"When Black Friday comes"
"Gonna let the world roll by me."Steely Dan was prescient. I hide out at home when Black Friday rolls around. Though now it's Black Thursday, Black Friday, and whatever other random days the stores...
View ArticleFeels like Sunday
Not sure why, but today feels like Sunday to me. Perhaps it's the longer-than-usual weekend. Or it could be the fact that I finally got back to work after a long (for me) layoff and did a lot of work....
View ArticleOnly Six Days
Only six days left in the month; hence only six days left of NaBloPoMo. Can you tell I'm stretching for an entry today? Well, might have something tomorrow. Right now I'm just brain dead. At least...
View ArticlePlaceholder; Holding in Place
Today was eventful, and I do have big news, but now I'm all tuckered out so I thyink I will hold the news for tomorrow.In the meantime, watched "Revolution" tonight as it was their "mid-season finale"...
View ArticleLegally Blind
Would that be Reese Witherspoon's last outing as Elle? No! It's me. In my right eye at least.I knew my vision had been getting steadily worse, but it took a perceptible drop about five, six weeks ago....
View ArticleMean
Contemplating calling my ex-husband today as it's his 70th birthday and I want to gloat. I already know how the conversation will go, so I also don't want to call him as I'll get a sense way beyond...
View ArticleThe Long November
I think it's becaus TThanksgiving was relatively early this year, but November has seemed to last and last. We usually push our book club meeting to the Wednesday after Thanksgiving (which means it...
View ArticleAt last
Finally, it's the end of November, thus the end of NaBloPoMo. Made it through. Can't say, definitely can't say, every entry was interesting or worthwhile, but I did have a posting every day.Now I'll...
View ArticleI *heart* Canada
I was listening to an online station from Winnipeg. Almost the first thing I heard was "High today of -6." Now, that is Celsius, but still...that's pretty cold.Next, interspersed among the various...
View ArticleBy Any Other Name
Today was the feast of St. Nicholas. I've talked about it before, mostly referring to the Netherlands. However, observances for der heilige Nikolaus also occur in Austria, Switzerland, and parts of...
View ArticleIf you like countdowns
It is now just ten days until the solstice, which means it's just ten days until we reach the end of an age, according to the Mayan calendar. (We all use that one, right?)
View ArticleBack from the salt mines
Okay, back from the cineplex, mostly the projection booth. When he arrived home my husband said, "I've built about eight flavors of hobbitt today." By which he meant the various 2D vs. 3D or 5.1 vs....
View ArticleNational Soundcheck Day?
In case you somehow failed to notice, today is 12/12/12. My husband gleefully pointed that out to me last night. I was thinking it was just a quirk he and a few others might have, but darn if they...
View ArticleIt's Always Something
Hubby came limping home around noon. He broke his toe at work. Or possibly not. The radiologist will have to give the final word on that. It really doesn't matter too much. He got a shoe cast at the...
View ArticleRoll up!
Wow, man. Groovy. Way out.PBS aired "Magical Mystery Tour" tonight. For those of you not "born a long, long time ago" like me, it's a TV special The Beatles did circa 1968. (Or at least it ran on TV in...
View ArticleOy gevalt
My e-mail's been out for the better part of two days now. It's going to be mammoth whenb I finally do get it.I failed to note the start of Hannukah and now it's ending.Hubby decided not even to try to...
View ArticleA Winter's (Solstice) Tale (or Three)
When seeking out a song or poem for the Winter Solstice, I stumbled across this:http://telshemesh.org/tevet/jewish_winter_solstice_tales.htmlI was charmed and fascinated because hithertofore I had...
View ArticleIt's Sugar!
It's Sugar is the name of a candy store next to the theatre where my husband works. (It's also truth in advertising, if you ask me.) He came home earlier in the week carrying a It's Sugar bag full of...
View ArticleProject New Food: Ligonberries
I didn't expect to have any more of these entries this year, but I was at someone's house, and they served lignonberries. I must admit, had I not been told, I would have assumed it was whole berry...
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