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
- “I so get it. And thank
you for braving life and limb.
This
isn't about Katrina
or…”
12:37AM - “Oh. My. God. I love the
way you wrote this, taking us
with
you down her rabbit
ho…”
12:27AM - “This is in fact very
important. It's not about the
words,
it's about the
appallin…”
12:16AM - “This is just so lovely
and so very real. Every Friday
night
when I light
Shabbat…”
12:04AM - “What Stellaa said. I
might add that New Jersey
isn't on the
pork list because
NJ'…”
1:38PM
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
OS Collage Mania + Me
This is my avatar
as used on the first OS Collage. It's pixilated, but so
am I, plus a couple years older, but so am I.
It's on the only known owned OS Collage V.1 T-Shirt shown on me here:
Okay, here's the next iteration. Current. Up tp dat… Read full post »
Walter Cronkite-JFK - video powered by Metacafe
"I am absolutely sure
he never knew what hit him," Dr. Tom Shires, chief surgeon,
Parkland Hospital, Dallas, November 22, 1963
If you remember the assassination of John F. Kennedy,
you'll agree we didn't know what hit us either. It was an act
equa
… Read full post »
Giving Thanks for Lonnie's Mustang Serenade ... To ME
Wow. I am not worthy.
Oh, who am I kidding, sure I am. But still, wow. Meta wow.
Thank you, Lonnie. You literally rock. There are no better words.
Well, actually, there are a few.
This is the kind of gift you can only receive if you're lucky enough to find
101 Words: Family Compromise (+ 101 POSTS)
I love a challenge. Especially involving writing. Verbal Remedy started it, based on an idea from Somyr Perry. Skeptic Turtle jumped in. You're to tell a story in 101 words. No more, no less.
Now it's my turn. This is also a true story.
He was born in the city.… Read full post »
Pssst...Wanna See Some Pictures...Of You?
Here you are, adorning my OS Avatar t-shirt! You guys all look great!
Open Salon was abuzz with excitement last month when our own Skeptic Turtle, aka Derek, unveiled a spectacular OS Avatar Collage of OS members shown in a variety of styles, including some subsequently provided by/… Read full post »
FREAKY TROLL STAGES OPENSALON COVER COUP
MUYAHAHAHAHA
OpenSalon Sunday, November 16,
2008 ... UPDATE BELOW
Freaky
Troll, long know for her/his/its determination to achieve
placement on the cover page of opensalon.com has achieved that goal
today in what will surely become known as a hysterical historic
hack.
Friday Funnies - Caption Contest Mania
If the light stays on for
more than 4 hours, call your electrician.
As many of you know, Freaky and "the ape" are in Ohio for a wedding
this weekend. Freaky's blogging the
trip, which should be a real treat. I sure hope the bride
doesn't look like this.
Freaky would … Read full post »
The Sexiest Man Living Is Right Here On Open Salon
They say a picture is worth a thousand words...
I'd just add Hubba Hubba. And suggest that most of what you'll read
below about my hubba hubbie applies to Lonnie
too.
MY MAN IS THE SEXIEST
Speaking of hubbies, mine doesn't like me to show him online, so here's the best I can/… Read full post »Food, Glorious Food Porn
When it comes to decorative foods I can make carrot curls, radish rosettes, a few lovely platters of hot or cold hors d'oeuvres. We're not talking cooking, just display. In high school art class my attempt at sculpture was a disaster. I can barely draw a stick figure to this… Read full post »
A Boomer Reply To A Gen X Response to Barack Obama
This is my response to Heather Havrilesky's thoughtful piece, An Open Apology to Boomers Everywhere. Well, it was thoughtful, though a bit less respectful than I would have hoped.
As I read her words a subtext became clear: Okay, Boomers, now we get it that political involvement can be… Read full post »
Les Misbarack - Can This Help Me Warm Up To Obama?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (September 12, 2008) - Les Misbarack
This video was created and appeared online in The Atlantic in September. Apparently, its makers were that committed, that sure, that determined. And, as it turns out, that right.
The intro reads: Whatever happens, the McC… Read full post »
Friday Funnies - Videos for Zerry, Freaky and You
Most Fridays I try to lighten
up, for myself, for all of us. This has been a long, exhausting,
emotional week. And the hard part hasn't even begun. We need a
break. Here's my contribution:
Cat Antics
For Freaky Troll: I Dream of Cake
A New Brand of Day Laborer.… Read full post »
[P]erhaps the worst thing about the breakup is the fact that music gets caught in the fallout."
I found a web site called Ruined Music where people share stories of break-ups that made the music die. It struck a cord with me, so to speak. And seemed especially appropriate with the outrag/… Read full post »
Post Election Reflections on a Dream
Exuberance. Pride. Emotion.
Power. Excitement. Youth. Future.
"Today is the proudest day of my 19-year-old life." Temple
University Student and first time voter,
Philadelphia
"Today is a triumphant day for all black men everywhere. We've been through a lot, there's no more glass ceiling. ... We're gra… Read full post »
The Way We Do It In Philly
The faces and ages of urban Philadelphia. Above are former Philly Mayor W. Wilson Goode, Sr. and his wife Velma (partially hidden), a young black male voter, a slightly older black female voter, an older white female voter, an even older black male voter… Read full post »
"I don't want to put
too much pressure on you folks, but let me just say that the future
of the free world is on your shoulders." U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman,
appearing in PA with Sen. McCain election eve
"The visits of John McCain and Sarah Palin can't compete
with/… Read full post »
"What is the one thing
that every politician in this room has in common? It's Buddy
Cianfrani—because he takes more credit at getting us elected
than anyone else." former Phila Mayor John Street,
currently under
indictment
This election is supposed to be about change from old
style… Read full post »
[This sometimes shows as a video inside a video and I can't seem to fix it, so if it does that, just click on the rotating arrow inside the smaller window and it will enlarge to normal size. Sorry.]
This came to me from a friend with whom I used to work in/… Read full post »
The Cancer Sisters
"Women agonize over
cancer; we take as a personal threat the lump in every friend's
breast." Martha Weinman Lear
Today is the official Phillies' World Series
celebration. It's Halloween too. The election is four days away.
But that's November. This is the last day of October, National
Br… Read full post »
Quote -- Blow DeLay Away! -- End Quote
I agree with Joan on principle that I don't like to
cross-post, but when you're talking about scum like Tom DeLay, all
bets are off. I wrote this back on Monday, April 18, 2005. It's
just as true today. In fact, it's much worse. This one's for you,
Joan.
AP
"When a
… Read full post »
PHILLIES WIN WORLD SERIES!
1980 and 2008 ... something karmic there.
My throat hurts from screaming, right in my own living room. My hand hurts (my good arm) from high-fiving my husband. My windows are rattling from fireworks and car… Read full post »
Breast Cancer Awareness - Not Boobs R Us
"In this country, we're
so focused on physical looks. We tie the issue of femininity to
physical appearance, and people think primarily of breast cancer
that threatens your breasts -- though those who have it realize,
more significantly, that it threatens your life." Fran Visco
See that… Read full post »
Philly's All American
"If you can't tell me what you want, I can't serve you. It's up to you. If you can't read, if you can't say the word cheese, how can I communicate with you - and why should I have to bend? I got a business to run." Joey Vento, owner,… Read full post »
Mosaic Murals, A Smorgasbord of Art
… Read full post »
R. Joseph Hoffmann
Amanda Gulledge
Jodi Kasten
Barry Comer
Judy Berman
Nick Carraway
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