Canned Laughter

Blogger, Blogger, Why hast thou forsaken me? If you haven’t noticed, ole’ Blogger has stopped allowing commenters from other platforms to link back to their home pages. Sara over at Suburban Oblivian has a perfect post on this subject. Go read what she has to say. I’ll wait.
She pointed out that this change will discourage [...]

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I’m driving home from work last night and a dreadful Hoyt Axton song comes on the radio. Ugh! I remember this song. Every weekend when we made the long drive down to the spot on the Chesapeake Bay where Dad’s cabin cruiser was harbored, he would sing along to the country and bluegrass stations [...]

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Today I give thanks for my wonderful job and the excellent excuse it gives me for not hanging around here popping aspirin for the headache I’ve had all week and cleaning up after my incontinent dog. Do you think if I sigh a lot and my bottom lip trembles just so, Spouse will spring [...]

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Type the answers to the following questions into the Google search images. Choose one image from the first page of results to represent the answer.I loved the Google image memes Nancy and Hotfessional did, but I’m much too lazy to do the entire thing myself. That’s why I need your help. Can you match [...]

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This one really gets to me. Here’s the myspace profile of Evelyn Mezzich. In 1996 she was driving drunk going 65 in a 35 mph zone and wrapped her car around a pole. Her two roommates from UT Austin were in the car with her. One was paralyzed. The other was killed. She was charged [...]

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Kids are in school. Spouse is at work. I have the house to myself. I don’t want it. Aaack! What a disaster area! Somehow when everybody is at home and able and willing to pitch in, everything falls apart. I know the Spouse did laundry, so why is there a load in the washer, [...]

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It is official. I am a TV slug. All I want to do is flop. I look at the kitchen floor that needs to be stripped and waxed. I turn on the biography of some person I vaguely remember not liking. I survey the silver I told myself I’d polish after Thanksgiving. I flip [...]

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By my reckoning I have 57 minutes left to get today’s item posted. Ya don’t get profound on a tight deadline (but you might get something profane). Barring any profanity, all I have to say today is “whipped topping” and “processed cheese food” are just weird. Beware these items.
Oh! and anyone who tries to [...]

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Now let’s see, what have I got rattling around in my attic today? Hrm, some cobwebs, some dialog from a bad movie, theme songs from campy television shows, ahh yes, this will do nicely!
The adorable Sandy over at Momisodes tagged me way back on the 14th for this slightly daunting meme.
Rules: List a [...]

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WHERE I’M FROM
I am from saddle shoes and plaid school uniforms, from Captain Kangaroo and Nancy Drew.
I am from the carefully understated five, four and a door Queen Anne style colonial perched high on the hill looking down on the rest of the carefully planned suburban neighborhood.
I am from the perfectly manicured landscape, hiding the [...]

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