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Testing a Theory Here…
If I have nothing to say, nothing to share on my bloggy blog today, no secrets or stories or even a meme or a recipe, will the world end? If Saturday fails to arrive, you know who to blame.
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Thirteen Things…
It’s another of those days when I don’t have anything specific to talk about, so you get a bunch of mismatch stuff. Here goes. 1. I saw something on Yahoo yesterday, about Valentine mistakes you don’t want to make. Want to know what the mistakes were? Being too predictable. Roses, fancy dinner, sexy lingerie. See the picture here, from Yahoo? She’s pissed off, because he didn’t get it right. That makes me mad. Because the assumption is, he tried. He was trying to be romantic for Valentine’s day, and darn it, it just wasn’t good enough for her. I’m sure some women are truly like this, and I’m sure some…
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Local Theater…
We have a semi-tradition, which is that once a year, we go to San Francisco to see “A Christmas Carol” at the American Conservatory Theater. It’s a nice tradition, gets us in the mood for Christmas, and sometimes there’s even ice cream involved. Well, with one thing and another, we didn’t go this year. So, should it be a year without theater for us? I hope not. Ted did a spot on the radio the other day for the Reduced Shakespeare Company, which is in our humble town for the month of February. I’m hoping we can go…I’d like to see The Complete History of America (abridged). Could be pretty…
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Wordless Wednesday
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Our Newest Addiction…
We were addicted to Buffy…and finally, it went off the air (ALAS!) and we got the DVDs, and we can watch it whenever we want to, and mostly, we’re OK. We were addicted to West Wing (not like Buffy, but we did watch it every week…) and now, it’s gone away. This happens over the years…Thirtysomething, The X Files, 90210, etc. All of these shows, we love them, and they go away…and whenever they go away, I feel a great sense of relief…like, oh, good, one less show that I HAVE to watch, one less show that calls me, that I want to tape when I’m not going to be…
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A Day in the Life
Back when I was about 21 years old, living in Stockton, I had a little red VW bug that I named “Jelly”. Jelly, by the way, was my nickname in High School for about 15 minutes when my best friend turned from another girl, Kelly, to say something to me, Julie, and it came out, “Jelly”. Thankfully, it didn’t stick. But anyway, it did stick for my car. Jelly was a great little car, Candy Apple Red, with a home installed rag top. She was a 1966, the same age as me (I was born the last day of ’65, but they make the ’66 cars in ’65 mostly, right?),…
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What’s With All of the Stupid Spam?
Just looking at my spam filter, and it caught 355 spam comments. Since YESTERDAY, when there were over 200. That’s friggin INSANE. I don’t know how they found me or whatever, but it’s bad. I have a few ideas of what posts attracted them, but I don’t want to mention them, for fear of attracting even MORE. I’ll give you a hint. Nothing that interesting, just something about managing p*a*i*n in the noggin. I get a lot of spam now for pharmaceuticals. Ugh.
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Page 123 Meme
OK, all of the cool kids are doing it, so I guess I’m in, too. 🙂 Here are the rules: 1. Find the nearest book. 2. Name the book & the author. 3. Turn to page 123. 4. Go to the fifth sentence on the page. Copy out the next three sentences and post to your blog. 5. Tag three more folks. Here goes: 1. Got it. Not going to use it, because it’s not really handy…it’s holding up my computer monitor. Cheap ergonomics, meant to get the monitor closer to eye level and reduce strain on my neck and upper back. Instead, I’ll use the book I’m reading right…
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Misc. Friday Stuff
I was at an all day meeting at work yesterday, and it was interesting and fun, but I don’t talk about work on my blog, so that’s that. But, since I usually write my post the evening before, and post in the morning, I don’t have a lot of time to post much now. Gotta shower, get ready for school, walk the dog, etc. What to do? Just miscellaneous stuff, I think, is the way to go. Some of this stuff could easily be flushed out into long, serious posts of their own, but not today. 1. A piece of advice. If you don’t keep your glasses in the SAME PLACE…
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East of Eden
I finished East of Eden last night. Whew, what a story. I can’t believe it took me almost a month (started on the 1st), but I guess that’s what makes it a Chunkster…that it takes awhile to read. What makes it a Classic, though, is not only the fact that it’s over 50 years old, but also that it’s famous, and accepted in literary circles as a great work. In case you haven’t read East of Eden yet, I’m going to highly recommend that you take a month out of your schedule and do so. This is a wonderful book, full of hope and love, pain and death, sex and…
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Wordless Wednesday
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Eat Some Pie
I could have left this until tomorrow, I thought of using this picture for a Wordless Wednesday post, since so far, I don’t have a post brewing in my head…unusual for me, I know. BUT, I would be remiss in my responsibilities, and I cribbed the picture from a bakery website anyway. Alas, I have probably put this off for too long, and my morning readers will not find out in time…but, if anyone is still out there, today is National Pie Day. So stop at the store on the way home, and get a pie. Or, if you’re that way, make a pie. Could be a Shepherd’s Pie for…
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At The Mall
People didn’t really believe in war even while they planned it. The Salinas Valley lived about as it always had. ~ John Steinbeck, East of Eden Ted and I were watching “NOW” the other night, an episode titled “Back to the Front” that followed troops from Fort Stewart, in Georgia, as they prepare to go to Iraq on their second, sometimes third, tour of duty. Although I have a dear friend who was a Captain in the Air Force, she left the military prior to September 11th, and never had to leave her children and husband behind while she went to war. Neither did she have to wait at home…
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Blog For Choice Day
Today is the second annual Blog For Choice Day. I participated last year as well, and I’ve been trying to think of what I could say that would be any different than what I said then. When I clicked the link from Brilliant at Breakfast to go over to the hosting website for Blog For Choice Day, it said the topic is: Why You’re Pro Choice. So…why am I pro choice…I don’t want to be glib here. I want to be thoughtful, and give meaningful answers, so that those who disagree with me may understand my point of view, those who agree with me may understand my point of view,…
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Measuring Success
I’ve been thinking about goals lately. I’m the kind of person who works well with goals, as long as they are easily identifiable and quantifiable, and also fairly attainable. In the morning when I wake up, I start making a mental list, a list of things that I need to get done. Then I compartmentalize them into blocks of time – get up, brush teeth, check email, read a few blogs. Check work email, answer any that are pressing. Shower, get dressed. Wake Maya, dry my hair, make the bed, feed the dog, make Maya’s lunch, make breakfast, get out the door by 7:30, walk dog while taking Maya to…