One Gal's Musings

These are the thoughts and observations of me — a woman of a certain age. (Oh, my, God, I'm 65!) I'm single. I'm successful enough (independent, self supporting). I live just outside Chicago, the best city in the world. I'm an aunt and a friend. I feel that voices like mine are rather underrepresented online or in print. So here I am. If my musings resonate with you, please visit my blog again sometime.

Thursday, February 04, 2010

When did we all get so freaking sensitive?

Scott Lee Cohen, the freshly-minted Democratic nominee for Illinois Lt. Governor , is refusing to step down. He doesn't feel that the 20...

We've been down this road together before, she & I

Babs and me. I first discovered her when I was in high school. The 1970s. After the Beatles had broken up and the world was listening to dis...

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

But I'm trying to lower my cholesterol!

You Are Chicken Fried Steak You are bold and fearless. You tend to think big, and that includes eating big. If you're going to go out to...

Bruce Willis scratched me

He didn't mean to. He was giving me a back rub. He was late 80's-David Addison vintage Bruce Willis. It was a dream, of course. I ju...

It was about Blago

Regardless of what the national press insists, the Illinois primaries had nothing, NOTHING to do with Barack Obama. Both of the major races ...

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

They're $18 a box!

One of my coworkers is cleaning out his office. ("I'd say that he has spring fever, but I know it isn't spring ...") As I ...

Monday, February 01, 2010

Six minutes is a very long time

Go ahead. Time it. See for yourself. You can sing "Just the Way You Are" all the way through almost two times in six minutes. That...

I ache

PLEASE NOTE: Thank you, ladies (and, maybe, Andy) for the kind words on this post. It alwasy helps to feel understood, especially when I...

Monday Movie Meme -- Highs and Lows

Name someone whose work you admire enough to overlook, or even forget completely, those performances where they weren't quite on their g...

THE QUEEN'S MEME

The Queen's Meme #23 ~ The Blog Blizzard Meme 1. An unexpected blizzard occurs. The power goes out for 10 days . There is no food in ...

Sunday, January 31, 2010

And the award for "Best Performance by a Smile"

No one in the history of film has ever flashed a more effective, more seductive insincere smile than Robert Redford. The teeth are too perfe...

Tom Sizemore is creepy and scary

I'm watching VH1's Celebrity Rehab and he checked in with heroin and Viagra. He's dirty and menacing and unreliable and actuall...

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Wow! He really is that good!

I've heard all the Oscar buzz about Jeff Bridges and thought it was, "yadda-yadda-yadda-deja-Mickey-Roarke." How could Bridges...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Everybody is a Star 1. Did you ever think that you'd be a star? If yes, doing what? Yes. I was going to be a great singer. I...

Not "as seen on TV," but ...

... as seen at Kwizgiver 's. Bold the true statements: I live on the east coast (of anywhere). I can spell definitely the correct way, t...

Friday, January 29, 2010

Friday 5

Friday 5 for January 29: Hoops 1. When did you last feel required to jump through meaningless hoops to get something you wanted? T...

I forgot she hates sports

The art director I'm in double-harness with hates sports. I suspect she hates sports with a particular virulence when I'm around bec...

About that bruise

There's been a mysterious bruise on my left breast. It's quite noticeable and big enough to peer out of my bra. I have had it all we...

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Why I don't think Tiger is the worst athlete ever

Today's sports pages are filled with players who do far worse than cheat on their wives. For example, Gilbert Arenas, who not only pulle...

You Are Colorful Because You Are Optimistic You insist on seeing the bright side, even when the world seems gloomy and dreary. You may not b...

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Can't look away

In no way did the Edwards split happen to me personally . He wasn't my cheating husband. It wasn't my dad who started a second famil...

Icon on Board!

This morning, as I hauled my flabby, sorry, sick ass down to lunch, I swung by Starbuck's because I wanted hot chocolate. I don't no...

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Why is it so tiring?

Commuting to work is really such a passive activity. After all, I don't drive the train or collect the fares. I just walk a couple block...

Monday, January 25, 2010

Psssst! All he's wearing is his crown!

I used to work at a terrific agency which was owned, and run, by a really great man. He retired, sold the agency, and eventually it was fold...

It leaves me breathless

And not in a sexy way, either. I'm feeling better today, my fever is gone, so I'm taking on the laundry. I figure that if I can do t...

Sunday, January 24, 2010

I want Uncle Bill!

I think I have the flu. My temperature is over 100º and I cannot walk from the sofa to the refrigerator without stopping for a rest and my h...

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing: The Negativity Meme Foods which disgust the crap out of me: Coffee and raw tomatoes TV show I loathe: Curb Your Enthusiasm...

Trouble in Paradise?

I hope so. These two annoy me. Especially Angelina Jolie. I think she's a pretentious actress and probably most hygienically challenged....

Atta Girl!

My niece got her driver's license today. First thing this morning. First try out. I'm proud of her for her tenacity. This is when sh...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: I Think We're Alone Now 1. What celebrity in a fantasy would you like to be alone with? It changes. This week it would be Ro...

Friday, January 22, 2010

That bit of business with the hat came in handy

I loved Robert Downey in Sherlock Holmes . I loved his performance more than I liked the rest of this messy, violent movie.* Downey's in...

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Syeesha as Deena

I didn't see American Idol this week, but I did see an American Idol -- Syeesha Mercado, the last girl standing along with the two Davi...

At least this Elizabeth didn't shoot her cheating man

Edwards admits fathering child with mistress So John Edwards is finally admitting what everyone has known all along, that he got his mistres...

Dear God, NOOOOO!!!!!

THIS JUST IN!!! California's parole board denies parole for convicted killer Betty Broderick . "She was totally not remorseful, did...

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Time for some self-revelation

I must credit my source: Kwizgiver BOLD THE TRUE STATEMENTS • I have a serious attitude problem • I hate repetitive surveys • I dig 80s musi...

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