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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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;

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 »

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 »

 On October 5th, 2007, barely a month after the death of my sister Parrish, my family lost another beloved member. My aunt Melantha's second husband, my uncle Corb, succumbed after a several years long and hard fought battle with cancer.

Parrish & Corb at my wedding, one… Read full post »

Okay, so we've established that I watch way too much television.  I am a junkie for pretty much any kind of TV.  I'm sorry if you had previously had a more high brow impression of me.  Illusions get shattered all the time, and you'll get over this.  I promise.

… Read full post »

Not only is the Lawrence Welk rendition of the Brewer and Shipley classic hysterical, but I love it when Lawrence Welk refers to it as "one of the modern spirituals."

Amen! Read full post »

Further adventures in really bad food photography from the 1970's!

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter or margarine
½ cup celery, sliced
½ pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
10½ ounce can cream of chicken soup
¼ cup milk
¼ cup toasted slivered almonds
6 har… Read full post »

The other day after reading Scott Christian's post about America's excessive addiction to 3-ply toilet tissue in which he postulates "At the end of the day though, cleaning your backside really shouldn’t qualify as an area of luxury...", I posed this question to him: "Dude, have you ever had he… Read full post »

Years ago when I first started working in event production for the entertainment industry we teasingly called my girlfriend Carol "Star Slut" because being incredibly beautiful and incredibly outgoing she could easily snare the attention of nearly any given male celebrity around us.   One d… Read full post »

Umbrellakinesis asked, so I'm gonna answer :)  Y'all are so damn nosy!

 This shelf resides in my living room.  It is an antique black lacquer shelf of Asian design.  It originally resided in my great, great grandfather's mansion in Santa Barbara.  On the shelves are… Read full post »

So this morning I'm having my coffee and watching a little Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera.  (Anne Curry freaks me out with her breathy voice and need to touch every guest she interviews so I try to ignore her.) And on comes Dr. Nancy Snyderman.  Now I don't dislike Dr. Nancy,… Read full post »

Remember that episode of Friends when they are sitting around trying to come up with the list of 5 celebrities they can sleep with without upsetting their partner?  Chandler chooses: Kim Basinger, Cindy Crawford, Halle Berry, Yasmine Bleeth, and Jessica Rabbit. Rachel lists:  Chris O’… Read full post »

Okay... so I finally decided to give myself a taste of my own medicine, as it were.  On this week's Foodie Tuesday post I shared a nice 1970's recipe card for Emerald Cantaloupe.  In the comments RavingBits asked someone to make this.  So, I decided, what the heck!

Off I went… Read full post »

Masturbation.  There I said it. I'll say it again, masturbation.  Honestly, it's not a pretty word, it doesn't roll right off the tongue.  It is so clinical sounding.  It sounds more fun when you say things like "jerking off" or "wanking" or "diddling" or"two finger taco tango."&n… Read full post »