Sharing My World 9-28-2020 Where do you feel most at home? Please be more specific than “at home, doh” please. It could be a room in your home, a person, a location. The left side of the reclining loveseat. It’s… Read More ›
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TRUMP IS AMERICA’S BELLWETHER
BELLWETHER, by CONNIE WILLIS is a book I have read many times. I read it often because it’s funny and finding something to laugh about has become increasingly difficult. Each time I read it, I notice something new that rings… Read More ›
IF NOT ME, WHO WOULD I BE?
I can’t imagine wanting to be anyone (or anything) but me. In a dream, maybe something else — a horse, an eagle, a dolphin. But that’s dream stuff, not reality. When I was a teenager, during those hyper hormonal years,… Read More ›
CAPPUCCINOS CAME TO TOWN By ELLIN CURLEY
I live in Easton, Connecticut, a small town of about 8,000 people. We are proud of our rural, suburban character and our many acres of protected fields and woods. Many of us cling to our strict residential only zoning laws… Read More ›
ALL TOYS PLEASE REMAIN IN THE ATTIC – GARRY ARMSTRONG
The phone rang. The caller ID flashed, showing one of Boston’s two major newspapers. I figured it was the sales department. I handed the phone to Marilyn. I heard Marilyn respond “yes” several times and was puzzled. We didn’t need… Read More ›
HALLWAYS OF MEMORY
Every night, I fill up my cup, grab my bag of medications, give the Duke his nighttime treats, and hike the hallway to the bedroom at the other end of the house. After arriving, I put the bag where it… Read More ›
DELIVERING THE GOODS
We have already spent a lot of time talking about USPS and voting and all that, but we haven’t gotten to our favorite amusing anecdotes about UPS and Fedex. Each has its own cute and funny methods or not getting… Read More ›
I WON’T SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER – RICH PASCHALL
With my deepest apologies to Sid Wayne and Sherman Edwards, this is currently “The Happenings.” (I’ll be alone each and every night While you’re away, we can Zoom or write) (Bye-bye, this is our hell Bye-bye, so wrong) I won’t… Read More ›
DON’T PANIC. JUST KEEP WALKING – By TOM CURLEY
This blog is a departure from what I usually write about, which is how we live in an apocalyptic ’B’ movie that nobody would believe if it wasn’t actually happening. This is my favorite kind of story. A story about… Read More ›
FAVORITE TV SHOW? IT’S A TIE.
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #16 Fandango would like to know what my favorite TV show is and I have to say, it’s a tie. First of all, we’ve watched “The West Wing” at least half a dozen times during the… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING AS THE GLOBE SPINS AND SPINS AND SPINS
Share Your World – With A Twist 8-11-2020 The Harry Potter – Part 1 I’ve read all the books AND seen all the movies … but honestly I don’t remember what thing was in which book or movie. There have… Read More ›
DARWIN AWARDS IN DANGER OF BEING CANCELLED DUE TO OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF CANDIDATES – BY TOM CURLEY
Originally posted on Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth:
4/1/2020 “Darwin Awards in Danger” “The Darwin Awards are in danger of being canceled this year due to the unprecedented number of applicants and a severe lack of Darwin Award trophies.…
CAPITALISM AROUND THE WORLD
In a world that has gotten rather grim, this made me laugh. I’ve seen it before. It made me laugh a couple of years ago, so maybe it’ll make you laugh now. NOTE: CHANGING THE SIZE OF THE FONT: If… Read More ›
LOST LOVE?
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #4 I think I’m married to my lost love. So I guess he isn’t lost. Garry was never lost. He was just too busy. I had to wait until his career was less important than his… Read More ›
BOOK OF JOB, THE SEQUEL – BY TOM CURLEY
God and the Devil got together recently. They do that more often than you think. Usually at least once every millennia. They play cards, catch up on all the celestial gossip and have a few beers. More often than not,… Read More ›
THERE’S GOTTA BE A PONY IN THERE SOMEWHERE – BY TOM CURLEY
There’s an old joke about a psychiatrist who was trying to see if he could change an optimist into a pessimist and a pessimist into an optimist. He took two children, one very optimistic and one very pessimistic. He put… Read More ›
DOGMA
FOWC with Fandango — Dogma Unless you count drinking coffee and checking email as dogma, I don’t have dogma to which I feel attached. I do, however, have personal rituals. Stuff I do, stuff in which I believe or at least… Read More ›
BITTER ROOTS
I am named after an aunt I never met. In my version of Jewish family, you don’t name babies after living people. Only after those who have passed. This is not true in all Jewish families. It depends on where… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD? PROBABLY NOT YOUR BEST CHOICE!
We are waiting on the appraiser to finalize this refinance which is pretty much set to go, minus the appraisal — which i think went pretty well. It takes about a week for an appraisal to come through and it’s… Read More ›
DARWIN AWARDS CANCELLED — TOO MANY CANDIDATES – BY TOM CURLEY
“The Darwin Awards are in danger of being canceled this year due to the unprecedented number of applicants and a severe lack of Darwin Award trophies. ‘In any normal year we might have a few hundred nominations, but this year… Read More ›
TODAY IS NATIONAL ASSHOLE AWARENESS DAY!
There has never been a dearth of assholes in our world, but I think this past year has raised it to a level of importance it never previously possessed.The assholes are everywhere! They are the ones who still think the… Read More ›
FORGIVE AND FORGET?
I absolutely believe in forgiveness, but forgetting? I remember. I may not remain angry about the things I remember, but I don’t forget them, either. I keep a tally. If you’ve betrayed me, lied to me, broken your promises, not… Read More ›
SAYING NO TO BULLETS: THE FIRST TIME – BY ELLIN CURLEY
This is one of the funnier old family stories. My family believes that it documents the first time being a conscientious objector was used as a rationale to get out of military service. The concept didn’t exist in World War… Read More ›
AN EARLY EVENING BECKONS – Marilyn Armstrong
It was one of those days. It started out normal. We had to get up a bit early because I had a doctor’s appointment and even though we left plenty of time, we got out of the house a bit… Read More ›
