I think the last time I posted pop culture news was a year ago when Ann Nicole died.  Didn't particularly like her but I knew that I would one day want to remember the news as it happened that day.

Today I post because I believe Heath Ledger to truly be an unbelievably talented actor and to quote someone from the artlice that I will paste, ( Read more... )

It has been ten years and change since my dad died and I can't even remember the date anymore.  It was June not July like I was thinking Was it the 17th?  Why can't I remember?  Did our relationship affect me so much that I have to block out every last detail?  I am really that weak?  It is very frustrating to me ( Read more... )

Celebrity deaths maybe shouldn't be news but truth is they are and I like most other Americans am absolutely fascinated by them.

Anna Nicole was a train wreck.  From her marriage to the elderly oil tycoon to her dramatic weight gain and reality tv show to her even more dramatic weight loss and her pregnancy and her determination to avoid paternity ( Read more... )

My sister wrote a beautiful piece on my grandpa and read it at the dinner on Sunday evening.  In fact everone except for me wrote something and of course at the time my mind went blank.  I hate this about myself.  I have the ability to write fairly fluently but when it comes to verbal communication I lack in a major way.  Here are my memories.

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My mom called this morning sounding absolutely run down and exhausted.  At first listen I thought that maybe she had been crying.  I am so sad for her.  She has been overly lovey since Grandpa went into the hospital.  Not that I mind at all it just isn't her usual self.  She must be really hurting right now.  Makes me stop and wonder what I will do ( Read more... )