There's the old and very bad joke that cropped up after 911:  Did you hear the one about the knitter that got arrested?  She was knitting an afgahn. 

Well, that was literally almost me. 

I have not had the best year.  I have been laid off twice… Read full post »

I never intended to do this.  I'm a relatively normal person (previous posts notwithstanding).  I normally ignore these people knowing they are scams.  Then my darker angel and my curiosity started to take over. 

It started 2 weeks ago.  I had received a cell phone back for… Read full post »

 

 

"The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare."

And, as I learned in my many math classes, for every… Read full post »

 

 

 Awwwwww.... er, y-awwwwwwwwwn!

Last week, I posted about how OS has LOTS and LOTS of dogs.  I, myself have 3 -- all rescues and all as far removed from their wolf-like ancesters as they could get (in other words, if we weren't here, they would starve!).

Last… Read full post »

As documented by my blog, I’ve had rather a tough year (or millennium) in terms of relationships.  What I haven’t really discussed has been the ongoing melodrama with my job.  Over the last 3 years, for a variety of reasons (not all good), I have had 5 different jobs.  Give
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I admit it... I am a sucker for dog pictures.  In my top 10 post, OESheepdog made my list becuase his avatar literally makes me smile every single time I see it. 

But his is not the only one... a quick (ok... not so quick -- I sifted through about… Read full post »

 The premise is simple.  For each of the questions that follow, pick an OS member that would best answer fill your desire or need.

 1.    Who would you fantasize being stuck alone with on a deserted island for one week (sorry, without a computer, so no OS)?

I read Liz's account of her recent journey through the Developmental Diagnosis process with Little Man.  I feel like I could have written it.  She is where I was at about 5 years ago.  My son, Evan is 9 years old and was "officially diagnosed" with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (either
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"Yes, Eric." 

I saw those words in my inbox and drew in my breath.  I couldn't believe after all these years I had found him.  Even though I had been married for over 13 years, had 2 boys and was now well into my 40s, just seeing his name… Read full post »

 

Ding ding ding:  Thanks to Pretend Farmer -- I think we have a winner (or winer):

BELLWEATHER

BELLWETHER

Of course, this begs the question:  where the fuck did "Bellweather" (or is it Bellwether -- as PF spelled it) come from?

I'm still going to drink to them… Read full post »

I wanted to let y'all know that I'm still sifting through all the comments on the other post, as well as the ones in private -- please feel free to continue to post any words of wisdom, thoughts and prayers. 

Words truly can not express how much your heartfelt, honest,… Read full post »

On May 24th, I wrote about my decision to "stand by my man" in the face of repeated adultry on the part of my husband.

The first time I caught him cheating on me was while we were engaged and living together.  I walked in on him and… Read full post »

OS's Resident Troll (apparently hot off a McCain staff meeting) spammed us again this morning.  Among one of his convincing arguments was an anonymous email that he got from someone who shall remain anonymous -- unlike the Hollywood Producer of Jurassic park (as if that is supposed to carry much… Read full post »

The juxtaposition between Joe the Plumber and the "health" quote was jarring.  It is obvious that Joe -- a strapping white guy who is supposed to represent "every man" is much more important to McCain than women.  To steal a phrase... it was clear that Joe was more equal than women!… Read full post »

I've been wondering this for some time...

What happens if the president-elect dies/is killed after the election but before taking the oath of office?

Does the running mate automatically become the president elect?  Special election?  Does it depend on the majority of the party in the legis… Read full post »

 

 

 

In addition to my increasingly intermittent blogging activities here at Open Salon, I happen to be a member of Amazon.com’s “Vine” program.  Vine is a program that provides free stuff to customers in exchange for writing unbiased reviews.  I ha… Read full post »

I remember where I was exactly 13 years ago today -- I was sitting in a dingy little hotel room in Seoul, South Korea setting my alarm to wake up in the middle of the night to watch the verdict be read of the first OJ Simpson trial -- you might… Read full post »

The Republican Party... the so-called "party of values"... the party whose leaders are making headlines for:

1. Shooting a friend in the face with in a hunting accident -- possibly after having been drinking...
2. The 17-year-old unmarried daughter of the woman who is trying to become Vice President of th
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I'll admit it -- I'm one of those that thought many women (Rebecca Traister et al) were overly sensitive when it came down to the sexism (real and perceived) hurled at Hillary.  Part of the thing that really bugged me was that Obama (and other men) couldn't win... if that treated… Read full post »

 

 

 

Well, for me, the highlight of the convention so far has been to see Luke Russert carry on his father's legacy.  Luke Russert -- son of Tim Russert -- was hired by MSNBC to cover "youth issues" during the election.  He gave his first report from the… Read full post »