Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 2nd, 2010
My mother told me that her Uncle Danny once said that our family was straight out of a Eugene O’Neill play. You mean a family that lives on the fringes of society, engaging in depraved behavior, where they struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but they ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair?
I was always [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 19th, 2010
The continuing three week heatwave in the Northeast has me listless and in a state of ennui. My usually cogent and crisp thoughts have melted into a puddle of mindless crap. So this morning, I’m going to pretend this post is a Jeopardy category, and it’ll be a little like reading the kitchen sink. [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 16th, 2010
Uh, oh! The most innocent of phrases can come from the mouths of babes, but they also come from grown-ups that are incredibly stupid. Let’s examine, shall we?
Let us count the ways Mel Gibson has trashed his career, and possibly his life. His antisemitic rant of a decade or more ago completely turned [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 13th, 2010
The last few weeks of hot weather have wreaked havoc in my yard.
Check out the fetching burnt lawn:
I’ll be giving hayrides this fall, just follow the smell of mulled cider.
We have been watering the gardens (the lawn is a waste of water, September usually takes care of that), and some beneficial rain [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2010
I”m feeling a little Cupcake Murphy this morning.
Dear lady who could be my mothers age,
Did you forget you were supposed to shop at Walmart today with their people? As I saw you lumbering into the checkout lane one aisle over, I seriously couldn’t take my eyes off of you! Lord knows, all [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2010
In last week’s episode of the I Can’t Help Myself I’m not writing this Friday, Meg and her sister were on Cape Cod wondering what on earth their mother had done to her foot, because Lord have mercy, that was no sprained ankle she was sporting.
This past Fourth of July weekend, Meg took her [...]
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