sur·ly pronunciation: \ˈsər-lē\ function: adjective
iamsurly
- Location
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Birthday
- October 22
- Title
- ex-heiress
- Bio
- Charming young lady, with sharp tongue and vocabulary of a seasoned longshoreman, who carries in her handbag worn and tattered membership cards to the Mayflower Society and Daughters of the American Revolution, for which her dues are in arrears.
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Precisely.”
11:46PM - “Dang... none of my
recipe cards deals with
leftovers!”
7:12PM - “Um... are you getting
mushy on us?”
1:26PM - “I'm a little bit afraid
of you now.”
1:12PM - “I still don't get why
teaching isn't a six figure
job or
where precisely all
the…”
11:25AM
Iamsurly's Links
- Meet My Family
- Letters From Before The Grave
- You Can Never Have Too Many Dress Rehearsals For A Swan Song
- It Sucks To Be My Husband
- Bruno Stop Blowing Your Brother
- The Heiress In The Trailer Park
- The Art of Waiting for Death
- Dear Fuck Face
- History Repeats Itself, First As Tragedy, Second As Farce
- Think Your Children Are Expensive? Mine Actually Eat Money!
- Why Facebook Gives Me Grief
- Foodie Tuesdays
- Vintage Recipe Cards: Baked Eggplant a la Grecque
- Vintage Recipe Cards: Waldorf Salad
- Vintage Recipe Cards: Turkey With Noodles
- Vintage Recipe Cards: Shepherds Pie
- Vintage Recipe Cards: Creamed Eggs on Fried Noodles
- iamsurly vs The Food of The Seventies
- Vintage Recipe Cards: Emerald Canatloupe
- Baking Doggie Style
- Vintage Recipe Cards: Frankfurter Crown
- Who Is Eating All The Damn Donuts?
- Vintage Reccipe Cards: Cottage Cheese Meatloaf
- Vintage Recipe Cards: Sandwich Loaf
- Vintage Recipe Cards: Three Pineapple Salads
- Vintage Recipe Cards: Sausage and Spanish Rice
- Vintage Recipe Cards: Green Pepper Round Steak
- Tamale Pie por Cinco de Mayo
- Vengeful Steak
- Beer Cake
- Me and My Attitude
- An Office With A View
- The Art of Having A Butler
- Greetings From Honeymoon Hell
- I Wish I Was Gidget
- How To Be Beautiful for $19.95
- Dear Miley
- It's Been A Chad Hair Day
- Hoda Kotb Can Bite Me!
- OMG! I Am Like So Totally Over MTV!
- Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- It's Not Necrophilia If You Don't Dig Them Up
- This Just In: Dr. Nancy Snyderman Says I'm A Moron
- Who Is On Your List?
- Much Ado About Masturbation
- You Say Childless Like It's A Bad Thing
- Can I Get A Vibrator With My Public Option?
- Confessions of A Facebook Stalker
- Yikes! My Husband's Evil Twin Is A Serial Killer!
- Trust Me, If I Wanted To Know, I Would Ask!
- A Surly Girl's Guide To Etiquette
- Be Still My Beating Heart
- I'm A Junk Food Junkie
- He Loves My Hairy Whole
- Jerk and Release
- Little Ms. 2%
- Stop Playing With My Food
- Mirror, Mirror
- Really, I Understand. The Rules Just Don't Apply To You.
- The Ghosts of Boyfriends Past
- Ass Crack Sandwich
- Call Me Dr. Love
- Damn You Jay Leno!
- Make Your Children Eat Dirt
- This Will Go Down On My Permanent Record
- "This call may be monitored..."
- All American Pride
- God and I Aren't Facebook Friends
- 25 Random Things You Really Didn't Want To Know About Me
- Crank Calling Myself
- How Constipated Is The Average American?
- I'm Pretty Much Over It!
- Are You Afraid Of My Nipples
- Straight Girl's Guides and Other Rainbow Flavored Posts
- I Wish I Was Gay
- If I Had To Get Married, Gays and Lesbians Should Too!
- Why I’m Giving Up Flame Broiled Chicken For Equal Rights
- Talking with Daniela Sea about Chaz Bono & Transitioning
- Straight Girl's Guide on How to Plan a Lesbian Wedding
- Straight Girl’s Guide to Lesbian Weddings – Proposal #2
- Straight Girl's Guide To Lesbian Wedding: The Rings
Honey, Can I Have Money For A Hooker? Please?
Yes, these very words were uttered to me this morning by my adoring husband. In previous pithy posts I have divulged bits of the nightmare that is my husband's life since he married me. While he is a good and kind man, were it not for his marriage to me, he… Read full post »
From The Realm Of Things I Do Not Understand: Men's Fashion

Last night while watching the train wreck that is The Real Housewives of Orange County on Bravo there was an advert for an upcoming show called Launch My Line. This gentleman, and according to Google a longtime fashionista called "Dandy" in New York, Patrick McDonald was the parti/… Read full post »

There are a lot of reasons I hate Twitter. Anything that can manage to pit Ashton Kutcher against CNN is inherently wrong in my world. I want to see Ashton in an oil wrestling match with Gerard Butler not competing for twittering twats with Wolf Blitzer.
Last night as I… Read full post »

Now normally I am not a mustache loving girl. Tom Selleck never did a damn thing for me, which is probably because he is the poor man's Sam Elliott.
Whether playing a cowboy

or a biker with a heart of gold

the man exudes… Read full post »
Vintage Recipe Cards: Potato-Leek Potage
Further adventures in really bad food photography from the 1970's!

Ingredients
4 cups peeled and sliced potatoes
3 cups leeks, thinly sliced (white parts only)
1½ quarts water
1½ teaspoon salt
½ cup heavy cream
¼ teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon free… Read full post »
Leave it to Surly
I've been on the bench since my return from Jamaica. The pain medication that the doctor has prescribed for me tends to make me lethargic, if not narcoleptic. My husband has on more than one occasion found me face down in my dinner or snoring away on the couch using one… Read full post »
I Pee Green & Other Acts That Prove I'm a Witch
When I was a teenager I went through that phase. You know, the one where you figure only the supernatural can have the answers to teenage angst and believe that love spells will work on the boy you love who has no idea you're alive. Back then I was learning to… Read full post »
Lesson 1: All-Inclusive Is The Same Thing As All You Can Eat.
Let me tell ya, doesn't matter how many stars a hotel is sporting and how pretty to view from your room, three weeks is a long time to spend in a resort. While it is nice to have… Read full post »
Vintage Recipe Cards: Burger Beef Tiara
Further adventures in really bad food photography from the 1970's!

Ingredients
2 cups biscuit mix
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 can Chili-Beef Soup
1 package frozen green beans, cooked and drained
Salt and Pepper
Directions
Prepare biscuits using the directions on th… Read full post »
Damn! Speidi Actually Managed To Make Me Laugh
Speidi sporting Jon & Kate Costumes for Halloween! It's like a Double Double Animal Style of all the things I hate about pop culture! Read full post »
Vintage Recipe Cards: Baked Eggplant a la Grecque
Further adventures in really bad food photography from the 1970's!

Ingredients
3 O-bone lamb chops
2 small eggplant
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
2 tablespoons finely chopped green pepper
2 tablespoons finely chopped pimento
1/2 teaspoon monosodium glutamate
1/2 teaspoon salt
Dir… Read full post »

I'm having trouble concentrating today. It could be this, the view from my desk, or it could be the constant interruptions from the hotel representative who keeps coming in to take an inventory of the amenities in our office. I suspect she thinks we might be stealing towels, which… Read full post »
The Art of Having a Butler
After a number of delays, I arrived here at my hotel in Jamaica around 11:00pm. I was tired, wearing too many layers for the local weather, and looking forward to a hot shower and a nightcap. I got into my room just in time to answer the phone to a call… Read full post »
Vintage Recipe Cards: Waldorf Salad
Further adventures in really bad food photography from the
1970's!

Ingredients
Dressing:
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted
6 tablespoons cream
3 eggs
6 tablespoons lemon juice
Salad:
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup diced tart apple
1 cup sliced bananas
1 cup green g… Read full post »
I’m not a natural traveler. I have traveled a significant amount in my lifetime, but I’ve never learned to do it particularly well. I over pack. When you’re going somewhere for three to four weeks, you never know what you’re going to need, and when you’re working… Read full post »
Last night the husband and I were watching NCIS. Yes, we're that lame. Aside from Mark Harmon aging well and still being totally hot, one of the reasons I enjoy the show is the character of Abby Sciuto played by Pauley Perrette.

I don't know Pauley Perrette personally, and h… Read full post »
Vintage Recipe Cards: Turkey With Noodles
Further adventures in really bad food photography from the 1970's!

Ingredients
1 pound ground turkey
2 tablespoons oil
2/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
1 clove garlic, chopped
1/4 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
8-ounce package noodles
1/4 pound Cheddar cheese, shred… Read full post »
It seems that I am continually waging war between my personal quest for self-improvement (screw self-acceptance) and my limited budget. For example my breasts, which seem to have appeared fully formed as a D-cup when I was 10, have met with the effects of gravity. While I have no desire t… Read full post »
Oh My Miley! (With Disturbing Video)
Okay... so I was disturbed that Miley's quitting Twitter was news. But now I'm speechless and feel that you too should share my pain.
Yeah, it's true. Teenage popstars can not and should not rap. Read full post »
Dear Miley

Dear Miley;
I'm heartbroken, just heartbroken, to hear that you will no longer be tweeting on Twitter. The news of your decision has sent me into a spiral of depression that I am not sure I will ever recover from. Your cryptic final tweet has left me confused and longing… Read full post »
We've all had those days when our hair won't behave, and we've all had those dreadful haircuts that make us want to take a pair of scissors to our hairdresser. My first bad haircut was in the fifth grade when the Dorothy Hamill wedge haircut was all the rage. Unfortunately the… Read full post »
Further adventures in really bad food photography from the 1970's!

Ingredients
2 cups sweet potatoes, mashed
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons chopped green pepper
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups beef bouillon, heated… Read full post »
Hoda Kotb Can Bite Me!

This morning, while watching Kathy Lee and Hoda Kotb on the Today Show (we'll discuss the poor judgment this shows at another time), Hoda Kotb tried and succeeded at pissing me off. In the opening dialogue of the show Hoda and Kathy Lee start talking about the David Letterman scandal… Read full post »
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Writing Down The Bones: How I Survived My Anorexia
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He Said What????
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7 Years in Tibet-Give Yourself a Gift
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Things You Do While On "Brownies"
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Short and Bitter Sweet Goodbye
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Edges of the Precipice
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Ten Top Unforgettable Moments from Dancing With the Stars
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Scenes from the Surprisingly Inexpensive Nassau Cruise

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