Where the Walls are Soft…

So, three days in, 2008 is already exciting and funI don’t even have a photo ready to put up. I have about seven half-written posts that I had publish dates all set for, and I can’t seem to get anything finished. Started, yes – as usual, I’ve managed to start innumerable projects. [...]

Look Who Showed Up at the J.O.B. I only know that every once in awhile, after an alarm has gone off, I slowly begin to realize that I no longer see a face that I’ve grown accustomed to passing in the hall. Hmmmm.This little guy came screaming across the parking lot this morning, begging [...]

“Little Red Shoes”Taken October 20, 2007 with Canon PowerShot A550 My mom was the teacher you didn’t want to get, because you couldn’t get away with any monkey business, and you might even (OMIGOD!) learn something!The Little Red Shoes sit in my mother’s Etagiere, if I spelled that correctly. Elle? Wanna let me [...]

She Followed Me Home… Can I Keep Her? I feel like a teenager again. Ummm… a teenager with whiplash.Meet “The Hummingbird”. Isn’t she gorgeous? I stole her from The Fly-Girl. For the moment, at least, The Fly-Girl doesn’t seem to miss her enough to send the cops after me (hmmm…. 16….. [...]

“Where the Walls are Soft” as a Groovy-Cool Graph Yes, folks, the poor kid’s hands were growin’ out her elbows.How cool is that?! I was checking out another cool blog called Design Sojourn and found this little gizmo. You type in any url, and it graphs it as you watch. The end [...]

She always brought her brother with her, just in case there wasn’t anybody there good enough to see her homeElle, from Maxwell the Tattooed Boy and Other Astounding Joys, wrote about her grandmother in a post yesterday. Her Grandma was a Flapper in the Roaring Twenties, a time that fascinates me (I’m in [...]

Dead on a Dare If looks could kill, I’d be an outline on the pavement, too….So, I did it, Suzi. I “killed” The Hummingbird, and I drew a chalk outline around the body. The picture didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped – probably drawing in the mush and the muck of [...]

What Les Becker Means You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow. You are light hearted and accepting. You don’t get worked up easily. Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock [...]

I quit. Ummm…. Again. …the thought “cigarette” sort of feels like when you repeat the same word over and over and over again. It’s kind of meaningless.So, I swallowed a big lump of pride. I’m on Day 2 of “The Patch”. The fact that I stopped smoking successfully cold turkey in [...]

Now in Assorted Colours! I think those people had it in for poor little Joycie. It’s a wonder she survived childhood.Cardiogirl said that in her comments yesterday, and I’ve adopted it as my new “creed” of sorts. It just works for pretty much everything, wouldn’t you say? Crap piling up? “Be One [...]

… so far, at least, none of my regulars has complained to me that I’ve gone all Retail-with-a-Hard-Sell at y’all.I’ve been asked to write a post about Blogsvertise. Yes, it’s one of those services that pays bloggers to write about products, services, and websites. I’ve long been looking for a way to [...]

Ruby’s Mom & Dad – March 23, 1909 ”She didn’t like the idea of letting a strange man in, but she didn’t have the heart to run him off, either…” Meet Ruby’s Mom and Dad. This photo was taken on their wedding day. It took a lot of begging, but Ruby finally let [...]

I Wants It Turns out, the smart money is on the lump sum payout, since there’s no guarantee I’d live long enough to pull in all my installment payments.Who doesn’t want it? Really? Liar. I spent years not giving a damn about money. It’s true, I did. I couldn’t care less, as [...]

Team in Winter – Source Unknown AND…. no. It’s not pronounced the way you’re laughing at, either…I found this info while looking for links for this waaaaaay back story of my dad’s that he told me on Saturday. I’m still shaking my head. Ruby says you can’t trust that Internet – and I guess [...]

Lost in Translation? And then somebody reminds me that our local steel industry has been bought out.Okay, I’m having trouble following… I’m unemployed. The last thing I want is to have to go back to retail. Well, no, actually, the last thing I want is to have to go back to [...]

Guess Who’s Jealous, Now…?! …Craig Ferguson is still stalking me.I was telling Ruby tonight about posting my Dad’s harrowing experience on the ice in 1938. I had been about to add that I thought he was jealous of all the attention she was getting from my readers. I didn’t get the chance, because once I [...]