Image borrowed from Daily Mail

Tiger Woods had barely regained consciousness in November and Ms. Allred was already on retainer by at least one of the alleged mistresses, Rachel Uchitel.  This morning she was hand holding yet another alleged mistress, Joslyn James, at a press conference/… Read full post »

I'm not a sporty girl.  I'll give you that.  I'm even less of a winter sports girl.  I don't ski.  I used to, but guess what? It's cold, requires too many layers of clothing, and the shoes hurt my feet.  Not to mention that I have a reasonable fear of hitting… Read full post »

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

FRESH FRUITS AVAILABLE MONTHLY

Available practically year-round: Avocadoes, bananas, lemons, oranges. Available September through March: Apples.

January - grapefruit, pears, tangerines

February - grapefruit, pears

Marc… Read full post »

I'm a regular at the gym.  I don't know that it's really to any effect, but I go, at least, 5 times a week.  During the course of my life I've tried nearly every kind of aerobics class on offer. Except Richard Simmons' Sweatin to the Oldies. Just could never/… Read full post »

(Image courtesy of flowerpot.com)

Valentine's Day is when my husband Dave really shines.  It's also the only time he finds his way to a florist. I'm lucky, he doesn't go for the stock red roses or those cheezy arrangements with carnations organized to look like a heart.  (Those make… Read full post »

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a Tea Bagger! 

Since 1941 Captain America has been keeping America safe from all manner of foes, both real and imagined by the clever folks at Marvel.  He fought the Nazis! He kept us safe from the commies during the great "Red… Read full post »

Well, here I go again.  I'm gonna say some things that will, undoubtedly, be wildly unpopular.  Go figure.

Last night I was doing that thing you do at the market, when you're really only there to pick up wine, but the store is so huge that you feel compelled to wander… Read full post »

Author's Note: The post below is a compilation of a week's worth of my niece's Facebook status updates all reprinted with her permission (and her mother's, of course.)

So, I got the new Facebook today.  Whoopie! Nice exercise in web programming, but nothing too spectacular.  Or maybe it is… Read full post »

Now y'all know that I'm a fan of trashy television.  Gimme your Real Housewives of (insert city here), Keeping up with the Kardashians, or Flavor of Love. (Everyone shout Flavor Flav!)  Tonight though I really went for the full on trash of Undercover Boss with Larry O'Donnell of Waste Manag… Read full post »

My Grandmother circa 1930

Glamour shots are nothing new.  In the early part of the 20th century it was de rigeur to have a studio portrait taken in your Sunday best with your hair done up, giving a hint of a smile, and with that indirect gaze so indicative of… Read full post »

"Surly's doing the wrap? The hell you say? She doesn't even have a freakin' tiara of her own, who is she to judge us?" Oh yeah, I'm like the Mentalist on estrogen, and I can read your minds.  So, we'll be taking care of a little personal business first.

 There,… Read full post »

Betcha didn't know that once upon a time I was a Girl Scout.    I didn't last long in the scouts, unlike my husband who made it all the way to Eagle Scout.  (Yet, for some reason he refuses to indulge me in bedroom role playing where he wears his uniform… Read full post »

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

Ingredients

4 slices bacon
1 cup onion, thinly sliced
1 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced
2 cups canned green beans, drained
1/2 cup reserved bean liquid
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon wine vinegar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 t… Read full post »

As you may recall from previous posts, I have a pretty bizarre dream life. Having a graduate degree in psychology means that I've had more than my fill of dream analysis, and frankly you can keep your Jungian thoughts to yourself. I know precisely what my dreams mean, do you?

Usually… Read full post »

You'd be surprised, I'd bet, to discover that I don't like to talk about myself.  Well, that's not totally true.  I don't mind talking to you about me, but I don't want to talk to other people about me.  Mind you, I don't mind if you talk about me to them. … Read full post »

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

Ingredients

3 pounds top round, cut in 2x2 1/2 inch strips
3 tablespoons oil
1 1/2 cups finely chopped onion
4 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
1/4 cup flour
2 cups beef broth
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon dill… Read full post »

I'm a snob.  I'm not too proud to admit that. I like nice things, and I like them to be real.  Give me diamonds, not Cubic Zirconia. Give me chocolate, not carob. There are only a few items where I make allowances. First is processed cheese ( I love Velveeta); second… Read full post »

 This is going to turn out to be one of those cautionary tales you tell your children.  A naive young(ish) woman from Los Angeles, alone in a foreign country, goes to Toronto to meet two "women" she's met online.  When she gets off the plane she finds two 15… Read full post »

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

Ingredients

1/2 cups sesame seeds
3 egg whites, at room temperature
1 cup raw sugar
3 tablespoons honey
1 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup unsweetened macaroon coconut
2 tablespoons rice polishings
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup blanched almo… Read full post »

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

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds turkey breasts
1 egg
1 teaspoon water
1 cup bread crumbs
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon crushed oregano
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/4 teaspoon rosemary
1/3 cup Sherry wine
2 tablespo… Read full post »

I dunno if y'all have been up here in Canada, but lemme tell ya this place is cold.  Not your average run of the mill chilly.  No.  It is insanely cold. Not to mention, it's full of Canadians. Eh?

Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

Now I'll give you that I'm a… Read full post »

Okay boys and girls, enough is enough.  It appears to me that some of you, and you know precisely who you are so I don't need to call out names, are spoiling for a fight. What in the hell is your problem?  Did you not get what you wanted from Santa… Read full post »