Month: May 2013

sliding off

Like an ancient rag doll, my skin is sewn with nerve stitches, to the muscle shell that contains the skeletal cage for gooey organ gears and every so often, a twinge announces the popping of a stitch or three.

Dinnertime

Everything that I love and hate about our kitchen in 45 seconds. Bonus points if you can identify two East Tennessee iconic businesses whose products are visible in the video. Double bonus if you know which child flashes a peace sign near the beginning of the video.

Star Trek Into Darkness immediate reaction

Mickey! Sherlock! Buckaroo! So many fandoms. Love, tragedy, courage, violence, betrayal, sacrifice. An extremely familiar line… with a twist. Tribbles. Humor. I have stubbornly denied the 3D revolution, but I now admit that when 3D is used to pull the audience INTO the screen instead of throwing the scenery AT the audience, 3D is spectacular. […]

not-so-great mysteries

In the past two days, I stripped all the beds and laundered *everything. When I went to re-make all the beds, I had one extra twin mattress pad and a missing full size mattress pad. Did I have a twin mattress pad on a full mattress? It doesn’t fit now, so how could it have […]

wise man

Him: “Why are there wine corks in the houseplants?” Her: “I saw it on Pinterest and blah-blah-blah…” Him:

cat zen

Gimli smiles in his sleep. While the dogs hint that they are dreaming of play by running and gurfing in their sleep, this cat relaxes completely. Sleep is the only time that Gimli is truly relaxed. Clearly, Gimli dreams about… sleeping.

tv quickies

Once Upon a Time – I would really like it if the deplorably flat acting Greg and wickedly evil Tamara were used to reframe The Crusades and bring the Camelot legend into the overall story. I doubt if they will. Community – I really loved the first few seasons of Community. Clever and funny don’t […]

Diagnosis: Sleepy

Yesterday, my right shoulder started hurting. Today, my shoulder hurts, my neck hurts and my right hand is noticeably colder than my left hand. I’m going to take this as a sign that I should take to the bed and nap with the furry children. Therapy napping is a thing, isn’t it?