January 2012
48 posts
happy new year !
December 2011
27 posts
Retro Saturday ( Holiday version ) 3.0
well , only if last year is considered retro - I just really love Annie Lennox & this version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen off of her 2010 Christmas album A Christmas Cornucopia …
Retro Saturday ( Holiday Version ) 2.0
Sherman , set WABAC machine ….. For this post , I ‘m going waaaay back to the late 60’s / early 70’s. Or as I like to call it, my childhood. Christmas was always a magical time for me ( in my mind ) . I loved everything about it. The tree, the lights, seeing Santa on almost every corner. I loved going with my parents to pick out the tree from one of the lots that...
have a craving for Chips & salsa
I was fine at home , but sit down at work & I can’t stop yawning …
La Fée Verte ...
Last night I had the pleasure of introducing my roommates to Absinthe . It was fun to watch their expression as the water dripped down onto the the sugar then into the shot of Absinthe, turning the light green/yellow Absinthe to a milky green ( the technical term is la louche ). It was also fun to watch them go from ” that tiny shot of booze mixed with water can’t be that bad...
One step forward ...
After months of procrastination I finally got my butt back to the gym. Everything was going great, my weights were decent, I felt teriffic. There was a bounce in my step as I started my “back” day. Dumbbell rows completed I walked over to the squat rack to start barbell rows. Two sets in everything was hunky-dory, I grabbed two 10 pound plates , slid them onto the bar, got in...
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“Mitt Romney’s $10,000 bet may end up being his equivalent of George H.W....”
– Mitt’s Grocery Scanner Moment
The Onion Week in Review -
For those of you that missed the major storiesof the past week : Report: Nobody’s Heard From David Blaine In A While, Somebody Should Probably Check If He Died In One Of Those Things
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Retro Saturday ( holiday version )
yeah - i’ve been lazy …. Back to Retro Saturday - One of the first holiday cd’s I remember buying was A Very Special Christmas. I thought it was “cool” that all of these modern artists would put their own twist on pretty staid Christmas standards. I’ve always had a particular fond spot for Madonna’s “Santa Baby”, I’ve thought that...
watching A&E’s Obsessed … kinda interesting
Student arrested for burping, lawsuit claims -
via cbsnews.com The lawsuit alleges the boy was transported to the juvenile center without his parents being notified. It also says he was denied his due process rights because he was suspended for the rest of that school year without “providing him an explanation of the evidence the school claimed to have against him.” He was not allowed to call witnesses or defend himself...
Wheels on fire,
Rolling down the road.
Best notify my next of kin,
This wheel shall explode.
— AbFab marathon on LOGO
Good morning - checking Facebook & email whist waiting for the coffee to finish …