Saturday, July 27, 2013

Saturday Night Dance Party!

 

This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Let's Go Dancing" - c'mon, you KNOW you wanna!

Only 258 days til...(you know what!)

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Liar Liar Pants On Fire! (#11) - Update

I thought I would steal this from Jim

In keeping with his city theme, here are 5 cities I have toured; which one is the lie?

1. paris

2. san francisco

3. london 

4. dallas

5. seattle

Place your bets, folks!

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1.  TRUE.  1970, 2 years after the student riots.  I was on a French study trip with some fellow high school students and my French teacher.  I was 15 and about to start 11th grade.  I still have my photos and can still remember the places I visited.

2.  TRUE.  1980s with my ex-spouse.  Expensive city, but beautiful.  Would like to return and meet up with Raybeard!  And get some real sourdough bread too!

3. TRUE.  Last stop on the 1970 tour (see #1 for details).  I also visited Rome, Geneva, Bern, Lausanne on this trip.

4.  LIE.  I have never been to TX ever.

5.  TRUE.  1980s with my ex-spouse.  Very interesting city, strange streets, had my first taste of Starbucks house blend here and shopped at the flagship Nordstroms.  And I never did get to the top of the Space Needle; it was closed due to a fire. :(

Bob got it right!  Jim should have not changed his mind. ;-) 

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Brain Puke XVIII

Lots o shit swirling around in the toilet bowl that is my brain. Let's capture some of it here.

It's been hot as fucking hell for a fucking week now.  My energy is zapped.  Fuck you, global warming!

My boss gave me a 5% raise!  Spouse's boss gave him a 4.5% raise!  Yeah, we still in the 47% though.  Fuck you, Mittens Romney!

I still wanna punch George Zimmerman in his ugly face over and over and over again.  Fuck you, Florida!

OK, enough rants; on to happy things!

I just had vanilla frozen yogurt with fresh berries (straw, blue, black, rasp) for lunch at menchie's.


Miss Nyla sitting pretty on the sunporch.  She has her eye on some squirrels.

  
Thanks to Ron and RJ, I can now label this as a butterfly bush  (heh heh heh, I said "bush").




Wild strawberries.



 Belladonna (no sign of Stevie Nicks though).


 Black-eyed Susans (why not Gertrudes?  or Millicents?)

Spouse's first garden pickings; cherry tomatoes!  45 of them so far!


And it would not be a blog entry without something from the kitchen, right?


Since NJ (pronounced joisey or joy-zee) blueberries are in season (and cheap) right now, I made a blueberry cake.  Spouse doesn't really like blueberries, but he loved this cake!  And damn if blueberries are not good for ya too!

What's in it?  Flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar, milk, eggs, butter, blueberries.

What's NOT in it?  High fructose corn syrup, artificial anything, preservatives, additives.  You can pronounce all the ingredients without needing a degree in chemistry.  BOO YAH!

Here is the recipe for all my devoted followers (you know who you are):

1-1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup + 2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1 stick butter (melted)
1 pint blueberries (or raspberries or blackberries)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.   Spray an 8 x 8 pan with cooking spray.

Dump all ingredients (except berries) into a bowl and mix well.

Gently fold berries into batter.  Pour batter into pan.  Sprinkle batter with 1/4 cup sugar.

Bake 45 minutes until a tester comes out clean. Your oven, YMMV.

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"The Love I Lost" - 11 years ago yesterday, I lost a good friend to colon cancer.  He was only 59 years old.  So I dedicate this song to him.  Give it up for my homeboys, YO!

Only 265 days til...(you know what!)

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Liar Liar Pants On Fire! (#10) - Update

I thought I would steal this from Jim

Here are 5 cars I have owned (1972-present); which one is the lie?

1. hyundai elantra

2. ford pinto

3. chevy monte carlo

4. pontiac sunbird
 
5. volkswagon beetle

Place your bets, folks!

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1.  TRUE.  my current car, purchased used in 2006.

2.  TRUE.  sorry to disappoint all y'all.  my parents bought this for me in 1972 when I graduated high school; they had a death wish for me.  I drove it until 1977, when it broke down for good; only had 77K miles on it.  and I didn't die, which made the parents quiet unhappy.

3.  TRUE.  I owned this one from 1980-1991.  it was a lucky car; purchased 8-8-80 with 8 miles on it.

4.  TRUE.  I owned this one from 1977-1980.  what a piece of shit!

5.  LIE.  I have never owned a beetle; my old man did though.

and I cannot believe raybeard has never driven a car or even owned a car!  in this country, it's a right of passage!

I see no one got this quiz right; oh well, try try again. :(

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Saturday Night Dance Party!


This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Everything She Wants" - greedy bitch!  So NOT me!

Ah, when George Michael was so damn cute...unf!  3:15, nekkid under da covers...double unf!

Only 272 days til...(you know what!)

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Liar Liar Pants On Fire! (#9) - Update

I thought I would steal this from Jim

Here are 5 classes I took in high school (1968-1972); which one is the lie?

1. trigonometry

2. home ec

3. chemistry

4. french

5. american history

Place your bets, folks!

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1. TRUE.  senior year I had a choice of pre-calculus, trig, or "math for dummies".

2. TRUE.  junior year I had a choice of cooking or sewing; I chose sewing.  sewing was ok, but I really found my inner artist in knitting.

3. LIE.  science?  AUUUGGGHHH!  I took home ec instead.

4. TRUE.  quatre ans.  4 years for you non-french speakers.  I can still read the language.

5. TRUE. junior year requirement.

Congrats to Jim!


Monday, July 8, 2013

Liar Liar Pants On Fire! (#8) - Update

I thought I would steal this from Jim

Here are 5 jobs I have had from 1970-2013; which one is the lie?

1. variety store cashier

2. book manuscript typist

3. hotel front desk clerk

4. customer service center telephone worker

5. office manager

Place your bets, folks!

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Well, since Raybeard is so impatient, I guess I had better respond. ;-)

1. variety store cashier - TRUE.  my first job at age 16.  the store owner paid me under the table in cash (not exactly kosher), and they wanted me to (a) dust the glass display shelves and (b) follow the customer around the small store as if the person were a common thief.  well!  (a) - I hate housework and (b) - WRONG on every count!  I didn't last too long there.

2. book manuscript typist - TRUE.  mid-1970s, pre-computer days, IBM selectric typewriter with carbon paper in between the sheets.  I did this job for a college professor; he paid me in booze.  The book sold about 100 copies.

3. hotel front desk clerk - TRUE.  for 3 weeks in 2000; sweet mother of pearl, what a load of horseshit!  I don't know how dear Ron puts up with the crap.  plus all my co-workers smoked at the desk whilst on duty.  my allergies were not happy.

4. customer service center telephone worker - LIE.  I would not take a job like this EVAH!

5. office manager - TRUE.  this is my current position; going on 10 years now.

Congrats to Jim and the corporate slave!

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Saturday Night Dance Party!


This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"What Am I Gonna Do With You" - this man could read the phone book to me and I would just sit back and drool!  The voice of smoky sex!

Only 285 days til...(you know what!)

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Liar Liar Pants On Fire! (#7) - Update

Cripes, I have not done one of these since April!

I thought I would steal this from Jim

Here are 5 things about me; which one is the lie?

1. I own 3 pairs of shoes.

2. I like to drink a margarita occasionally.

3. I hate touching dirt in the yard.

4. I am meeting Buddybear in August!

5. I just celebrated my 24th year "cancer birthday".

Place your bets, folks!

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I have a guest blogger providing the answers today: the spouse!

1.  TRUE.  And thank you, Jay, for setting this one up for me.  ("No lady has ONLY three pairs of shoes.")  “That’s no lady, that’s my wife!” (ba dum ching!)

AM says: 3 pairs = 1 pair of house slippers, 1 pair of everyday black clogs, 1 pair of snow boots.  that's it; that's all I need.  dr. spo has more pairs that I do, and he's a guy!  PS - whoever said I am a lady doesn't know me very well!

2.  LIE!  Bingo!  Okay, this could be a technicality with the word occasionally in the sentence, i.e., she could wolf a pitcher of these salt-rimmed babies down every weekend!  Margaritas are made with tequila, and this liquor is on Anne Marie’s Short List (But Always Subject to Perpetual Additions) of Dislikes. 

AM says: I have never gotten into tequila.  or tila tequila, for that matter.

3.  TRUE.  Dirt is another entry on Anne Marie’s Short List of Dislikes.  We shall never witness Anne Marie pulling up weeds in the side yard.  I suspect she might hate touching dirt on the remote chance that the soil may have come in contact with another entry on her list of Dislikes: vegetables.  

AM says: I was born in the city.  city kids touch concrete, not dirt.  my hands were not born to touch dirt.  (diva much?)

4.  TRUE.  This is the worst kept secret since Eric Snowden came home to his girlfriend and said, “Hey, honey!  Guess what I told The Guardian today?  Everything!!!!”

AM says: my boyfriends are such gossip-whores! ;-)

5.  TRUE.  Which means next year we get a party.  I will insist!

AM says:  I'm there, dude!  bring on the chippendale dancers and the cosmos! 

Congrats to Nadege and Mistress Maddie for selecting the correct answer!