Ralph called me verbose once. Just once. It only took one time, then I managed to get my hands on some incriminating evidence. He won’t be calling me that again anytime soon. Well, at least not for another 16 months, then he’ll be free and clear to call me that once again. You people have […]
MotorCity Comicon Weekend 2012: Fondling My Twin Peaks (Part 1)
Just how much can you pack into a weekend? You’d be surprised. Between my husband and my friends, I don’t think I’ve had a short vacation where I’d come away feeling refreshed and rested in fifteen years. And no, I’m not whining and crying. I’m just pointing out the obvious. It’s also only fair to […]
2012: A Mostly Brilliant Ralph Odyssey
Did you know that my guy, my Ralph, my soon-to-be-hubby, is brilliant? See, I know this because he’s told many, many, many times. His Grandmother even thinks he’s the Second Coming. I could make a really cheap sexual innuendo here, but you go ahead and make that connection for yourself. It’s probably accurate. Anyway, his […]
A 1995 Sweetest Day Booty Call in Mackinac
My hubby-to-be-in-the-legal-sense isn’t a fan of holidays, specifically Hallmark holidays. Valentine’s Day? Sweetest Day? He tolerated them sixteen years ago because of me and because my family has always enjoyed these little occasions. They can be fun and I fought my guy for years trying to show him that we can have a good time […]
An American Virgin in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands (Part 1)
Most folks tend to take pictures when they take a trip, right? I used to do that. We took a ton of pics during my first trip to Hong Kong, then it tapered off very quickly. Maybe a few here and there, like London and Japan, but that’s it. I just got out of the […]
Taylor Lautner, Vienna, Madonna & the Banana Splits
I was watching the latest Harry Potter Saturday night and a couple of friends e-mailed their surprise that I’d even give something like that the time of day. They usually e-mail to tease me about many of the b-movies I enjoy, but Harry Potter? If it’s any consolation, I’ve never ready any of the books […]
Eeeeeevil Is Visiting Europe…And Snoregasms
It’s a bizarre thing when Ralph goes out of town for a couple of days or even a couple of weeks. I mean, not just out of town, but really “out of town.” Like…Europe out of town. I won’t get to drive him mental by insisting on saying goodnight to him and I won’t get […]
New York Never Sleeps, But I Do (Part 1)
It gets to be the little things when you get to my age. Things like going through security at the airport and waiting behind people who act like they’ve never done this before just irk the hell out of me. “Oh, I’m not allowed to take water through?” Yeah, it’s kinda on all those signs […]
Out of the Lair of the Hong Kong Grandmother (Afterthoughts)
Kris’s Hong Kong Vacation Log (Afterthoughts) Experiencing another culture is something I believe everybody should do, especially Americans. We can be arrogant about the rest of the world and it’s the worst kind of arrogance; we don’t realize we’re arrogant. We’re fed stories of how things should be and how we should hope that they […]
Out of the Lair of the Hong Kong Grandmother (Days 8-9)
Commence Recording Today is promising. A family Ralph’s Grandmother has known for many years is coming by to visit. Now, I’d like to think they’ve stayed in touch because she used to tutor their two sons. The nice thing is the family has always been very good to me. They’ve included me in the gift […]
