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• Yes, I’ve Heard You

  

  I’ve received the comments,   the emails…..the carrier pigieons’ messages with the smidges of bird doodie on the corners .Why am I not blogging as much, you... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Vulnerability

  

  Apparently, there’s a new movement afoot.    It’s all about the wonders of being vulnerable and in order for the world to continue on its axis, we must all be... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The University of Texas: Forty Very Acrid Acres

  

  Yes, I know.   Three generations of fruit flies have come and gone since I last posted a fresh, new blog.    I have no excuses, nothing much has inspired my... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 SPORTS

• A Friday Night At The Burger Despot

  

  I currently enjoy being of that certain age when the impetus to go out and see and be seen is no longer alive or kicking in my system.   I look forward to... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• We Railed It Eastbound

  

  I have always loved the notion of train travel.  I rode on my first train in 1972, but even before that, I’d spent years romanticizing  about it.    It seemed s... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• There’s A Special Place in Hell For:

  

  People who refuse to corral their shopping carts after offloading stuff to their cars and trucks. They just leave them in the parking spaces. The front bumper o... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• The Past Is Prologue

  

  I was watching previews on one of the Pay-Per-View channels recently and saw this movie that based on the number of palm trees and Cuban restaurants in the... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Toenail

  I often take my octogenarian mother to lunch.    We like to try different places, which is quite an effort since we now both  live in the same small town. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• What Is Done, Can Be Undone

  

  Fret nary a bit, Lauridians.  This post will NOT be some long ass drone about my shift-shaping emotional state. It’s about my arthritic left foot.Sounds like a... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• An Apologist, No More

  I am currently dealing with an upper respiratory infection that has moved on microbially, but has rendered me voiceless. Laryngitis. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Your 2013 Valentine’s Day Primer

  

  Valentine’s Day.For many, it’s the most loathesome 24 hours in the world–for someone single OR for someone who desperately wants to to be, but if you’re in... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 LIFESTYLE

• Random Memories

  

  Maybe, I’m dying.   I say that because I’ve always heard your life passes before your eyes when you’re about to shake hands with the Angel of Death and lately,... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Even Sadder Art of “Catfishing”

  

  Ah yes, the catfish. This bottom dwelling aquatic is known by the white costs types  and nerdier game wardens as  a Siluriform. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Another Season of AHS Bites The Dust

  

  Well, it’s over. And it ended as it began but I for one, still have about 148 questions. It’s the present day and we meet Lana and her new sapphic squeeze, an... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Closure

  

  A friend of mine contacted me tonight to tell me that a former boyfriend from 37 years ago contacted her recently.    A long four-hour telephone conversation... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Christmas 2012: I Know How This Day Ends

  

  The last present is unwrapped. The food is put away and the dishes are done. The last guest is gone. Was it a good Christmas? You ask yourself the rhetorical... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Gotta Minute? We Need To Talk

  

  This feeling of inadequacy  has been bugging me since Friday morning.   I’ve felt inadequate after watching FOX and CNN and seeing the tears and witnessing... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO