"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
Hogging the fast lane Shopping at Piggly-Wiggly “My God, your bedroom is a sty!” Thinking nothing’s wrong with pork barrel spending Five little piggies on each foot Grunting “What smells?” Bringing home the bacon Favorite Muppets character: Miss Piggy Favorite Muppets skit: Pigs in Spaaaaace Hamming it up for the camera Poor table manners “Jesus, […]
. . . or maybe fun’s uncle. You know, the uncle they keep locked in the attic? Donna likes to watch NCIS. I like to watch reruns of The Office. Naturally, the shows are scheduled head to head. Time for TIVO. Comcast, our cable provider, offers DVR capability for $8.95 a month. So I called […]
Sharing a home office: Me: (at my computer, getting ready to write a blog entry). Donna: (at her computer) “Oh-kay . . .” Me: (waiting). Donna: “You know that thing?” Me: “Ummm.” Donna: (silence). Me: (trying to recapture the blog thought bubble). Donna: “That thing on the thing.” Me: “What thing on what thing?” Donna: […]
Our daughter moved back to Las Vegas last weekend, so now both our children (and our grandchildren) live there. Donna’s birthday is a month from now, so we’ll use that excuse to drive up for a long weekend to see how the kids are doing. I’m trying to get tickets to Bette Midler’s show at […]
This blog outgrew the WordPress default template it had been using, so I upgraded to a new one. Obviously, much has changed, but I think you’ll find the new blog easy to navigate and use. If you would like to comment or provide feedback on the new design, please leave a comment or contact me. […]
Our daughter Polly is changing jobs and moving from Phoenix to Las Vegas. Yesterday Donna and I drove to Phoenix to help her load her stuff onto a U-Haul truck. I had to drive back to Tucson at the end of the day in order to make a medical appointment this morning, but Donna spent […]
Resurrecting the Champ (2006) You may not be a fan of boxing — and I’m not — but like Million Dollar Baby, this movie sucks you in. Okay, perhaps a little slow to get rolling, but it gets better and better as it unfolds. The real story’s not about boxing, of course; it’s about journalistic […]
The Garden of Last Days, by Andre Dubus III. A novel about people at the ends of their ropes. The characters are well-developed, the story line vividly gritty and believable, but I felt let down and sleazy afterward, because apart from a secondary older-cop character no one is happy or good or has any real […]