In which I recap. Dinner last night was wonderful. Good friends, good food, a good bottle of wine. We watched a DVD of Barbara when she was on the Smothers Brothers Show (episode 105) with The Cake back in 1967; it was awesome. Her outfit! Their hair and makeup! So fantastic! Rehearsal was good. We […]

In which we say good morning to the peacock. Me: (going out to start the jeep) Well hello there and good morning, peacock! Him: *preen* Me: Would you like some kibbles, then? Him: *cluck-cluck* Me: Hold on a sec. (goes inside, grabs a handful of dog food, goes outside and scatters it on the ground) […]

In which we discuss diction and proper pronunciation. Read the following aloud: We now know the earth is round. Now, did you say “thee earth” or “thuh earth”? This is important. Because it’s “thee earth.” THUH is used before words starting with consonants: thuh cat, thuh door. THEE is used before words that start with […]

In which you update your virus signatures if you haven’t lately. So tomorrow, February 3rd, an obnoxious little virus, if you have it, will delete your virus protection software and destroy a bunch of your data. You’d best not let this happen. Consider this a friendly reminder to update your virus definitions and scan your […]

In which I have luncheon. I had lunch today with three drop-dead beautiful blondes. It was an accident. I’d gotten in the jeep and driven around idly, looking for something that sounded good. I ended up walking into Petit Paris and MissT, Mother of God, and Cheerleader were there and asked me to join them. […]

In which I’m broke, ugly, and underexposed. And at work. We’re so broke that I’m taking the change jar in today, to the only bank in town with a change machine. I’ll stand there nervously hoping I’ve removed all the cigarette butts and nails and rocks and roaches and pocket fuzz and other weird crap […]

In which I have no plans. It’s Friday. I would like to do something fun tonight, but I’m piss poor and I suspect I’ll have debilitating Cramps From Hell™ by the time cocktail hour rolls around. Last night after work I sat in the bar and drank cocktails and read a book until I was […]

In which a toddler is totally cute. My co-worker, Bucket [he hasn’t updated his site since the last presidency, so don’t bother clicking on the link], had his wife and youngest kid here in the office this morning. I adore Bucket’s wife, MrsS. She’s superior in far too many ways to list. (I forgot to […]

In which I tie up some loose ends. My recent rash went away all by itself. I think it must have been contact dermatitis because I haven’t had any problems since, and now my skin is peeling a little bit. I didn’t hold out long: Bread got laid this morning. (Which didn’t keep him from […]

In which my back hurts and I’m damned grumpy. Bread woke me up earlier than necessary this morning, like he always does. He probably used to wake me up early in an effort to share his love and tenderness with me, but now — since I’ve been asking him to give it a rest already […]