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• 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

• The Cecil

  

  This downtown Los Angeles hotel has a storied past for all the wrong reasons.Two infamous murderers stayed there during the height of their crime sprees. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Political Cause Celeb For Kim Davis

  The Kentucky County Clerk who was arrested for refusing to issue a same-sex marriage license due to her religious convictions,  is home. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Finding Joy (The Emotion, Not Some Chick)

  I’ve returned to blogging recently.   I love my need to write but I hate my need to be read.  So, in trying to shake off the conflict, I’m reading more. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Dear Laurie

  My darling younger self,What I am doing is nothing new.  In fact, writing letters to your younger self is downright hackneyed.   Everyone does it.   Write your... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Tray of Randomness

  

  I don’t know what this thing is called exactly.   I don’t know if this thing is even ‘a thing’ in the world of the  fashioned minded, but I was recently... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Living Green

  

  I could never live off the grid.   Indoor plumbing, a refrigerator, microwave,  air conditioning and my flat iron are all too important to me.  I know ease of... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• New Style Blog: Episode One. IN COLOR

  Dauville Bowls. Don’t ask what the history of these things are. I’ve Googled, Blinged and Asked Jeeves, but to know avail. I’m assuming they ‘re from a... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Major Changes In Store

  Hello all.This blog was was born on March 31, 2007 in a fit of creative boredom during unemployment. It has been, is and always will be a humor blog first and... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Love and Film

  There is a song, which Casey Kasem once described As “skyrocketing to the top of the charts” back in the late 60′s. The title is “Love Grows Where My Rosemary... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Love Letter…Of Sorts

  Tonight isn’t special. Nothing seminal happened on this date, but for some reason, you were on my mind all night long. I thought of those piercing blue eyes, th... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation

  I turned 55 last week. If we break that down, I was born in April 1959. I was four when JFK was assassinated, ten when Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon.... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Intelligent Coupling

  It’s a well known fact that as we age our vision changes. In an ocular way yes, but also in how we view the world. Personally speaking, my political views... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Oh My God-diva!!!!

  Hello all,It’s been forever since I’ve written anything on this blog. But today, I stumbled upon something so incredibly decadent, that I decided to end my... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• American Horror Story /Coven: Episode Four

  We begin with scene of a young African American male child, barely in his teens riding a bike on a nice, residential street in New Orleans. So???? Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• American Horror Story: Coven/Season 3, Episode 3

  

  Where to begin???Let’s start with the weird slanted “Batman” camera angles.     What was that all about?And secondly, wasn’t this, the third installment of... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• AMERICAN HORROR STORY III: Coven Episodes 1 & 2

  

  Let me describe in my own words, what I think of season three of the AHS saga so far:    style over substance.I can take that one step further by admitting I... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION