... failure ! Once more the Arizona Cardinals that I hold so dear have failed to deliver. A 31-17 loss to the Green Bay Packers that really was not as close as the score indicates. Too many stupid mistakes and a couple really questionable calls (our running back is a scat back, not a power back, and twice instead of letting him try to use his speed ( Read more... )

Friday the 13th is here so I made a rare Friday foray into the outside world to make sure I bought a Powerball ticket (Yeah, the ticket is for a Saturday drawing, so maybe my logic is all twisted, but... gotta dream.)

The latest lj_scribe challenge included a prompt ("Through the open door") that took me to one of those philosophic places, so I ( Read more... )

I was saddened to hear that LiveJournal was no longer officially supporting lj_scribe. I hope that enough people continue that it can thrive, but suspect the lack of that extra touch of motivation brought by LJ Tokens will sap some of its drive. I guess, since my drabble on confusion was the last officially sponsored champion, that I at least have ( Read more... )

The latest lj_scribe challenge is to write a 100-word "drabble" (a short work of fiction) on the subject of confusion. Now fiction is far from my strong point, but I did a little humorous piece that I titled "Marital Bliss" :

Mike sat in front of the television, frustrated and perplexed. Sandra had not spoken to him for the last three days. She ( Read more... )

Well, Survivor started off with a lame first episode again. A broken wrist leads to Tribal Council being irrelevant... yuck. Still beats 90% of things on TV in my book (and everything but Penelope on Criminal Minds on Wednesday) but I still hope it gets a lot better quickly.

My recent write for the lj_scribe nursery rhyme challenge was one of the ( Read more... )

I went for the quickest route on the lj_scribe abecedarian challenge (a poem / write with the lines or words beginning with the letters of the alphabet in order).

"Even Foie Gras"

At Bob's Chicago Deli even foie gras has its junkies. Knowledgeable liver munchers nibble on portions quite rabidly, savoring the unique vittles with x-ratedly yelping zeal ( Read more... )

I decided that I could not pass up the lj_scribe prompt #47 : This is the way the world ends. Obviously I went dark and on the morbid humor side :

"Santa's Last Stand (Slaybells Ring)"

This is the way the world ends
Santa and his Elfin friends
Reaping bloody dividends
This is the way the world ends

Too few children did believe
Now he'd make the world grieve
Total ( Read more... )

My Maury Povich limerick tied for top vote-getter in the lj_scribe contest. Oh, and I got some awesome homemade cookies in the mail from a dear friend (Thanks S.G.G. ... you still rock).

No real special things planned for New Year's Eve other than some H.R.M. Rex Goliath Moscato to toast the coming year and the traditional burning of the candles ( ( Read more... )

This week's lj_scribe  prompt, "The DNA test proved" ... proved too great a temptation for a man who lives for the Maury Povich "baby daddy" DNA shows. I know, "a sadistic one are you" says Yoda...  schadenfreude mayhaps... I just know that whether it is the smarmy punk refusing responsibility dropping his head in shame, or the "You were the only one I ( Read more... )

My day got off to such an odd start. A day after seeing news of a road rage incident ending up with two guys beating a man to death, an odd thing happened. I pulled up at a light which turned red just before I could get in a left turn. The first car turning left from the crossroad drove past with his window open screaming and gesturing at me ! ( Read more... )