10 Nov 2014 6 Comments
Dangerous territory from the outset. Is there enough coffee? Are we even awake yet? Once you think the thoughts, can you stuff them back in the box and walk away? And what if you say them out loud? There are always options …
Goin’ with that last thing today. You know who you are — grab a cup of coffee and put your feet up. If done right, Monday rants can be highly therapeutic.
Here, hon, let me warm up that coffee for you …
And let’s get to work.
27 Oct 2014 Leave a comment
in Humor, Manic Mondays, Re-blogging, Seasons Tags: holidays, humor
A timely post from Ned. Ray Villafane, eat your heart out.
Carving a jack-o-lantern used to require little more than a pumpkin, an oversized kitchen knife, and a tourniquet. It was a simple matter of plunging a 10-inch French knife into the gourd of your choice and creating a triangle-eyed, square-toothed masterpiece of horror.
In those days, the trickiest thing about making your jack-o-lantern was deciding on how to light the candle.
Option one: Light candle, then attempt to lower it into the pumpkin without catching your sleeve on fire.
Option two: Put the candle inside the pumpkin first. Then attempt to light it without catching your sleeve on fire.
Option three: Accept the inevitable and just light yourself on fire, then go find a candle.
After a quick trip to the emergency room for stitches and some light skin grafting, you could return home and set your jack-o-lantern on the porch, where it would remain until gravity and molecular breakdown…
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20 Oct 2014 4 Comments
And on this one I’m without adult supervision until late in the day because Kim is down the block supervising the set-strike for LAC’s last production. Madison has been asleep all morning and I’ve been right here on my blog and Facebook. This evening Kim and I get to be extras in a movie that’s being filmed locally, and tomorrow we’ll be vacating our loft while they do a 10-hour shoot here.
TOLD you last week I was going to take over Mondays and rule the world!!
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