Ran across an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal this morning. Apparently, people just don’t care so much about the Oscars this year. I hadn’t really though about it, but I think it’s true. I am a huge Oscar afficionado. I’ve hosted parties in the past. I love movies, [...]
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If Your Life Was Gold How Long Do You Think You’d Stay Living?
Posted in Pop Culture, So Strange, It's True, The World I Know on February 22, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I Predict a Riot
Posted in So Strange, It's True, Yours Truly on January 4, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Ok, I actually don’t. But I do predict other things. Like Hilary’s downfall in Iowa. Seriously, I called it back in September.
One day, my friend “Bluebird” and I, along with another friend were walking to the bar where the Texas Exes gather to cheer on the Longhorns. It was a beautiful [...]
Making Sense About as Much as Nonsense is Meant to Make Sense
Posted in Me, So Strange, It's True, The World I Know, Yours Truly on November 30, 2007 | 14 Comments »
Recently a friend of mine who will remain name (and initial) less told me that he had a pet peeve–people calling Thanksgiving “Turkey Day.” He pointed out that it’s not such a great day for the turkey. When I looked at him quizzically he pointed out that pet peeves usually don’t make the [...]
OMG!
Posted in My Life, So Strange, It's True on November 26, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Scary realization: I’ve become one of those people who can’t work the copier.
Is it me or the copy machines that are changing?
Examples of Places That Creep Me Out
Posted in So Strange, It's True, Yours Truly on August 28, 2007 | 12 Comments »
What an odd title to this post, you may be saying. Or maybe not. But I’d think it was strange if I were a reader to this blog, not the writer. Actually, sometimes the things that go on in my head strike me as rather odd too.
But anyway, I’ve decided to play [...]
A Pre-Midnight Toker
Posted in Dating, So Strange, It's True on February 21, 2007 | 17 Comments »
So a little more than two months ago, I joined America’s #1 online dating website (they say). And a little less than two weeks ago I went out on a date with a guy. It was…interesting, to say the least.
We had been in touch and fell out when he emailed me to see [...]
Rise of the Machines
Posted in So Strange, It's True on February 19, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I was nice and asleep. Peaceful. Rested. And then I was roused by a “beep, beep.” In my groggy state I didn’t respond until it chirped again. It was definitely one of those electronic chirps, coming from some piece of modern technology that was supposed to make me life easier, [...]
