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• Instagram Crackers

  Hate Facebook but own an assload of stock in it.     I’m not stupid.And a blog is fine, Twitter is okay but I like Instagram.     It lets me be more obnoxious. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Icing Man Commeth

  As in a man icing a birthday cake.Yes, the old Laur will have traipsed Ms. Buck’s ‘Good Earth’ for 57 years.   Hard to believe. Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Fascinating CBK

  

  Many incredible world events happened during my 30-year career as a newscanchor/reporter.   The Berln Wall came down and capitalism came tumbling in.    O. J. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Shared Values

  Compatibility.Interesting word; fascinating concept.  It must exist for anything /anyone to co-exist.   And love goggles can make us oblivious to its absence... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Political Fan Bases & Religion

  Hillary Clinton’s desperation is quite sad.She was begging for votes the other day, not cool for a Clinton for m everything always seems go swimmingly. Or so... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Latest GOP Debate

  I watched the whole thing.Political commentary will appear shortly. I must start this post with a comment about one of the under-moderators and one of the... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Cursing of Donald Trump

  Trump said fuck twice and shit once in a speech, not cussing into a mic he thought was dead, mind you…no, this was live and on purpose.So?It’s not the first tim... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Greetings

  There are few Latin terms or Latin sounding acronyms that don’t sound nasty.Caucus. Sounds phallic, right?POTUS and FLOTUS are two ords that sound as though... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Friday Montage

  Wow. What’s up with this Zica virus? Scary stuff, right?It’s been around since the 1950’s and believed to be related to Malaria, the West Nile virus and anyone... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Thoughts On Thoughts

  It’s cold in the hills. Oh, not like the rest of country which is ensconced in a big premium insulated Yeti cooler. This is Texas. Coat in the morning….short... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Huh?

  My parents think I’m a heretic. They’re divorced, but people of great religious faith. Both are Christians, able to quote the Bible at the drop of a yarmulke.... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Bold But Red-Faced

  Or soon will be.I willfully give Mizzou’s Concerned Student 1950 for 2015’s truly most embarrassing moment. Not for what she did necessarily, just the way she... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Emboldened & Red Faced

  

  I willfully give Mizzou’s Concerned Student 1950 for 2015’s truly most embarrassing moment. Not for what she did necessarily, just the way she did it Child, I... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• New Year Doldrums

  The unrest in the Middle East can keep a news cycle hopping. Genocide and atrocities can too, but those two things don’t often make hewslines. Not sure why, jus... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• A New Year

  As I type, 2015 is hours away from becoming history.I see it as water swirling down a toilet, leading to that eventual full flush and then poopie doops... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• AHS Hotel Episode Three

  

  I cant tell upon whom Evan Peters (Tate from season one, lobster Boy from last year) is basing his character.    One could assume Leo DiCaprio doing Clark... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• AHS: Season Five, Episode One & Two

  

  At the beginning of every season of American Horror Story, I pray to St. Cecile of B. de Mille that each episode will make sense and offer logical and... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• American Horror Story: Season 5

  

  If it’s fall, it must be AHS season.     Yay.The strange series that offers a different plot each season, begins tonight on FX ( check you local listings)The... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• God Texted

  God: Hello Laurie. You there? Texting is cool.LK: Well….well….well, Greetings Hosannah In The Highest!God: The notorious G-O-D. I thought I’d try this texting... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Obnoxious Debate Thoughts

  ROUND ONE/THE B-TEAMBobby Jindal is smart, probably a decent man, but his unfettered use of 30 weight as a hair care product is disconcerting.    He’s also a... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION