DailySally - Stories From A Life
Sally Swift
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Birthday
- June 14
- Title
- AOL Model
- Company
- This One
- Bio
- sally: a journey, a venture, an expression of feeling, an outburst, a quip, a wisecrack ... me
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “What Stellaa said. I
might add that New Jersey
isn't on the
pork list because
NJ'…”
1:38PM - “Better and better, each
one. Must be all that
practice.
:)”
1:33PM - “Wow. Intense and sad.
And incredibly real. I have to
ask
again, is this
really
fi…”
1:31PM - “Pitch. Perfect. You. I
came to wish you a happy
birthday on
the actual day,
but I…”
1:19PM - “Lovely tribute. There is
a hotel ad showing here with
yummy
chocolate cake-like
p…”
1:07PM
Sally Swift's Links
- Arbitrary A List (In No Particular Order)
- Sarah Palin
- Bob Dylan
- Jimmy Carter
- Heath Ledger & Ron
- Buddy Cianfrani
- Kennedy & Nixon
- Jesse Jackson & More
- Mayor Frank Rizzo
- Mrs. King, CDT & Mal
- Big Boomer Celebs
- Bruce Springsteen
- Carl Bernstein
- Smothers Brothers
- Ryan Howard
- David Letterman
- Bob Novak
- Johnny Carson
- Britney Spears
- Ted Kennedy
- Dan Rather
- Paul Newman
- Walter Cronkite
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Barney the Dinosaur
- Good, Bad, Fun, Sad, Inspiring & Mad
- ***Killing Beauty***
- My 9/11 Story
- Pain of an Empty Nest
- Near Death Experience
- 1. First Time In Love
- 2. Saving Sally
- 3. Rejected Fat Girl's Fantasy
- How I Became A Wife
- How I Became A Mother
- My Sister's Plane Crash
- Her Two Love Stories
- Tightass Senior Portrait
- High School Humiliation
- First Love, or What
- First Kiss, Spectacular
- Boca Midnight
- Boca Hospital & Grille
- High School Anti-Semitism
- Grandmothers & Racism
- Starting College
- Creature Feature
- Mating for Life
- My Sister Becomes A Widow
- My Family in Israel
- Fathers & Sons
- My Mother Lights the Way
- Meet Some Friends
- Head Butler
- randomly snarky
- Citizen Mom
- BoniLogue
- Cynthia Johnston
- Blinq
("Don't Ask, Don't Tell" videos from The West Wing are below).


"No matter how I look at the issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend… Read full post »

"In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport."
Julia Child
In homes around America, sports fans and ordinary people are ready
for Super Bowl
XLIV.
Parties are organized, beer and booze ordered, snack menus
prepared. Here in Philadelphia we'll be watching the game,
but… Read full post »


"The pursuit of beauty
is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain
children all our lives." Albert Einstein
In a world where people are starving, out of work, under fire,
fighting to stay afloat, suffering countless setbacks, you'd think
our focus should stay on The Big… Read full post »

John Travolta's real --and
metaphoric-- flight to Haiti carrying food, medical supplies, L.
Ron Hubbard and a gaggle of his ministers started me thinking again
about the Church of Scientology.
I had to ask, what's wrong with that picture? Something. Not sure
what. Yet. But Mary… Read full post »
The Back
Story
I don't remember the first time I cooked. Or any time I cooked,
growing up. We had a person for that purpose, called Cook.
Nannies too. I've said
we lived a charmed life.
Briefly. Like fantasy's apple, gleaming and beautiful on the
outside, poisened… Read full post »
5 Reasons I'm Cranky, 5 Reasons I'm Not ***UPDATE
*** See update below.
A wedding story for all. And Amy as
Belle!

If anyone has noticed my
absence, please don't take it personally. I've been stressed,
overworked and cranky. You didn't do anything wrong. Nobody did.
Not even me.
Sometimes life comes at us so hard we have… Read full post »

Me, my parents and my younger sister when 'Uncle Ted' came to
dinner, circa 1959.
My Personal TV Connection
Long before American Idol and Simon Cowell encouraged ordinary
people to make asses of themselves on national TV, a kinder,
gentler program charmed the country. Aimed at
showcasing… Read full post »
Bless You... Now Bend Over

I don't do OS meta posts. I don't write them and I rarely read them. They are almost always a vehicle for bitching and moaning. For adding unsolicited two cents. (Except the valuable How-To's). I'm also on record as believing that all but the most lighthearted memes and open… Read full post »
Read This! Then Decide WTF Is Really Important

Enough! This is a post I wrote in May. It's literally about life and death and courage and love. Read it. Please.
"This
Is Not The End Of Your Life"
When I wrote this, we were
thinking very positive thoughts. We're still trying. But. It's
getting harder. And frankly,… Read full post »
You Want Misogyny? I Got Yer Misogyny Right Heeerrre!
Ultimate
Misogyny
Poster
Girl
I never had a Barbie. But I did have a Bride Doll. I got such mixed messages as a child ... middle of three daughters, the last turned into a 'tomboy' by our disappointed, stong-minded father, allowed by our psychologist power-mother -- in that genera… Read full post »
For The New Year, Things That Make You Go 'Ahhh'
2010
Yes, life is hard. The world's a mess. We all have our share of real, sometimes serious problems. So does our planet. We'll be talking about them, debating them, tearing our hair out and watching what our country --and the world-- does to fix them as the new… Read full post »
15 Things To Do Alone On New Year's Eve, Nudity Optional

"Ring out the old, ring in the new. The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true." Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alone on New Year's Eve? Okay, not the best situation, but really, not the worst either. Plenty of people are more… Read full post »
We don't usually watch the yearly Kennedy Center Honors show. Seemed just another celebrities-patting-themselves-and-each-other-on-the-backs award show. We watched Tuesday night. I realized we've been wrong.
You'll get the full reviews all over the place. This is my own personal t… Read full post »
Sue me, I like lists. Screw me,
I'm a sucker for end-of-year wrap-ups. Still, putting together a
Favorite OS Posts of 2009 briefly threw me into a "Sophie's Choice"
panic. Too morbid and dramatic? Well, yeah. Maybe.
But hang on. Writing is sacred to me ... and to most of… Read full post »

"I got odor in special places," construction worker on Aspray ad
Well yeah, we all got odors. One man's answer got me sniffing with distain, until I started gagging. It's Doc Bottoms Aspray, advertised with possibly the worst infomercial in the history of the world. And that's saying s… Read full post »
SnowScapes, MoonScapes, CityScapes, ClimateScapes
Saturday Night, Dec 19, 10
PM (Not a blurry pic, a natural whiteout).

Unless you've been living in a cave, you know the Eastern Seaboard
got clobbered by a massive snowstorm this
weekend.
The more South, the more snow. DC and Philly, two feet. NY and Boston, about a foot.… Read full post »
Office Parties, PC or Not PC?

Company
Memo
FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
TO: All Employees
DATE: December 7, 2009
RE: Gala Christmas Party
I'm happy to inform you that the company Christmas Party will take
place December 23rd starting at noon at the Grill House. There will
be a cash bar and plenty of… Read full post »
"When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world." Zig Ziglar
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. Just for the record, Hanukkah is a relatively minor religious Jewish holiday. But it's a major commemoration of historic triumph over tyranny and a joyous… Read full post »
The Smothers Brothers, Take Two
Watergate, Carl Bernstein, The Smothers Brothers and Me

Woodward and Bernstein @The Washington Post
(UPI / Bettmann)
"Carl’s a phenomenal jitterbugger. At parties in high school, we danced together. ... if I saw him in the nursing home and somebody put on Bill Haley, we could get up and do it again." Annie Groer, Washington Post reporter
…
Why Women Shouldn't Take Men Shopping
Marketing experts know that
generally speaking, there's a shopping gender gap. Women tend to
enjoy shopping. Some know exactly what they want, get in and get
out. Many find a leisurely browse, even if they buy little, quite
satisfying.
Men typically dislike shopping. They become bore… Read full post »
Obama in a Sand Trap, Tiger in the Rough
Here’s a hypothetical question for you: If Tiger Woods had
given an interview about his alleged sexual dalliances to a cable
channel Tuesday night, would more people have watched that than the
president’s networ… Read full post »


I've been reading articles all
week about how to "cope" with Thanksgiving. I don't get it. This is
by far the coolest --and warmest-- holiday of the year.
Thanksgiving is a paid day (or two) off from work and school. It's
secular, non-dressy, no gifts are even involved.
The whole… Read full post »
Thankful for Life, JAI, CHAI
This week I was planning some musings on gratitude, thanks -- appreciation rather than lamentation. Just for a few days. An effort to hold on to what we have, try to see the silver lining, however thin.
A friend sent this to me, saying simply, "There is so much to be/… Read full post »

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