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Well, I finally did it. I went to see my doctor and .... DISCLAIMER**** Any men who may be reading this might want to avert your eyes. I'm going to talk about the dreaded and mysterious Wimmin Stuff. ****END OF DISCLAIMER

Okay, now where/… Read full post »

I wonder. Have we really become so self-absorbed and contentious as a nation that the skill at which we are most adept is arguing with each other? Are we so set on being right that we don't give a damn what we say or how far we push each other? As… Read full post »

Here's my list of fifteen books, in response to Cyclopic's Open Call. No way did I do it in fifteen minutes (like the instructions on Facebook said to) Please, I do well to remember my own name in 15 minutes. And these are supposed to be books that really impacted your… Read full post »

I've been laboring away at some crummy freelance work for the past several days and it has put my muse in a coma. Happily, though, my dear friend, Dan, has posted one of the best stories I have ever read. I'll admit, I am prone to overstatement, but in this case,… Read full post »

I feel really pissy today - seriously pissy. You know, the kind of pissy you feel sometimes because you just freakin' wake up that way? The kind you feel that could compel you to just walk through WalMart slapping people in the back of the head; but, of/… Read full post »

I just read with great pride, the post of my dear friend, Torman. 

 http://open.salon.com/blog/torman/2009/08/08/swimming_against_the_currents_how_to_kill_a_blog_on_os

I have had the pleasure of being acquainted with Torman for many months, having followed him here from another blog site of… Read full post »

I'm glad I just saw Aerosmith in concert a few years back. Now that Steven Tyler has fallen off the stage, I will never be able to go to an Aerosmith concert again without being nervous as a scalded cat. I know this because I went to a Ronnie Milsap concert… Read full post »

WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! I just got inspired by Deborah Young http://open.salon.com/blog/deborah_young/2009/08/05/refrigerator_art_in_honolulu who was inspired by someone else - no, I can't remember who, go read Deborah's post - I can't remember everything, you know I'm in the throes of menopause, for heave… Read full post »

Today is the day of the funeral for my son's friend, Josh. They had the viewing last night; which wasn't really a viewing, since it had to be a closed casket. When Eli (my son) came home last night after the viewing, he sat on the couch and talked, finally, about… Read full post »

I rarely comment on political blogs. Most of the time I just can't muster up the energy or the desire to speak to the ignominious ramblings that pass themselves off as defense or attack of whichever party is up on the block at the moment.

 However, after reading ocularnervosa's… Read full post »

Motorcycle driver dies after crash

 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A car slammed into a motorcycle while trying to pass another vehicle Friday night.

An Acura was headed eastbound on Genoa-Red Bluff when the driver decided to pass another car. He didn't see the motorcycle and pulled into… Read full post »

My husband and I went white water rafting on the Main Salmon in Idaho recently. Five days, four nights, camping, rafting, no hotel rooms, no room service, no civilization. Normally, this would be something I would consider a nightmare vacation, but I was surprised to find that I felt exactly… Read full post »

Well, hell. Apparently I missed a prime opportunity to get all pissy and have hurt feelings. Damn, I hate when that happens. If I had only known that I was excluded from the Vegas trip and that all the Vegas-goers were writing gushy blogs that I was obliged to read, then… Read full post »

In keeping with my philosophy that one cannot be oh-so-serious about life all the time, I would like to have a discussion about flame throwers. Yes. You read that right. Flame throwers. Not a subject that comes up too often in daily conversation, you say? Well, that's all the more… Read full post »

I took a personality test once for a company that I eventually went to work for.  Once you were hired, you were allowed to see the results of the test. It measured all kinds of things, most of which I can't recall now, except for one. Trust. The test scored your… Read full post »

Love is complicated, is it not? Is there anything else on this earth that can offer greater rewards, greater heartbreak, greater satisfaction and greater frustration all tied up neatly in one package? And, just to sweeten the pot, not only can you experience the heights and… Read full post »

I'm not sure, but I may have just been extremely helpful to a henchman. Really I should have the local news on so I can monitor it for any "Breaking News" segments. Hold on. Let me turn the television on....

Well, so much for that. I tried, but from where I'm… Read full post »

I had a blog on another site for about eighteen months. I made some great friends on that site and grew some new muscles as a writer. I not only fell in love with blogging on that site, I wrote a lot of short stories, and was introduced to NaNoWriMo there,… Read full post »

In keeping with the theme of absolute stupidity that I explored in yesterday's blog, I've decided to divulge some of the lesser-known laws from various states in the good old USA. 

I'm giving you fair warning that once you have finished reading my blog for today, you will be… Read full post »

Hold the presses, people. There has been yet another McDonald's 911 emergency. I'm sure you all remember the case just a few months ago when the Evil McDonald's people tried to make a poor, defenseless Florida woman "eat somethin' she don't want," as she told the dispatcher each of the THREE… Read full post »

Would it not be easier to ask who DID NOT have Farrah hair? Or maybe who didn't want to nail someone with Farrah hair? Or, here's one - who wished they could have Farrah hair, but could never have pulled it off in a million years?

What a bunch of narcissists… Read full post »