I'll always remember the day my mom called me up and asked, "Will you please promise to give me a Black funeral ( Read more... )

My thoughts and prayers are with those in the Kansas/Oklahoma tornado alley. The weatherman says you're in for a rough ride tomorrow. Be safe, my dears!

It started with a headache.

I was in that space where nothing was helping. Not the Neurontin my Neuro prescribed, not the large doses of Vicodin and especially not the Butalbital that I'd relied on for so many years. The headaches and nausea have been among the worst I have had in my life.

So I started Googling. Among the herbal remedies I found was ( Read more... )

Just got back from the vet. Teeny has conjunctivitis so bad that the membrane is swollen out of her eye. It had gotten much worse since Friday, when I took her in the last time. Thankfully, they didn't charge me for the return visit (other than meds). Now, with shots of antibiotic and painkiller as well as some ointment I have to apply three times ( Read more... )

I'm trying to recall the comic. The paper was already yellowed with age the last time I saw it back in the mid-seventies; a caricature of a stressed-out office worker with the caption, "There is no stress on Monday". It was on the corkboard in my Mom's office, as it had been for all eternity (eternity being limited to the 15 years I was old enough ( Read more... )

I am glad Former Speaker Newt Gingrich won in SC ( Read more... )

I haven't thought about Joanna in years ( Read more... )

I have determined after years of careful study that all Microsoft products should come with a Fuck-Off and Die (FOAD) key. For instance ( Read more... )

I decided. My new Samsung Galaxy II Epic 4G is on its way. I chose to stay with Credo Mobile (the Ben & Jerry's phone company) because I really like the way they do business rather than going to Sprint for an iPhone.

I'll let you know how it works out.

This just in: A court in Tomsk, Siberia has ruled that The Bhagavad Gita As It Is will not be added to a list of banned literature.

A great victory for free speech!