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Dirt and Noise
Cure for the Common Cold Martini – 5:00 Fridays
I've been feeling a bit sluggish this week. I lucked out and made three trips over the summer in perfect health. This, despite the hackers and wheezers who seem to use pocketed snot rags (also known as the handkerchief and regarded as a posh accoutrement to one's outfit for some … [Read more...] about Cure for the Common Cold Martini – 5:00 Fridays
Under the Roman Sun – Wordless Wednesday
Channeling Joan Harris: Mad Men’s Vixen
Few women walk into a room and really make people take notice. I mean straighten their posture, wipe the spittle from the corners of their mouth, brush off the lint from their lapel, and really take notice. Most women enter a room with no fanfare, silently slipping in among the … [Read more...] about Channeling Joan Harris: Mad Men’s Vixen
Pineapple Margarita – 5:00 Fridays
Perhaps you remember Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's giving the weather report to Sally Tomato. In her case the weather report was some mobster code. In my neck of the woods everyone is talking about the weather too. Mostly whether the weather will ever cool off. While … [Read more...] about Pineapple Margarita – 5:00 Fridays
Wake County Boys and Girls Club Ubuntu Scholarship
Sometimes I get my bloomers in a bundle over really stupid stuff. The Universe seems to know when I need Reality to slap some sense into me. The Universe was chiming in loud and clear when my friend Tia called me from the Wake County Boys and Girls Club recently. I, with two … [Read more...] about Wake County Boys and Girls Club Ubuntu Scholarship
Sony PSP at 3 o’clock. AM. – Wordy Wednesday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aG6S9wh3f8 Special shout out to my camera man. Bird, you did a fine job holding the camera as still as possible while stifling your giggles! … [Read more...] about Sony PSP at 3 o’clock. AM. – Wordy Wednesday