The host for our sites doesn’t like us any more. We are now exchanging terse letters of frustration. They are frustrated because our “sites put an unfair burden on the servers.” Our frustration is based on bewilderment as to how we could possibly be abusing bandwidth. Is our host too small? Are they comcasting us […]
I stopped wearing lipstick several years ago. It just isn’t necessary with jeans and t-shirts and I chew it off my lips anyway. On the rare occasions that I put on grownup clothes, I usually slather on a coat of chapstick to pretend that my lips aren’t blending in with my face. This morning I […]
Nurse T: “I can tell you don’t smoke by looking at your skin. Non-smokers look younger than smokers. You have non-smoker skin.” Doctor B: “You are SO pale. Cancer likes fair skin and you are REALLY fair. Avoid the sun.” Can I just see Nurse T from now on? I think I like her better.
A year and a half ago, my mother got two new knees. I didn’t heed the hints from my mother and father how much this would involve me. I had a love/hate relationship with the hospital, especially the ever present invisible germs. I was too tired to post much more than thoughts that should have […]
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This is Earth Day weekend. Doug is going to celebrate by using a tank or two of gasoline, stomping all over nature and sleeping on the hard soil. I am going to celebrate by not using fossil fuels and um, let’s see . . . oh, I know. I will put the house plants on […]
definition: 1. clothing and linens that need to be cleaned or 2. secrets and lies that are carefully concealed I don’t have any of the second, but I have plenty of the first. Since the boys are traveling again this weekend, it’s time for another round of laundromat roulette. The odds of winning on a […]
Amy: “Mom, I made a grocery list for you.” Me: “Okay. Let’s see what you want. Ice cream sandwiches, push pops, popsicles, kool-aid, bread and cake?” Amy: “No. Bread cake. Like Daddy puts with strawberries.” Me: “Oh. Angel food cake.” Amy: “Yes! Go get it now.” Me: “No. Maybe I’ll go tomorrow. It’s past bedtime. […]
We’re still under a drought that has states desperate for water, food prices soaring and wildfires raging. It’s not raining. Be afraid. But, wait, it has rained this week. Rain means West Nile epidemics. It’s raining. Be afraid. Everyone panic. Or quit reading newspapers.