We’re getting closer to the close of 2020, and not a moment too soon. We survived an election, another year under an unfriendly administration (depending on your politics), the passing of friends and family…okay, and a couple of celebrities, and we’re still in the midst of a pandemic. The shit starts to blur together after […]
A Christmas Symphony Charade in Alzheimer’s Minor
My father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a little more than 5 years ago and I’ve seen the changes in him from one year to the next. It’s not fun to examine them by any stretch of the imagination, but it is necessary. He was able to walk all the way around the inside of Lakeside […]
Naughty, But Nice and My Token African American Card!
You’ve heard the horror stories about family gatherings and seen the dysfunctional Christmas comedies, but have you ever lived through one yourself? Probably. You’ve just never lived through one with my family. I’ve avoided the phenomena known as the “extended family gathering” on my mom’s side for the past seventeen years. They didn’t invite me […]
Sheerluck Holmes & The Mystery Of The Amazon Christmas Gifts
It was a chilly evening as I walked up my…well, walkway. It sounds redundant to say since I’m walking and it’s a walkway, but I was and it is…as in it was since this was two days ago. I’ve continued walking since–sometimes even on walkways–only I’m digressing because of you. The point is I’d been […]
When Harry & Kage Met Sally & Pookie…You Know, For Lunch
Everybody seems to be on a movie kick lately and I think it’s the holidays that are doing it. Ralph and I used to go and see a lot of movies at the theater. A lot. And we mostly agreed on what we’d see. These days? Either films just aren’t impressing us anymore or we’re […]
It’s All About Starting New Traditions, But Including Star Trek
Did you know that a small, kinda largish number of people don’t keep up with me on my blog? I know, crazy, right? I’ve been documenting my progress on Operation Decorate-Before-My-Guy-Comes-Home-For-Thanksgiving on Facebook for the past week–I told you all about it in my previous blog post–and I gotta tell you, it’s an uphill battle. […]
Bang Your Head (Mental…Not Metal…Health)
There’s been quite a bit of holiday banter going on and I thought I’d share a few things that happened to me during Christmas and New Years for no other reason than because I can!
Red Profit Margin, White Christmas, Blu-Ray!
Season’s Greetings! Yes, nothing like waiting until the last minute to send out a Christmas blog/letter. So what can be said about 2008 that hasn’t been already? It would be easy to concentrate on the negative things because so many people have been in the muck of it all, especially with the economy. Heck, my […]
Holiday Tales…and btw, the Hong Kong Grandmother Thinks I’m Christ
The holidays have been a wee bit crazy over here, so I apologize for not sending out a mass bulletin. Hopefully everybody had a terrific Christmas, holiday celebration or whatever it is you do or don’t practice per your beliefs. I believe that’s the PC way of putting it. I gave some very nice gifts […]
This Blog Now 40% Off!
So…there’s this whole festive holiday season thing we just went through. There were the inevitable gifts, surprises, jackass drivers, post-Christmas markdown sales for crap we paid full price for not expecting it would still be there afterwards and good cheer that are supposed to carry us through until the next holiday season, right? Okay, so […]
