Three  feature length motion pictures and two television mini-series will bring the seven (almost eight) Stephen King Dark Tower novels to life in 2013.  King has adapted the screen play and Ron Howard is slated to direct after the likes of J.J. Abrams had turned it down.  It… Read full post »

1988 – Paradise Valley, Arizona

Having spent the vast majority of my pubescent years doing my best to self destruct with the aid of any chemical I could find, by the time I turned 17....I was horrifyingly, boringly sober.  And so were all my friends.

When drugs were eliminated… Read full post »

In a raid to bust a pill factory doctor's office, one of the most horrendous crimes in the United States was discovered.   A crime spanning two decades and being done with the IMPLICIT PERMISSION of Pennsylvania's Department of Health.

As a result of a radical political decision during the… Read full post »

Top Ten Movies of 2010

Caveat: This list was made without seeing True Grit and The Tempest. Both of which I really look forward to. The list is also based on European release times, so I think that technically Shutter Island was released in 2009 in the States.

Worst… Read full post »

This is what 20 BILLION in Government Aid and 112 BILLION in loan guarentees buy honest, hard working Americans who want to keep their homes.

A court Judgement was rendered against Bank Of America for failure to comply with the federal loan modification program designed to keep… Read full post »

Lynette’s Cure All Cheese Ball

I came away from my formative years lacking in the cooking department.  One standard spaghetti recipe.  That was it.

The woman who raised me could burn water.  My Dad had a bad habit of walking away from his culinary intentions turning what… Read full post »

In the greatest reconnection of The North and The South found since peace after the Civil War,

 

there came along a marriage between a Viking and a Southern Belle.  Um, a Real Viking (tm), one who can trace his roots clear back to Rolf (Rollo) the Walker. … Read full post »

Please join me in this Open Call to explore those best and worst moments of the amazement for the year 2010.

 It's Amazing to Me.....

 

....that people remain surprised their government is corrupt and will do pretty much anything they want to… Read full post »

In some recent discussions about drugs, I heard a echoing sentiment about the desire for control. Surprisingly, even with my doped out past, control is a thing I understand...the when and where to push control envelopes were a lot of the reasons I did drugs in the past. I've… Read full post »

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Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

 I had heard one Commodores song my entire life, way back in the Lionel Richie days. Despite my musical ignorance, these guys were a lot of fun. They had swank digs on the top floor of the… Read full post »

 

The MP was our age and looked bored. Prayers were uttered as I ditched the cherry on the joint and proceeded to swallow it post-haste. Laura dug out her old and long defunct Arizona driver's license. The flashlight did not beam on our faces, but along… Read full post »

Thelma, Louise and That Girl

The Notebook and Blue the Boy Toy

Part III

Any Ladies Only road trip requires a notebook and a black marker. On the open road, you never know the opportunities that may arise and how else can one communicate car to car?

We… Read full post »

Decorated Light poles
Venice and Echo Park, California

Hitting the road at the ass crack of dawn put us at the California state line at breakfast time. For the obligatory ‘crossing the state line picture’ of course. I also recall stopping in a parking lot full of fake dinosaurs and equally/… Read full post »

Thanks to L In the SouthEast for inspiring this repost.

Thelma, Louise and That Girl
June 1998
Part One - Who’s That Girl?

In the summer of 1998, I was young, free and widowed (if not a little haggard by the road that got me there).

My son was offered a trip… Read full post »

You may not recognize the name, but you have seen him, time and time again throughout the 70's and 80's introduction reel from ABC's Wide World of Sports. Remember, 'The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat'? Ole' Vinko was the bloke who blew his downhill ski… Read full post »

Santa will be at my dinner party, yo.
(c) 2010 L.K. DeLauder

Hey y'all. Happy Holidays and stuff. I've been chilling my sweet tea with snow and fumbling through holiday preparations with a manic mixed bag of 'slightly psyched up' to 'mushy and weepy' (half empty nest FTMFL)./…

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Compound Desert Cove: Final
Ghosts and UFO’s.

Two pieces make up the final entry about Compound Desert Cove.  I moved out on March 2, 1998; shortly before my 27th birthday. Three subsequent return visits during the rest of March set a life course for me that I was in no way prepared for.&nbs… Read full post »

The Regular Discharge of Firearms (and other assorted weapons)

Hubby #1 was a gun enthusiast.  Had them around him all his life.  Earned sharp shooter metals in the service.  The whole nine yards.

Me.  I was raised by a man who believed in the merits of a stout stick as means of pro… Read full post »

CDC Part III
Thundercloud

The downfall of the Mooch was a little overmuch in tone -  it’s the intent to hit a lighter note this time around....

Summer 1996

Living in the desert means you get used to two temperature settings; hot and fucking hot.  Used to be, prior to urban spraw… Read full post »

The Horrifying Downfall of The Mooch
1992-1998

 

How I met The Mooch will be covered in a later entry (entitled The Regular Discharge of Firearms). Suffice to say The Mooch lived at Compound Desert Cove long before I did and likely (if still alive) still lives there to this day.…

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Spring 1996
The Year of Alanis Morrisette

(c) 2010 - L.K. DeLauder

 

Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket
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The place was a bario apartment complex in Sunnyslope, Arizona. I was 25 and an idiot. Dubbed 'Compound Desert Cove' by one of… Read full post »

As much as I loved writing The Split Apart, I am thrilled to be writing a dialect character again. I'm still editing TSA, but research has started for this and so has the character exploration. I guess this is the draft of the intro as opposed some fancy… Read full post »

Where you been?

You okay?

You sure have been testy online lately!

What did you think of my latest....?

Forgive me, friends, I knew not what the fuck I was doing.

I wonder if women would willingly procreate if labor lasted a month rather than hours? As I take this… Read full post »

Lingerie & pajamas. Bullshit. What do you really sleep in?

I have a three level system.  Level 3: Insecure – I wear the underwear and shirt I wore that day or skivvies and a tank top if some are clean.  Level 2: Moderately secure – my birthday suit.  Level 3:… Read full post »