Posted in The World I Know on October 3, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I don’t usually get all political on this here blog. And I don’t really like “Hey There, Delilah,” by the Plain White T’s…or the Plain White T’s. But this was just too funny.
Confession: I do not like Miss Teen South Carolina, I mean Sarah Palin. Not just because she’s inexperienced, not just because she can’t even [...]
Posted in Sigh, The World I Know on August 29, 2008 | 14 Comments »
John McCain, could you be any more obvious with your VP pick? I mean seriously. And you criticize what you call Obama’s lack of experience?
I used to think you weren’t so bad and I could deal with you. Not so much. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit, to be frank.
Posted in Pop Culture, The World I Know on August 18, 2008 | 21 Comments »
Last week as Best Friend, her boyfriend and I headed home from celebrating Best Friend’s last day of work (she is off to grad school for three years), her sister sent her a text. Best Friend’s sister is a junior in college. The text congratulated her and ended with a command to “go get krunked.” [...]
Posted in A Little Cheese To Go With That Whine?, The World I Know on August 5, 2008 | 12 Comments »
First of all, I owe someone an apology. I had said that I thought I answered all my questions, but I know someone asked me about the title to one of my posts. See, the thing is that they’ve all had musical inspiration since I ditched the Friends-inspired “The One With/Where…” titles in early June.
So [...]
Posted in Family & Friends, The World I Know on June 13, 2008 | 24 Comments »
I was sitting on my couch, watching today’s episode of Jeopardy! on my DVR when I heard, faintly from across the room, “My brown-eyed girl…You my brown-eyed girl.” I grabbed my cell phone, expecting it to be Best Friend. She and I were going to dinner, along with Bluebird in my old ‘hood, [...]
Posted in Life Lessons, The World I Know on June 12, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Lost in various melodies and mile markers, it was easy enough to let the reason for my trip slip my mind. Instead I busied myself with the drive, doing laundry I’d brought to my mother’s house, and catching the ballgame on TV. Avoidance was bliss.
But when my mother and I stepped off the elevator into [...]
Posted in Sigh, The World I Know on April 19, 2008 | 13 Comments »
I hate road trips. There, I said it. My family used to take them every summer, and I survived. But nowadays, no thank you. Especially when I am driving by myself. Through Wisconsin. As I expressed before, I loathe driving through Wisconsin. Almost as much as I hate [...]
Posted in The World I Know, You Are Here on April 18, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Pick a hat…
…any hat.
Put names of contestants…
…into hat.
Draw winners.
Ask all three winners–
–to email me their address, so I can send a goodie bag. And remind them to pay it forward.
Leave for Minnesota. Bye y’all!
