Canned Laughter

Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD is not reserved for those in Northern climes. Down here in Texas, most of us get it in the Summer. When winter comes we can play outside in the fresh air and mild temperatures, but in the Summer we have to scurry into air conditioning to avoid sunburn, skin cancer [...]

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I hate summer in the Cotton Bowl. Being landlocked in a crowded city where temperatures hover over one hundred degrees is miserable. I don’t want to go out into my garden. I don’t want to drive with the top down. I don’t want to hit golf balls or walk my pooch. I don’t want to [...]

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Every so often I feel like a tourist in a foreign land. Behold the sight that greeted me this morning when I entered a co-workers office:

Do you know what that is? It is a half-gallon pickle jar filled with tobacco spit. I know . Ewww!
Hard to believe, but it could be worse.
OKLAHOMA CITY — A [...]

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Last night I came home to a smokey house and my darling Spouse mopping fire extinguisher muck off the kitchen floor. He turned on the oven to preheat and the broiler element that wasn’t turned on began to buzz and sputter and pop and caught flames.
He turned off the oven and battled with the extinguisher [...]

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Lately I have developed a weird obsession with this:

Now the chances of this gal ever stepping foot in that greasy spoon are non-existant, but that stupid singing banana has me hypnotized.  At odd times during the day I’ll start humming the Nannerpuss song.   What is weirder still is that I am not the only [...]

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What is it about Facebook that gives me the heebie jeebies? Last week we were having dinner with friends.  Actually, it was a sorority get together with our spouses (sorry Poppy, it’s a Southern thing).  Anyway, the conversation turned to a lunch meet up with old college acquaintances facilitated by Facebook.
“Joie, you should come.  [...]

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For those who doubt that The Devil walks among us, may I present a work of pure evil:
The Mensa Puzzle Alarm

From the item description:
“The Puzzle Alarm is perfect for anyone who needs to be more alert in the morning, and should help to kick start their sleepy brain.
A player needs to memorize and repeat a [...]

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