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Please Stand By…
I’m working on a “Weekend Wrap Up”, but I have other things I have to do first…like feed the child, get dressed, take her to school, etc. Enjoy this picture while you wait. BTW, look closely, and yeah, there’s a parrot in there. *Picture courtesy of SFGate, Day in Pictures. Thanks to Maya’s Granny for telling me about it.
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Virginity
For some reason this story reminded me of a question I asked my mom when I was about 7 or 8. I had been arguing with my best friend, Amy Derocher (I just realized I have no idea how to spell her last name), whose parents were pretty religious by our heathen standards, and I came into the house to settle the matter. Went and found my mom, who was taking a bath. Me: “Mom, do you have to be a virgin to get married?” Mom: “No.” Me: “Are you sure?” Mom: “Yes, I’m sure.” Me: “How can you be sure?” Mom: “Well, I wasn’t a virgin when I got…
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Money money money….
Now that I’m working from home, I am even more horrified by the number of charities and political calls that we receive than I was before. We are on the “Do Not Call” registry, so we don’t get the sales calls, but charities and politicians are exempt from the rules, there. Part of me would LOVE to give them all some money. They are all worthwhile organizations, out there doing good work. But I have a couple of issues. What percentage of the money I donate goes to the telemarketer? I have read that for some of these charities, 75%-80% of the money goes to the expense of raising the…
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Why I LOVE me an Angry Black Bitch Once in Awhile
Because I have this thought in the back of my head, which goes something like, “Why would we want a Constitutional Amendment outlawing Gay Marriage, which will be overturned someday when our ideas of Civil Rights are a bit more defined and humane, and when we have bigger fish to fry?”, and she writes this, which talks about so much more…about how our Congress is a bunch of mamby pamby asshats that worry too much about stupid shit and not enough about REAL issues. Like poverty. Like health care. Like education. Here’s a quote of her brilliance: “Tell me how a bitch prepares to look the desperate, denied, hungry and…
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13 Things I Love About France
I should have saved this post for July, I suppose, since the only time I’ve ever spent in France was on our Honeymoon, way back in July of 1993. But for some reason, I’m thinking of it now, so we’ll do 13 things I love about France today, and see what comes up in July. 🙂 La Perouse. Without question the best meal of my life. They eat whatever they want. (Although I find this book to be a bit disingenuous, since it talks about how French women don’t diet, don’t need to because they don’t overeat, they just enjoy their food…and then it talks about how to start off…
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Dr. 007
We sat down the other night and watched the first episode of Grey’s Anatomy. I’ve heard such great things about this show, so I’ve been looking forward to watching it. After seeing the first episode, I have two things to say: 1. I hope that the tendency of going into heavy music decreases. I mean, I like a good pop song to tell me what I should be feeling and that this is a hip, edgy place to be as much as the next person, but they cut away to trendy music at least 4 times, maybe more. I do understand that it is the RARE series where the pilot…
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Proof of the Apocolypse:
Noam Chomsky talking at West Point on CSPAN2. Never thought I would see that. Yet there it was on Monday night TV. (It was on Book TV, which won’t come up right now, so I can’t find out if there’s a link to the actual show or not. Like you’d want to watch it, I know. It was classic Chomsky, though, which is always interesting.) Proof I married well: When the cadet goes up and gives Chomsky a gift at the end of his talk, Ted says, “What if it’s the user manuel to his car?” HA!
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Tuesday Cooking
OK, that’s kind of a lie, since we cooked this on Sunday, but since I put Sunday Yoga Thoughts on things that occurred to me on Thursday, what the hell. On Friday, I went to lunch with Ted’s Auntie Sondra, and we had Indian buffet. I’m not a huge fan of the buffet, but this one was pretty good. We went to Saroor, if you’re ever in Walnut Creek. One of the items on the buffet, which I had never tried before, was Aloo Gobi. Boy, it was yummy. So, on Sunday, when Ted woke up and declared that we were having curry for dinner that night, I raised my…
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Time for the Ego
In a complete 180 from yesterday’s post, today I’m thinking of ways to improve myself, in very superficial ways. So, first, I want to stop eating like a wolf. I used to eat very slowly, chewing my food complelety before swallowing. If I didn’t chew all of the way, it would kind of make me sick. Then I had a child. And every time you want to eat, they need something. And she had colic, so we had to take turns eating while the other one held a screaming baby. After months of colic and years of a child needing you 24 hours a day, I turned into a wolfer.…
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What’s W doing at Mom 101’s Blog?
Looks like he took over for a few minutes and did a meme. Mom 101, I hope they didn’t ship you off to Gitmo while he worked on this! ‘Cause you know, it probably took him quite awhile!
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Sunday Yoga Thoughts…
Last week when I was in yoga class, my teacher was talking about Atama and Ego, and how Ego can get in the way of a yoga practice, and in the way of a fulfilling life. We all pretty much know what Ego is, and how the concern with how we are perceived, with maintaining a certain ‘status’ in life, all of that, can get in the way of feeling at peace with one’s self. But what is Atama? Simply stated, Atama is the inner self, the real you. So in your practice of yoga, or any meditative practice (I know one person who meditates via Karate, and one via…
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Want to Make Me Cry?
I was reminded recently of the all time number one tear jerker movie in my life…The Miracle Worker. (I do remember SOBBING uncontrollably to Amistad, but somehow the movie didn’t STICK with me the same way…Spielberg is too manipulative, so he can get the tears flowing, but it’s not deep…at least, not for me.) ANYWAY…I have two stories of crying to this film. The first time I sobbed at The Miracle Worker, I was living in San Francisco, and home alone in the afternoon. I had a friend who was attending USF, which was right down the street from my lovely flat, and she had to stop by and do…
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Why I Should Not Be Allowed To Work From Home
Because I was sitting here, peacefully trying to figure out how to write up specs for EFT transfers for U.S. Savings Bonds via our Software Interface Payroll Software, and a knock came on the door….and this book was sitting there, smiling up at me, wanting me to play. Really, I don’t even UNDERSTAND the issues behind the specs I’m supposed to be writing, so how am I supposed to be concentrating on that when Clinton and Stacy are sitting there, trying to show me how to look my best? Really, people, come on. I’m only human.
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Good Food/Bad Food
The other day when I went to give blood, it turned out to be a volunteer/community type faire at an office building near my house. So in addition to the Red Cross, there were several other worthy organizations there, and they were also giving out little gift cards to thank you for coming, either to Starbucks or to Jamba Juice. Since I don’t drink coffee, I chose the Jamba Juice. The woman said, “Good for you!” A few weeks ago, I was having lunch with my friend at a buffet (I don’t like buffets, but I like my friend…), and the options for dessert were lime jello or chocolate cake.…
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Another Meme? Kill me NOW.
OK, I’ve done one meme today, and I said I wasn’t going to do any more, but I lied. So here we are, two meme Thursday. I think I’m going to get cut off if I try to meme more, so don’t worry, this is it for awhile. I hope. I don’t even know why I like doing these things, but I do. So, here’s a meme that I grabbed from Autumn’s Mom. Here goes! I AM: Looking forward to Autumn’s Mom’s birthday party, and the Margaritas that will be involved! I WANT: $5,000 to buy myself new clothes, like on What Not To Wear. But I don’t want to…