Deven McKay
- Location
- Seattle, Washington,
- Birthday
- July 01
- Bio
- I'm middle aged and pudgy, and I'm sure my roots could stand a touch up.
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Most Wednesdays are spent with my mother. She has seized control of my blog. She is quite proud of that fact.
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I am occasionally.. ah.. grumpy. There will be rants about things that absolutely do not matter.
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I champion elder rights. You want to rile me up? You just show some disrespect to seniors. For the most part, you have time on your side, please show them patience. You'll need that karma on the flip side.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Kubler-Ross Can Kiss My Butt
August 30, 2010 12:14AM - Writing the Impossible
July 15, 2010 02:47AM - Karaoke on the Edge
May 28, 2010 10:14AM - Movie Club: Zombieland, Not
Starring Betty White
May 18, 2010 10:34PM - Running up that hill
April 25, 2010 09:56PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “That is good advice and
some of it I'm already
doing... or
trying to. I try
to w…”
August 30, 2010 12:45AM - “This might have
backfired a bit, I didn't mean
to upset
people. I know it's
sad,…”
August 30, 2010 12:35AM - “awwwwwwwwwww”
July 23, 2010 06:15PM - “I'd comment but I'm
jealousing over the shelving I
see in the
photo
background.”
July 17, 2010 01:27PM - “Love this. Love Daria.
Love you. Might have loved
Nyquil a
little too much
ton…”
June 01, 2010 02:08AM
Deven McKay's Links
- MOM DAY POSTS
- 56. Zombieland
- 55. Julie and Julia
- 54. God's Study Hall
- 53: Pot Roast of Love
- 52. Dirty Harry
- 51. Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- 50. Canadian Steel
- 49. Slumdog Millionaire
- 48. Tat Man
- 47. Die Hard
- 46. Busted By My Accent
- 45. Church Shopping
- 44. Skateboarders
- 43. Insurance Fraud
- 42. Meatloaf
- 41. Dog Days
- 40. Twilight
- 39. Casino Buffet
- 38. Juno
- 37. Skirt Man
- 36. The Remote
- 35. Swine 'Flu
- 34. Interview Part 2
- 33. Interview Part 1
- 32. Sex in the City
- 31. Fired By Mom
- 30. Jigsaw Battle
- 29. Interview Questions
- 28. Insurance
- 27. Letter to Tarantino
- 26. Kill Bills
- 25. Forgiveness and Spoons
- 24. Valentine Bra
- 23. Target's a Gas
- 22. No Country For Old Men
- 21. Chicken 'n Dumplin'
- 20. Second Thoughts
- 19. The Crying Game
- 18. The Compliment
- 17. Priscilla Queen of the Desert
- 16. The Flood
- 15. The Critics
- 14. Movie Club Forms
- 13. Boogie Nights
- 12. The Stash
- 11. Sometimes You Have to Growl
- 10. The Tip
- 9. Sad Sex
- 8. Wholefoods
- 7. Lost at Fred Meyer
- 6. Mom's Take on the Election
- 5. Debate Review
- 4. Terrorism
- 3. Paper Wars
- 2. Fish In My Shoe
- 1. Running With the Gray Dogs
Kubler-Ross Can Kiss My Butt
There have been many people periodically checking in with me to see how I’m doing. I’ve been trying to check in with me to see how I’m doing, but most of the time I just let myself ring through to voice mail.
I think that I might… Read full post »
Writing the Impossible
Karaoke on the Edge
Daniel has been a mobile DJ for close to thirty years. I've been tagging along with him for twenty of those years. Lately the bulk of his bookings are for his karaoke show. The following is (probably a completely distorted) transcript of a typical evening from one… Read full post »
I think this is a better snack representative for a zombie
::knock knock::
Mom: Come in, it's open.
Me: Hi, how's it going?
Mom: What's so great about Betty White?
Me: Huh?
Mom: What's so great about Betty White? Why is everybody talking about her al… Read full post »
Running up that hill
Monday:
Me: Hello this is your daughter.
Mom: Hello this is your mother.
Me: ...
Mom: ...
Me: ...
Mom: Why aren't you saying anything?
Me: I was going to see how long it took you to tell me why
you called.
Mom: Smarty pants. I called to tell you to ma… Read full post »
Okay, I woke up feeling like I was three months pregnant. All hurly and curled up and nauseous at the thought of dry toast. As the day progressed, I moved on to feeling less pregnant and more weepy at the sight of Regis Philbin (you know he's not going… Read full post »
[The Unofficial Lakeside Retirement Home Movie Club was formed to
serve the needs of serious senior citizen film buffs. Since none
showed up, Mom and her friends took over, seizing control of both
my blog and Netflix queue. This is one in their growing list
of...ah...reviews.]
Louise: I'… Read full post »
[whisper yelling] "Look at..."
"shhhhhhh..."
[whisper yelling louder] "Look at..."
[whisper] "shhhh Mom. You're being really loud."
[whisper yelling] "I'm whispering."
[taking sermon note pad] Your whispering is louder than your
talking.
That doesn't make any sense.
It might not make sense, but it's t… Read full post »
"Come in. It's open."
"Hi Mom. I got all the stuff you asked for. Now what's
going on? Wow, don't you look pretty. Is that a new
tiara?"
"Turn on the oven to four fifty."
"Okay, done. So what's going on?"
"Get that big fry pan out. I keep it in the stove."
"Alrigh… Read full post »
[The Unofficial Lakeside Retirement Home Movie Club was formed to serve the needs of serious senior citizen film buffs. Since none showed up, Mom and her friends took over, seizing control of both my blog and Netflix queue. This is one in their growing list of...ah...reviews.]
Mom: …
[The Unofficial Lakeside Retirement Home Movie Club was formed to serve the needs of serious senior citizen film buffs. Since none showed up, Mom and her friends took over, seizing control of both my blog and Netflix queue. This is one in their growing list of...ah...reviews.]
Me: …
My Favorite Metal Is Canadian Steel
[This is a meta post. For more information about what's
going on
CLICK HERE. For future reference, my blog will never be where
to find out what's going on.]
"Hello this is your daughter."
"Hello this is your mother."
".........."
".........."
"...okay, I'll go first. Why you calling Mom?"
"I'm… Read full post »
[The Unofficial Lakeside Retirement Home Movie Club was formed to serve the needs of serious senior citizen film buffs. Since none showed up, Mom and her friends took over, seizing control of both my blog and Netflix queue. This is one in their growing list of...ah...reviews.]
"Hello, this is your mother. Is someone dead or hurt?"
"No! Why would you ask that?"
"You never call me on Sunday afternoons. I figured you must
have finally caught the house on fire with a candle."
"Not yet. Though I'm thinking of catching the dirty laundry
on fire."
"If you do t… Read full post »
Me: "Good Lord, look at the line at the pharmacy!"
Mom: "Who would have thought that people would still be Hinny* crazy? I wonder if people are gifting each other 'flu shots for Christmas?"
Me: "It's silly for both of us to stand here. It's jus…
someone must have got a package of fonts
Mom: "We got bored with all these thinking movies. We decided that we just wanted to watch stuff blow up. L/…
"Momma, c'mon, times a'wasting. Grab yer shoppin'
bags."
"......"
"We best git outta here before the rain commences."
"....."
"I don't know why you're standin' there lookin' at me like I was a
singing bull, but let's git going."
"Why are you talking like that?"
"Talkin' like wha/… Read full post »
"So they had someone named Julie from that huge church call
me."
"Oh?"
"Yeah. I told Julie what I thought all right! I told
her that I never felt so unwelcomed in a church before. That
they needed to be less worried about my walker staying behind a
pole and more worried that… Read full post »
"Well meh. I enjoyed the music here, but not much else. You didn't seem like you enjoyed it much either."
"Why do you say that?"
"Mom, during the preaching you spent fifteen minutes trying to quietly open a cough drop. Then you folded your bulletin into a crane. Then y/…
"Do you want to get out Mom? I'm just picking up a
prescription."
"No, no. I'll just sit here and people watch."
"Oh Lord, you're pouting."
::sniff::
"You have no reason to be pouting at me."
::ahem::
"Ah, the silent treatment. You know that's…
Not ironic at all
Then I thought I could throw in a few more pics and see if I could manage to blow up your/… Read full post »
"Well this is always interesting..."
"Yes, the ladies want to write a letter to Meat Loaf Aday."
"Oh/…
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