I'm still feeling codswalloped by BC's passing. This morning, NJ and Stellar (their daughter) turned up on my doorstep mere minutes after I'd crawled out of bed. She wanted to make sure I'd heard and bring me up to speed. No viewing. Cremation, and a memorial service in June when GK is in town. NJ says she isn't up to planning anything at the ( Read more... )

Today was a quiet day for the most part. Then, a little while ago, I got an email from GK letting me know that this morning, her brother BC passed away in his sleep. Exact cause unknown; because it occured at his home, there will be an autopsy, but he was morbidly obese, had sleep apnea and heart attacks run in his family. He was 51--would've been ( Read more... )

God, I feel so old.

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Mb and I went to return some books at the library Tuesday evening, and she told me about the plot of hers, where one of the characters was motivated by something "unfair" that happened in their childhood. It reminded me of something that happened 40-odd years ago which has bugged me all this time ( Read more... )

I may have grumped about J from time to time, but I hereby take it all back. When I came over this evening, she had a surprise for me.

Now, she's been hinting for the last couple weeks that Something Was Coming, and that I would never, ever guess what it was.

Well, she was right.

I squeed like mad when she produced Season One of Adam-12. OMG, ( Read more... )

I miss summer vacations. When I was a kid, Lake George (upstate NY) was a recurring destination. We stayed at a variety of motels over the years...ate at an assortment of restaurants. (I couldn't really tell you about any of the restaurants, though, since in those days all I ever ordered was a hamburger.) Aside from swimming in the lake, we'd go ( Read more... )

Had a guest speaker at church today who was very good. The topic was "June Bugs", and it was a light-hearted talk about how things that "bug" us can keep us from attaining inner peace ( Read more... )

My curfew was the street lights and mom didn't call my cell, she yelled "time to come in". I played outside with friends, not online. If I didn't eat what my mom made me then I didn't eat. Hand sanitizer didn't exist, but you COULD get your mouth washed out with soap, and your butt spanked. Repost if you drank water out of a hose and survived ( Read more... )

It's too bad that F/X's Lights Out, a boxing drama set in beautiful Bayonne, NJ, was cancelled. It had an awesome cast---the hero was the detective in Blood Ties+ and his dad/trainer was Stacy Keach. Not a lot of big names---the only really noteworthy guest-star was David Morse as an over-the-hill fighter---but a helluva lot of talent ( Read more... )

Batter up!
From China to the local IHOP, what's your favorite meal involving pancakes?Growing up, my mom made what we always called Norwegian pancakes. The original recipe was my Norwegian grandmother's, although I have it on good authority that Mom's were better ( Read more... )