“You’re one tough broad,” my friend told me. I recognized this as a compliment. Maybe you have to come from New York or New Jersey to “get it,” but I got it. “Tough” includes brave, determined, and hard to kill…. Read More ›
Humor
THE QUICK WAY OUT: DIRECT CREMATION -GARRY ARMSTRONG
I was driving along I-95 in Connecticut when I spotted the billboard for “Direct Cremation.” Traffic was just slow enough for me to read a few lines of the pitch. It promised no fuss, no delays, no middle men, red… Read More ›
FIRMLY RESOLVED
Your New Year’s Resolution, by Rich Paschall Have you given up on it yet? You know what I mean, that New Year’s Resolution you felt you had to make. It may have seemed like a good idea in December. You… Read More ›
SHOWDOWN AT WILD HORSE PASS by GARRY ARMSTRONG
On this date in 2016, Garry and I were visiting Ben in Arizona. This is Garry’s story. A Friday Flashback on Saturday. Deal with it. Story by Garry Armstrong Photographs by Garry & Marilyn Armstrong More than a week in… Read More ›
THE DAILY DILLY-DALLY
The Morning Dawdler – Tri-weekly questions for your entertainment Today’s questions are food-centric, which is very appropriate as I’m about to start to cook dinner. It’s fish tonight and it was fish last night. Finally, after a really long time,… Read More ›
OUTLIVING THE BITCHES – AN OLDIE, BUT STILL A GOODIE
One Sunday in church, Pastor’s sermon was about forgiveness. He asked everyone in the church to stand up. Then he asked those who had any enemies to sit down. Everyone sat down but one very old woman. “You have no enemies at… Read More ›
WELCOME TO 2023. LET’S SHARE.
Share Your World January 2nd 2023 It’s a new year. Flip the calendar and try to remember to write the correct year on your checks, if you write checks. I write maybe a dozen a year and that’s only because way… Read More ›
SPAM COMMENT DU JOUR
Spam Comment of the Week — Week 52 2022 What it lacks in relevance it makes up for with a hint of other-worldly poetry that seems to have nothing to do with my blog. I’m not sure it has anything to… Read More ›
FIVE GREAT GIFTS
5 Gifts I Love Getting Any of these gifts will never go to waste nor will they ever be “regifted.” No books. I’m sorry to say we have no room for any more. The ones we have are already exploding… Read More ›
THERE’S NO REVENGE LIKE GETTING RICH BUT A FEW COME CLOSE
FLASHBACK FRIDAY, FOR THIS DAY IN 2018 Revenge is giving your cousin’s kid an ant farm for Christmas. If you can’t get your head behind an ant farm, how about one of those big drums that will beat endlessly when… Read More ›
LA PROVOCONTE QUESTION
Fandango’s Provocative Question #196 The question is: What was the most unusual, unique, weirdest, or most useless holiday gift you received this year? Please feel free to substitute birthday or other occasion gift if that works better for you. I have… Read More ›
RUN AWAY, RUN AWAY!
Thus went the cry of Monty Python’s Knights of the Round Table in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” They didn’t have horses, but they had coconut shells they used to make clopping, hoof-like sounds. “Run away, run away!” Oh how… Read More ›
FA LA LA LA LA ON CHRISTMAS DAY
We had a lovely Christmas Eve. Our child has grown up. Kaity is now closer to 30 than 20, so we were “kid-less,” unless you want to count Sandy’s puppy (who regardless of being assured of being trained on “pee-pee… Read More ›
TRUMP & THE TRADING CARDS
Fandango’s Provocative Question #195 What do you think of Trump’s digital trading cards? Do you think it reflects a sound business and/or political strategy? Do you think it’s ridiculous and is something undignified for a former U.S. President (and 2024 presidential… Read More ›
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT RAG YOU’RE WEARING?
A FLASHBACK FRIDAY FROM DECEMBER 16, 2019 “How come Gibbs is wearing a coat in Arizona in the summer?” I was talking to Garry. It was an NCIS rerun. We watch a lot of reruns, though this new fall season… Read More ›
SPAMS OF THE WEEK
Spam Comment of the Week — Week 49 2022 I got two that are high-level gibberish. I swear these are all “composed” by the same illiterate writing team. I’m impressed, I mudt say. Seldom do I encounter ablog that’s equally educative… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 