Sunday, April 20, 2008

Look what I found! Guess where I found it.

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At Kwizgiver 's, of course. I think the end is true. What Your Taste in Chocolate Says About You You are sophisticated, modern, and high...
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BIG Concern!

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The rumors are all over the place -- "a major character" dies in the Sex and the City movie that opens over Memorial Day weekend....
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Well, that it explains it

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Hadn't heard from my dear old friend in Key West in quite some time. Not since I returned from my vacation outside of Atlanta weeks ago...

Right here in my own backyard!

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Got a really terrific massage yesterday afternoon … right here in town! We have three salons within a few blocks of each other that offer ma...
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Friday, April 18, 2008

In praise of Greg Maddux

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Tonight he's going after an even more prestigious place in the record books with his 350th win against the Diamondbacks. While I'm a...
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Well, that was an interesting way to start the day!

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Before dawn I woke up suddenly. I didn't know WHY I'd awakened, but I assumed I had a dream. I did what always do first thing when I...
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Thursday, April 17, 2008

The face of evil

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Meet 18-year-old J ean Pierre Orlewicz. His story is NOT for the squeamish. "JP" is on the stand in his own defense, explaining ...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Thursday Thirteen #63 -- Create your own Fountain of Youth

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THIRTEEN TIPS FOR LOOKING YOUNGER I got this idea from Allure (April/Mariah Carey cover), with its headline about 203 ways to help us turn ...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Welcome back to Wrigley Field, Dusty Baker!

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Your team is losing 9 to 5 to the Cubs. Every time you step out onto the field, the fans boo you. I can think of no better homecoming for th...

Heads & Tails #20

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This week's theme is "tip," or a word that rhymes with "tip." "Tip" brought me to "lip," which ...
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Monday, April 14, 2008

Tuesday Tunes #3

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Word Association Week! Remember, name the first band/artist/song/album/instrument etc that comes to mind when you see these words. Drum: Ri...
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Sunday, April 13, 2008

6 Unimportant Things about ME

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Discovered at Kwizgiver 's, as all the best memes and quizzes are. 1) Coke in cans tastes better than Coke in bottles. 2) When I hear th...
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90.5 out of 100

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That's what my niece scored at the statewide culinary competition . That highly respectable point total won her a medal for individual a...
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Family Ties

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See this family? They are that beloved TV clan, The Keatons. And they have nothing whatsoever to do with my family . My older sister and I h...
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Friday, April 11, 2008

Now it seems slightly scary

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The ivy covered outfield of beautiful Wrigley Field is famous. But now I wonder, is it dangerous , too? Last night I saw the movie The Ruins...
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I turn my back for a moment and IT ALL FALLS APART!

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I went out last night instead of flipping back and forth between the Cubs game* and American Idol . And look what happened! Michael Johns wa...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Well it is what I am, after all

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Liberated from Kwizgiver (of course). I do love the Jackie O glasses. You Belong in the Baby Boomer Generation You fit in best with people ...
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #61 -- A Legendary Tale of Lunacy, Firearms … and Baseball

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THIRTEEN FACTS ABOUT THE REAL "NATURAL" This is the sad-but-true story of Eddie Waitkus, the inspiration for The Natural starring...
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Golden Goodie Blast from the Past

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A former client contacted me yesterday. He was Mr. Important at a west coast company I worked with back in 2000-2002. His company chose to q...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Important to know

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Found this at Kwizgiver 's. I probably could have scored higher, but refused to consider my pets as "an additional food source....
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I miss him

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My best friend, I mean. There are a dozen pissy little things bothering me today. None are huge, all are probably PMS exacerbated.* I have a...
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Thinking of songs ...

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Here's my second Tuesday Tunes : What music related tv shows do you or have you watched? I am sadly addicted to American Idol . There s...
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A sad old song that's stuck in my head

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Talking in Your Sleep (as recorded by Crystal Gayle) Three o'clock in the mornin' And it looks like it's gonna be Another sle...
Monday, April 07, 2008

I'm so into it

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I am genuinely happy to see Paula, Randy, Ryan and Simon on Larry King Live . I love American Idol . I'm so into it that right now I may...
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Sunday, April 06, 2008

Greetings from Geek Heaven

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As I write this, I'm watching Abigail Adams tearfuly marry off her only daughter in the HBO mini-series. This came on right after the Ki...
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"Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been ..."

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Your Old Fashioned Name Is... Elinor Gosebourne Old Fashioned Name Generator
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Saturday, April 05, 2008

Now THIS is why God made Saturdays!

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It's sunny and in the low-to-mid 60ºs! I celebrated by walking my 10,000 steps through the park and along the side streets to and from t...
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Still the gold standard when it comes to obnoxious Beatle Birds

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Yoko Ono has leapt to the defense of Heather Mills, encouraging the former Lady McCartney to "do her very best and try to survive....

Shame on me!

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I let economizing and PMS get the best of me! Yesterday for lunch, instead of working out, I went to Border's because I had a soon-to-ex...
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Friday, April 04, 2008

Where are you?

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As we reach the anniversaries of the murders of MLK and Bobby Kennedy, I am becoming sadder and sadder about all we lost, and what might hav...
Wednesday, April 02, 2008

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #60 -- Here's to the Coolest Guy in the Universe

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THIRTEEN OF PAUL NEWMAN'S BEST -- AND COOLEST -- PERFORMANCES The good people at dictionary.com define “cool” as “calmly audacious or i...
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Has anybody seen my sense of Zen?

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I had it throughout the week of my vacation. I even had it Monday and yesterday. But today? It's GONE! Instead of working out, I'm h...
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Ah, Love!

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So here's a photo of Sir Paul on vacation, enjoying the sunny shores of Antigua. His companion is Nancy Shevell, and (according to the D...
Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Tuesday Tunes

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Word association week: Remember name the first song/album/artist/musical style that comes to mind when you see the following 10 words. Camer...
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Monday, March 31, 2008

Heads & Tails #13

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This week's theme -- in honor of April 1 -- is "fool." The first thing that popped into my mind was "The Fool on the Hil...
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