My sister had a date Saturday night, date night. I watched  as she prepared to leave in her sexy outfit looking like a million dollars I was excited for her. She had a date on Saturday night!

The last date I had was on a Wednesday afternoon last summer to go to a movie… Read full post »

 Refrain

When you made me feel

Like a natural woman

I wanted to remain with you

Forever or longer if possible 

But you kept pushing me away and

Now that I'm gone, you want me back

Why didn't you want my love

When it was yours to have

I would… Read full post »

Last weekend I performed a dramatic presentation for the congregation at my mother and sister's church in Columbus. I've been doing theatre for 35 years, so it's not unusual for me to perform on stage.

However, my last (and only) performance in Columbus was over twenty-four years ago when I did… Read full post »

Would America Put A Desperate Housewife in the Oval Office? Yes!

Sarah Palin’s reported pettiness in her newly published book reduces her to the ranks of reality television stars and sitcom “divas.” You know, those “desperate” and “real” housewives we s… Read full post »

My new iPhone, a birthday gift from my brother and sister that I finally got to Columbus to pick up, is an "i"sore for this untechnological girl whose last phone was so compact it kept getting lost between the sofa cushions and in my purse.

I'm convinced the "i" in the phone's… Read full post »

I listened to Dobbs until he started his rants about illegal aliens. I like to hear more than one point of view and since I can't tolerate FOX (in numerology those three letters stand for 6-6-6), I'd rather hear my bigoted, reactionary, far right rhetoric on CNN.

Then just when I thought… Read full post »

I never understood why insurance companies have been so willing to pay to remedy male penile dysfunction, but won't pay for birth control unless it's for medical reasons. Is penile dysfunction a medical problem? Really?

So, men get to be all randy and women get to have babies. Sounds fair -… Read full post »

My sister sent me this and I thought it worth sharing, since it's one of the many historical facts that have been lost and one of the many reasons we still must celebrate African-American history separately:

There was a Haitian man on the Titanic
 
Imagine That....… Read full post »

Daddy, when you fought in World War II,

I watched you from heaven

Proud that I would soon be your daughter

Then, when you became a Christian and accepted Christ

I wept with Jesus, so full of joy, it could not be contained

Your acceptance of God's call into the ministry… Read full post »

The tragedy at Fort Hood, overshadowing the President's consent to send 34,000 troops to Afghanistan, should give us pause to consider the ramifications of both actions.

Both put our military at risk - in completely different situations, but in danger nonetheless. While the nation felt… Read full post »

 While my seventy-nine year old mother will be taking her shoes off at the airport in two weeks while traveling to Texas for Thanksgiving, what is being done to ensure the safety of our soldiers at Fort Hood and other military installations?

Since the te… Read full post »

Did anyone notice that President Obama has agreed to send 34,000 troops to Afghanistan after much deliberation and "dithering"?

Amid the hoopla over the passage of the House's healthcare reform bill and the tragedy at Fort Hood, this news seems to have gotten lost.

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My boss' wife won't go see Precious because of the stereotypes she feels it perpetuates. She couldn't get through the novel Push by Sapphire for the same reason.

However, my brother, James (also on OS), read the book and loved it and can't wait to see the movie. Granted, James… Read full post »

I'm thinking of entering the Ohio Screenplay competition. I've thought of several things to write about, but remembered today a screenplay I conceived recently and decided maybe this one might be worth considering.

The action starts with the protagonist having a eureka moment while co… Read full post »

I have the Sydney Greenstreet role in the stage version of Between Two Worlds, the second screen version of the play originally titled Outward Bound. The play is set in Britain in the 1920s and involves a group of people on a boat who don't know they're dead.

 Sydney Greenstreet… Read full post »

I read Simone's post and thought, "Maybe I should give online dating a try!"

Well, I googled "online dating for large women" and a number of websites came up: big beautiful women, more to love, and, of course, Dimensions, the same folks who publish the magazine that featured my pin-up shot… Read full post »

I should have gotten the job as director of the program. I had the experience, the education, and the know how. The ad I answered said a director was needed for a teen pregnancy prevention program.

Qualifications that were required included curriculum writing experience and a Masters degree. Preferen… Read full post »

Go Yankees! (I was actually rooting for Philadelphia, but -) Go Yankees!

I was also rooting for the Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia, despite the fat jokes from the Democratic candidate in New Jersey, the lackluster candidate in Virginia, and the fact that I left the party after last year's… Read full post »

For what it's worth, I endorsed former Toledo Fire Chief and State Fire Marshall Michael Bell in this year's mayoral election. Bell, a Democrat, ran as an Independent against endorsed Democrat and former City Councilman Kevin Wilkowski.

I have disliked Wilkowski since he conspired to unseat my C… Read full post »

Although I don't celebrate Halloween, I enjoyed sharing the fun of it this past weekend with a couple of kids in my life.

I spent Friday through Sunday watching scary movies, having a pizza party, eating candy, and playing Music Scene It with a nine and fourteen year old.… Read full post »

I'm very critical of America's first black President, not because he's black - so am I. I'm critical because I didn't think he should have run so soon before he had more experience.

I've criticized his lack of experience, indecisiveness, and inability to take criticism (I criticized George Bush for… Read full post »

O. K., I punked out. Last time I wrote about my social life, my dance card was full for almost every Saturday this month - a luncheon on the 10th, a wedding on the 17th, and a jazz concert on the 24th.

Well, my present for the wedding - an engraved photo album with… Read full post »

O. K., I punked out. Last time I wrote about my social life, my dance card was full for almost every Saturday this month - a luncheon on the 10th, a wedding on the 17th, and a jazz concert on the 24th.

Well, my present for the wedding - an engraved photo album with… Read full post »