Stories From A Life
Sally Swift
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Birthday
- June 14
- Title
- VP, Repartee
- Company
- Swift Retorts
- Bio
- sally: a journey, a venture, an expression of feeling, an outburst, a quip, a wisecrack ... me
MY RECENT POSTS
- Breast Feeding Frenzy, Time
Mag Jumps the Wrong Shark
April 18, 2012 12:46AM - What Has Become Of The
Promised Land?
April 07, 2012 02:39PM - St. Patrick's Day, Here's To
Alcohol, Not Politics
March 15, 2012 03:07PM - I Got Married On A Bet... 30
Years Ago Today
January 23, 2012 05:41PM - Rick Santorum's Greatest Hits,
His Past As Prologue?
January 20, 2012 04:36PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Oh Candy, I've been
feeling this, waiting, holding
that
beautiful picture of
you…”
2:12PM - “They bond with us in
such a loving, mystical
connection. I
never questioned
it, j…”
12:55PM - “A perfect story for this
day. So much loss, so much
wasted
potential. It's
hearte…”
May 29, 2012 01:03AM - “We are major huggers in
our family, men, women,
children, all
to all. Among my
fr…”
May 27, 2012 05:05PM - “When you can't top
perfection, repeat it. These
are such
glorious, important
-and…”
May 27, 2012 04:04PM
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
- Paul Newman
- Walter Cronkite
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Barney the Dinosaur
- Good, Bad, Fun, Sad, Inspiring & Mad
- Fear
- 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
- Mom's Two Love Stories
- My Tightass Senior Portrait
- High School Humiliation
- First Love, Pain & Understanding
- 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
- Meet Some Friends
- Head Butler
- randomly snarky
- Citizen Mom
- BoniLogue
- Cynthia Johnston
- Blinq
Treat Williams, not Fred, but there's a striking resemblance, so this is how I remember him.
Brian B got a lot of us thinking and reminiscing with his post Do You Remember Your First Kiss?. I was going to answer as a comment, but you know me, the… Read full post »
The kid, who could care less,
it's all about the somersault.
Warning: PG-13 description
of childbirth below. Clearly marked with an additional warning for
any wussies who want to skip over it.
I already told you about not wanting to marry and how that
changed. Here's Part 2.
Back Sto… Read full post »
What Kind Of Mood Are You In?
Seems people are having some moods lately. Feeling under the weather or beset by the weather. Feeling blue. Out of sorts. Grumpy. Needing some OS love.
I thought maybe our animal friends might help. Which one are you?In a bad mood...
Feeling a little sorry for yourself...
%IMAG
… Read full post »
There's been a lot of talk lately about age and aging and feeling old or young or somewhere in between. Here are two ways to find out, via a list and a… Read full post »
Okay, busted. I'm a Miss America fan. Not just any fan -- I have a 100% perfect, unblemished record of picking every single winner since 1960. Usually from… Read full post »
I never wanted to marry, which is odd because even though I've sown my share of wild oats around the globe, I'm basically a monogamous homebody. Wherever I've lived, I've created a nest. And preferred only one man at a time to share it with me. But never
… Read full post »
Pod Porn - Sex on the Go
"A Mission Statement is a dense slab of words that a large organization produces when it needs to establish that its workers are not just sitting around downloading Internet porn." Dave Barry
"Sex podcasts about all things sex, including advice, tips and stories on how you and your par… Read full post »
Three Women Who Helped The Dream Come True
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10 Things I Love About Late, OBAMA UPDATE
I don't understand people who
pop up first thing in the morning fully awake, all peppy, happy,
full of energy, piss and vinegar, ready for anything. It's ...
unnatural.
We start out cocooned inside a warm, safe, womb, emerging
reluctantly into life and light. An act we're doomed to
repe/… Read full post »
LA Times ariel photo of the crash site,
firefighters spraying foam during rescue..
"His nose was up, but
he was coming down. When I saw that, I said, 'he's in trouble.'"
Bill Fulco, crash witness
"The engine was still running, but just as I lost sight of the
plane, there/… Read full post »
For T-Bucket and Lonnie, My Sports Pics
T-Bucket and Lonnie been flaunting their athletic skills all over the place today. So it's time I gave them a run for their money.
My Athletic Pictures
Okay, this was just to get your attention.
My first real sport:
Here I am with my game face on... hey,
ballet… Read full post »
Ever since viewing one five-minute segment of the children's TV show "Barney and Friends" I have been eternally grateful that our son, and therefore his parents, missed the Singing Purple T-Rex era ... if only by inches.
There's not enough insulin in the world to have gotten us… Read full post »
Prince Harry, A Royal Screw-Up
"He that is kind is free, though he be a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king." Saint Augustine
"It's Dan the Man. Fuck me, you look like a raghead." Prince Harry, 2006
"I am very sorry if I caused/… Read full post »
Friday's Funnies: Foreign Puns on Saturday
I'm Britney'd out. It's time to be a little more erudite. Did you
know the pun is considered the most intelligent form of humor?
Really. So let's have some fun. I should warn you,
most phrases not suitable for travelers.
HARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS --- Can you drive a French… Read full post »
This post was already planned, but I was inspired to publish it now by Matt Morris' hilarious post Britney Spears is F*@%!ng With My Creative Process.
"I do want to go to college. Right now I want to focus on my music, but I definitely want something to
… Read full post »This post was inspired by
Gwool's review of sex studies, Ideal Time For Sex Is How
Long???? And by Meg Ryan.
"The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are
identical." Wilhelm Reich
A book came out a couple years ago which is still the
object of substantial/… Read full post »
Gushing for Gary, My Softcore Porn Contest Entry
Photo credit: Gary Justis
Gary Justis is holding a way cool contest over on his blog called Gushing Fiction. Gary gives you all the details, go check them out and try your hand at an entry. But NOT before you read my entry (so to speak, you'll see why below). Please.
… Read full post »
The 7 Stages of Sally in 100 Words (Plus Bonus Links!)
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Thanks to Cartouche for starting this exercise. It was hard for me because I've lived a long, lively, challenging life. And since that's what I blog about, I decided to up the ante. I'm including links to some of my OS posts as background to the 100 words.If you've already
… Read full post »
Would you shush this guy in a movie theater?
You know the feeling so well. You go to a movie --yeah, you're already ahead of me on this-- and somebody's talking. It's distracting, it's rude, it's annoying. You might try one "shhhh" but you'll usually get a face full of obnoxiou… Read full post »
The True Story of My
Near Death Experience
The Beginning
December 10, 1973 started out like any other day. Which is
almost always the case when something horrible--or wonderful--is
about to happen. For me, horrible. At first. It would lead me
beyond wonderful, but I didn't know that… Read full post »
Sally's 25 Things, Sex, Celebs, Politics, Death, Religion
Back during beta I started a meme called Ten Things About Me. It was fun then, we
learned interesting --and occasionally creepy-- things about each
other. It's fun and more challenging to up the ante to 25 Things
now.
In the interest of full disclosure, I've included a few here
from/… Read full post »
Fun Facts for a Funky Friday
Yeah, it's the day after
Christmas, the middle of Chanukah, the end of a long week. Some of
us enjoyed lovely family gatherings, some of us had toxic
experiences, many of us wished for better economic circumstances to
share more gift love.
In an effort to cheer us up just/… Read full post »
OMG! What A Christmas Story: Freaky's Peeps Are Suing!
I almost missed it. There it was, headlined at the top of the Business Section: Good Luck Troll sues over turf | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/23/2008. I have to admit, that "hairy" troll gives me the creeps. And wow, is it possible The Ape could come into some/… Read full post »
Just in Time for Christmas, The Teflon Freak
It takes faith to believe in
Santa Claus. And in Michael Jackson. Reminder: keep
your kids away from the latter.
When Jacko was on trial in 2005 for molesting children, I'm proud
to say I showed great restraint. My lips were sealed throughout
virtually the whole circus -- though, to be… Read full post »
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