Sunday, January 4, 2009
Jacob's Latest Youtube Video
This is a little something Jacob calls "intense" - filmed at at the intense hour of 2am! A spectacle only a couple of 16 year old would consider funny..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-dKCFxvFmE
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
Murfreesboro, TN
This is my husband's hometown; M'boro, as it is affectionately called, home of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). Jeff grew up here, though he hardly recognizes it as year by year it seems, square miles are bulldozed and paved and turned into yet another shopping center. Look up "Urban...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Fear of Flying
I'm a travel writer who hates to fly. There. I said it. Long ago, I took a travel writing class and let my teacher in on my embarrassing secret. "That's funny," she said. "You should write about it." I don't really find hyperventilating to the point of nearly passing out remotely funny, but then...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
Lost in Translation; from today's Email
In a Tokyo bar: SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS Hotel, Yugoslavia: THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID Hotel, Japan: YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery: YOU ARE...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
SHOES and BERNIE; MUSINGS
Is there anyone out there who hasn't fantasized about throwing SOMETHING - tomatoes, spitballs.......SHOES? - at our W?? So, an Iraqi journalist acted on his frustration. As a fellow journalist, I'm kind of mortified while secretly thinking, "YES!!" As far as things lobbed at Bush go, it could have...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Snowball the Dancing Bird
While watching this, I couldn't help but think about John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever. This hilariously human-like dancing bird was mentioned in today's New York Times Magazine Year in Ideas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j_fxs8mUcQ
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Monday, December 8, 2008
Moose Hunting
currently running on litzine; Gloomcupboard.com. Names have been changed to prevent embarassment! I had insulted the camel’s feelings, which wouldn’t have happened if the animal were a guy. But Marie had all the emotions of a thirteen year old girl, and when I blurted, “eeewww - that drool is...
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Tilt A Whirl
It's my birthday today and I'm falling into walls, which must mean that a: I'm an old lady b; I've got an inner ear disorder or c: both I'll pick C this time. I woke up the day after Thanksgiving with the room and world spinning around me. I thought all of my grief with BPV (Benign Positional...
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Monday, December 1, 2008
My Other Half
Standing still is not for Jeff. ADDad, Wildman, His friends joke. Starts to talk when up at 5 Dark outside, time to move Makes my coffee; roused from sleep. The walls vibrate with his energy Aerobic time, his heart beats deep. Drops of sweat like canine shake. “Let’s scoot,” he says. Our word for...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Gay Connecticut
I live in Connecticut. My state has been the punchline of many jokes, including one that a New York friend of mine recited recently; "As soon as I cross the border from New York into Connecticut, my loafers grow tassels." Yes, Connecticut is reputed to be Waspy, conservative and staid. Since Jan....
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