, and I did not speak out—because I was not bi-partisan; 

Then they came for… Read full post »

 This post is actually something that has been percolating in my brain for some time. Healthcare reform is something that I have thought about for years, since I had 3 doctors in my family, but had heretical thoughts on the subject. Being a doctor's child in the 60s meant I got… Read full post »

To turn the tradition on it's head, I'm soliciting recipes for quick lunches. Maybe some of you are also in this predicament - I never know what to make for lunch. Somehow, going out for lunch seems much more interesting, partly because I don't have to make it! Cooking during the… Read full post »

I am all about grassroots actions to achieve the people's goals in the government. These are basically our lobbyists. I do most of their suggestions including calling my congressmen, signing petitions and I do send some money when I can (most of my donations go to the ACLU.)

But when I… Read full post »

I’ve been watching a lot of “network” and basic cable tv lately, since I’m busy in the studio and can’t focus on a whole movie. Half hour and hour-long shows that I don’t mind missing chunks of are the best. That means I’m seeing lots and lots of ads, and I… Read full post »

These are not good photos of the pieces, just a documentation of the booth but this week I'm getting more photos taken.  

Well, the last 2 weeks have been insane, but I survived them somehow. I have been existing on 3 hours of sleep each night, first getting… Read full post »

I am happy to donate my hand-felted OS purse to Freaky for her very own domicile, not having to share it with dirty money or lipstick or other icky ape stuff. I made it for the OS meetup in Asheville (which didn't exactly happen). I had the exact color… Read full post »

There are friends, there are mailing lists and there are colleagues. I have beaucoup in the latter two categories, and only a few of the first. My mailing list will get a formal announcement, but you fellow OSrs, being among the first group, will get the breathless, little-kid, squealing version.

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 It's a very tense situation here in the Philippines. The supermarkets are running out of stocks due to people panic buying either for themselves or for donations. Another storm coming that's said to be stronger. Let's hope it changes its course.

commenter from… Read full post »

Oddly, there have been 2 remakes of classic movies, back-to-back, last night and today on OvationTV. Both The Music Man and Victor/Victoria were showpieces for Robert Preston originally, but the remakes were empty and hollow without him.  Last night I watched the first half hour of The Music Man… Read full post »

It’s 6am and the sun won’t be up for another hour. I am usually not up at this time, in the sense that I am out of bed, but tonight I just couldn’t fall back asleep. Lately I wake up at 4am and can’t force my eyes to close again. It’s… Read full post »

 Does your company have an life insurance policy on you... that your family will never see a cent from? That will pay hundreds of thousands of tax-free dollars, exceeding the salary of the covered employee many times over,  usually on a low-paid worker. Even if the worker dies after they le… Read full post »

 Aftermath by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, produced by the New York Theatre Workshop, Sept 1 - Oct 4, 2009

 This is a short video about NYTW's production of Aftermath, a documentary play about average Iraqi citizens living with the aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq. Interviews with pla… Read full post »

Just for ten minutes, right here on my blog, you can try on the cloak of radical insanity. Yes, you can let your freaked-out flag fly, in secret and no one else has to know. Let me get you started:

Joe Wilson is a Communist Marxist and he wants to send… Read full post »

I have a lot of poorly suppressed anger in me these days. I have been screaming at the tv again, never a good sign. I caught a new OS person’s inaugural post, oh joy, another dittohead ready to proclaim evil and conspiracy everywhere but especially in ‘librul’s faces. I obsessed abo… Read full post »

I went to RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) for one year, in architecture. Other than a tendency to design beach houses (I’ve found that if you design one thing, you will try to design everything) I had no real desire to be an architect, other than to impress my father… Read full post »

Notice the ant in the lower left corner 

Maybe someone knows exactly what these bugs are, but they have colonized my sunchokes in a fashion looking exactly like the Matrix towers with the human pods plugged in. The actual connection between the movie and this infest… Read full post »

I joined at the urging of my sister in NYC, since she posts photos and videos  of her baby girl on Facebook, but I don’t use it much. When she and I had a falling out, I quit my account (though apparently, I can’t quit them - they won’t let me… Read full post »

I can’t believe it’s been over 4 weeks since I was here, but sure enough, my last comment was on July 16th. I didn’t flounce, really! First I got into a Penland School of Crafts class as a local standby - if a class doesn’t fill, local residents get in with half-off… Read full post »

You can't go to Las Vegas without Gram Parsons playing in the background.

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I also wrote a post last December when everyone was putting out their 25 things about themselves. I was still a little shy on OS and put up instead ‘25 things I invented’ (since then, I deleted the post).  I just come up with ideas for businesses, products, services that I… Read full post »

As I posted last night, I have had a run-in with Bank of America over $25. This was a hidden charge involved in a wire transfer from Ireland. I had done all the research up front and talked to the branch manager about exactly what it would cost to receive a wire transfer,… Read full post »

Yeah, it's been awhile. No, I didn't leave because of the ads, but I did happen to notice that a lot of OS'rs started writing for Google and not for us. You know who you are. 

I did want to say that, hey, if we are going to be about commerce… Read full post »

This is why. Can we trust some bot to read our keywords and not make a mockery of our thoughts... on our own blog? Most of my favorite content on OS flips a bird to the hype and dreck being hawked by Ads by Google. Why would we sell… Read full post »