Standing Room Only

Step up, find a seat if you can, but get ready. As Bette Davis used to say, “It’s going to be a bumpy ride.”
I’ve been oh so introspective the last few days and frankly, I’ve come to the point that I bore myself, so I’m getting off the soap box of internal examination and hitting [...]

Short Takes on the Day, 06/30/09

You know you wanna. I mean, it’s been too long without the Sarah fix hasn’t it? And who better to dish the dirt than Vanity Fair’s own Todd S. Purdum.
Nobody does it better and just everybody reads Vanity’s exposes’ of the celebrity best.
This one is actually very good. You’ll get lots of real insight into [...]

Short Takes on the Day, 05/21/09

As some of you may know, Shawn Johnson, of Iowa, (toot toot) won the “Dancing with the Stars” competition night before last.  I predicted the win when she tied Gilles Marini in the final dance. It just was obvious that Shawn would get huge votes from every little girl gymnast in America as well as [...]

Is That His BUTT?????

So screamed the Contrarian last night, pulling an afghan over his head. “Tell me when it’s over!”
“No, no, it’s not his butt, it’s his thigh. You can look now.”
Meanwhile I began to wail with laughter, and run off looking for pen and paper to write this down, sure that it would make a fine [...]

It’s TinFoil Time Again!

Okay, so, it’s Friday, and the end of another week. I’m in the process of making Arroz con Pollo for dinner. It’s a bit detailed and fussy, but we are looking forward to it. I’ll tell you how it turned out and give you a recipe if it’s really good.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, here’s [...]

Knee Deep in History

We watched the President’s speech last night. It is inescapable to me, at least at some moments, that I may well be witnessing one of the great presidents of our history. Of course it is too soon to know that in any meaningful way, yet, at times, I am simply in awe of the brilliance [...]

Oh No He Dint….!!!!

You probably heard this. Seems that some hardware store down Texas way offered Chimpy a job as a greeter. Said little out of work imp went to the joint, and while not taking the job, certainly brought laughter around by his appearance.
My first reaction was: Dude, finally a job you are qualified for! And my [...]