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• Las Vegas: Bright Lights/Harsh Realities

  

  See this face?It’s that of  64-year-old Stephen Paddock.     Twenty-four hours ago, one could look at his photo and think him to be a typical,  middle-aged... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• Unique (& Mostly) Homemade Halloween Costumes/2017

  

  I haven’t done this in a while, but I felt it was time for a new version.   Besides, it’s now early October and I love the fall and Halloween kind of kicks off... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• AHS: Cult-Season 7, Episode 4 “11/9”

  11/9 is a date.     Last year, three days after Trump won the presidency.Tonight’s AHS  starts out on election night 2016.    All the the characters we’re... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• Don’t They Know It’s The End of The World??

  

  I write this with apologies to the late Skeeter Davis, and because a one Mr. Kenneth Meade predicted that today,  September 23, 2017 would be the end of the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• AHS: Cult. Season 7/Episode 3

  This episode is called ” Neighbors From Hell” and yep, I’d say so.   More on that in a bit.Tonight, we were introduced to a new couple. Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• Musings

  As I type, New York is all a twitter.     It’s General Assembly week at the United Nations.   Hotels, bars, restaurants and high-end hookers are excited, but... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• Cult (of Personality) AHS 1 & 2

  

  Tis the season and I forgot all about it.   My cousin Gwen emailed me tonight to see if I’ve been watching Season 7  of American Horror Story.     I did a... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Photo

  

  My sisters and I visited recently, and we were sitting in my semi tastefully appointed new living room.   We were sitting in a perfect triangulated cross fire... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• The 16th Anniversary of 9/11

  It’ been up 16 years since that fateful day and on yodsyb, many will reflect  fact back on that morning.   Many will cry for loved ones lost, others will cry fo... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• What Texas Is Proving To The World

  His name is John.    He’s a ordinary, everyday Houstonian who did something extraordinary that mercifully doesn’t  happen everyday.   He spent yesterday saving... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s Coming Sylvester…Prepare Thyself

  

  IDL TIFF fileWhat’s’ coming?    A Hurricane Harvey sized bucket of criticism.I’ve never been a fan of Houston mayor, Sylvester Turner, career politician.  He’s... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• Warmth

  I often go outside with my dog Bixby, when he makes his last pre-bedtime bladder letting.    He’s still not used to having yard and I suppose he feels more... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Conversation With My Mother

  8:23 AM Saturday(the phone rings; I know who it is)LK: Hello MotherMother: Well, three cheers for caller ID!LK: Nope, I knew it was you.Mother: How?LK: The phon... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• We Need Help

  As a country.    Would that we could find a psychiatrist’s couch big enough.I’m watching the scat about to hit the  fan in Boston and there’s a sinking feeling... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• The God Principle

  To please my 87 year old church-going mother, I went to church with her this morning.    She’s Methodist.    I was raised Catholic, something she had to do…. Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• About God

  

  Who, what, where is God?    Do you believe he’s the long, white-haired, Chuck Heston looking guy Michaelangelo  painted?    Or do you believe without the need... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Dilemma

  

  I’ve not been around much lately, not that the few readers I have left would notice, but it’s been a crazy month.   I bought a new house  and I’m also in the... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• Laurie, The Unhappy Homeowner

  Well, unhappy for now, but no one ever promised any endeavor would be easy. I had a very bad day today. The kind of day that cost a helluva lot of money and too... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• Something For Walter

  

  I must request that you indulge me in something.I need to take a break from the madness; my madness and remember someone who was very close to me.  Someone I... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• I Ain’t No Feminist

  Now, don’t get me wrong—I like most women.    We’re tough, strong  and often smarter than the Penis  People.    There are many, many women I respect... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2017 SELF EXPRESSION