Everywhere I look these days, I see people extolling the virtues of hot (as in spicy) food.  Rachael Ray and the Neelys on the Food Network are always adding hot sauce or cayenne pepper to foods that seem perfectly fine without it, claiming with a giggle or a shake of the hips&nbs… Read full post »

Garment Industry Joke

A garment worker was walking back from her lunch break to her job sewing in a factory in the garment district.

From out of a doorway jumps a man wearing nothing but a raincoat.  He steps in the front of the woman, throws open his coat, and exposes… Read full post »

You'll have to pardon me, but I'm positively reeling right now.  

Just for the hell of it, I did a Google search using two phrases from my wayward youth, and what I found has me in a state of shock.

But I have to give you a little background first.… Read full post »

For Min - Chariots&… Read full post »

I'm thinking about turning in mine.  After all, she did have a Palin bumper sticker on her car during the 2008 campaign, and her cannas keep coming up in my yard.  Plus, I think the White House is giving away toaster ovens this month!

If you haven't heard about it already, I'm… Read full post »

Has this ever happened to you?

You spend half an hour, half a day, or half a month on a post, editing and polishing, putting your best self forward on a subject that you find utterly fascinating, getting ready to share a part of yourself with OS and the world at large.… Read full post »

It's a subject that can make even the most progressive person hem and haw just a little.  People who are otherwise die-hard union supporters often distance themselves from it.  It drives conservatives absolutely nuts.   And I find that it's one of the more misunderstood concepts a… Read full post »

Sometimes the best part of the movie is the opening credits!  I think there should be an Academy Award given every year for them.  (After all, they give out a Grammy for packaging and liner notes.)  Here are just a few of my favorite opening sequences.

In the comments section, share… Read full post »

Once you've seen this face, you will never forget it.

I had the privilege of viewing Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 silent masterpiece, The Passion of Joan of Arc, last night in the beautiful sacred space of Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Nashville, with live or… Read full post »

Although I did not attend the Nashville tea party tax protest, my husband was there with his camera to record the event for, um, posterity.

He estimates the attendance at a thousand-ish.  Speakers at the event included Republican State Representative Marsha Blackburn and conservative radio talk… Read full post »

It's that time of year again... 

We have a possibility of severe storms today, which always takes me back to that day in 1998...

A little background.

My husband and I decided in 1997 that, after eight years of marriage, it was probably going to last, and it would be … Read full post »