Hey Hey

It’s the fifth of May!

Not just any regular old day

 in … May.

Sirs  or Senors, Ladies or Senoritas,

it’s time to buy the mix.

To fix,

 some mean mean Margaritas.

“Festive day today,”

  added to my bio

You’d have to be… Read full post »

I sniff a new editor. Therefore, I sniff my first and only chance at an Editors Pick before my Birthday. Out of the corner of my gimlet eye, I see this on the Open Salon cover page.

Open Call

Awesome stories for new OS editor

But, with different fancy formatting that I… Read full post »

Recent events in my own life have made me feel as if I’ve long left the sphere, I’m forced to call, “ Normalcy.”

The events of the last four years, in my own existence, have been so far out, so outrageous, so so so… so… Profoundly out of step with what… Read full post »

My longtime OS buddy, Matt Paust, had gone and written a book about guns, was my impression. After flipping through the book before settling in with it, I saw too that there were essays about sports. Football, to be more exact. More closer inspection made me see that there was so much… Read full post »

In the midst of a legal odyssey both  odious and ominous, I found myself getting a chance to shake my head admiringly, and also to attain the sweet relief of laughter. This desperately needed  respite came as a gift from Open Salon's very own, Cranky Cuss. I have spoken to Cranky… Read full post »

My mother strikes me as a miracle. Otherwordly, I guess. A survivor in the truest sense.  Today is her birthday, and I feel close enough to enough people on OS to want to celebrate her here.

She has never been cruel to me or anyone. She has never not been there for… Read full post »

Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas  

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do… Read full post »

I am writing post after post about Trayvon Martin. My anger and outrage are getting the best of me . I can't post them as I must appear temperate, nowadays.

Please read this post . It is, I believe, a very important one.

 http://open.salon.com/blog/desidid/2012/03/22/and_justice_for_a… Read full post »

    Another bad  pic. Damn webcam but for a cause:

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A short while back I wrote this post:

http://open.salon.com/blog/fernsy/2012/01/30/platitude_paralysis

Unlike most posts, I felt it needed another part. So many more sayings, stuck in my craw.

 As a part of my( unfamous) headspace cleanse series:

Part 2

They say pride cometh bef… Read full post »

I just read this funny post by JlSathre.http://open.salon.com/blog/jlsathre/2012/01/28/theres_little_comfort_in_growing_old.I read I read, Jlsathre, avidly , due to her humorous writing, and because I want to think there exists a thing like a good lawyer. Harrumph! 

 Anyway, as… Read full post »

Yesterday, while a more elaborate seeming Open Salon meetup was being planned on the East Coast, I was planning for a less elaborate, but no less anticipated, meeting on the West Coast. I’m assuming that when it only involves two people it should get called a Meet-ing  or maybe a mini/… Read full post »

Recently I was informed of another OSer's hobby, via her blog.  The hobby struck me as how you say ... unrealistic. The hobby? Cracking murder cases alongside certain detectives. 

Citizen homicide solving is a new one to me. I couldn't inquire further due to comments being… Read full post »

So many times in the last few decades I’ve had to contact customer service people for my defective products.

It used to be that rude Americans answered. I pictured plump or fat dye jobbed blondes , and other assorted American types. Sometimes you’d get surprised by a sweetheart. Dealing w… Read full post »

Don Lemon was the CNN anchor on duty, the day Whitney Houston died. I don’t know if he was being fed lines or was forced to go impromptu, but he sure knew a lot about Whitney Houston. He was also confident about us , and how we, as a nation ,… Read full post »

I just don't know the meaning of trillion dollar debt and a debt ceiling. I should . I would if I could.

 I don't know the difference between pork barrell politics and other types that sound less .... porky.

I pick my politicians for entirely cosmetic reasons. 

In 2012. we have a… Read full post »

Realized too late too many typos and not clear content. But, I want to keep the comments type situation-- for any OSer who might wonder.

Recent events have dampened any luster to leave the house . But, through osmosis, I am privy to trends of thought, clothing, social protocols, and other things. Sometimes osmosis leaves me alone .   I realize years later that I’ve stayed oblivious to things that should have been… Read full post »

I just found out, via a PM by a lovely human,  that a messed up draft of this is showing up as an “update”. I didn’t post it,  and so now I’m fighting stray shame feelings due some unsolvable technical glitch.

I’ve decided that rather than waiting f… Read full post »

           Jeffrey Dunn with phone.

On April 5th 1944, similar looking people came to  my mother's door and terrorized her, her family, and hur… Read full post »

45amShootings, Pepper-Sprayed Shoppers on Black Friday  Email 61 Smaller Font Text Larger Text | Print A string of Black Friday violence, including a  shooting outside a Walmart and pepper-sprayed shoppers, swept the country during the early hours of the morning.Police said a man was s… Read full post »

Yesterday, I got pissed off at society. I’ve been pissed off at society since I was three, but that’s too long a life story. Despite rebellious tendencies, I can’t let go of making a big fuss about Today. It’s the only holiday that I celebrate.

I woke up, yesterday, and… Read full post »

I recieved a PM From Fred, two days ago, but have been waiting on his permission to publish the PM to OS. He hasn't gotten back to me . I feel I should just tell the many who have expressed care and concern, that he's alive and fighting. He spent many months… Read full post »