My Cooking Skills

    This is quite accurate.  The wise ones in the family know better than to allow me anywhere near the kitchen and/or barbecue grill when meals are being prepared.

Wine To The Rescue

    And just in time, too.

Wile E. Coyote

    Genius.  Sheer genius.

Abs, they said.

   
LMAO.

CD profits

    Just sayin'.

Happy Birthday, Aldous Huxley!

    Born on 07/26/1894, Aldous Huxley is without a doubt, my favorite highbrow author.

    Bonus Trivia Question : On what day did Aldous Huxley die, and why does nobody remember that?  (Answer in comments)

Nailed It!

    Perfecto!

Book Excerpt for the Day

        “If I have a ticket waiting at the Tucson airport, can you fly to Austin?  Is this thing important enough that you would go and see Kivu?  Does he know you?  Would he trust you?”

    “I think so, yes.  Wait a minute!  Just fly off to Austin?”

    “Do you want to be part of how this story develops?  Or do you want to leave it to press hounds like me, who might get it wrong?”

    “You always were a bitch, Val.”

    “Yeah, I know.”

    “I’ll do it.”

    “Good.”

    (from Dark Inheritance by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear)

    6½*/10.  The complete review is here.

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Lollipop

    You're welcome.

You Matter

    Or Science Friday.  Whichever.

Old Books, Old Friends

    I have to admit it - this is me whenever the subject of getting rid of old (already read) books comes up.  True confession:  I'm looking over at one of my bookshelves right now, and there's a "Photoshop 7" book on it.

Picture Makes No Sense

Underwear

    True dat.

Rolling Stone Magazine

    My favorite Rolling Stone Magazine cover of all time!

Art Appreciation Sunday

    Actually, when we were there for a week last July, the skies were for the most part blue, and the high temperatures were in the 90's.

Pot In A Cone

    File this under "Things I Never Thought I'd See When I Was In My 20's".

Oh, look! A doggy!

    Well, this is Liz actually.  Not me.  But I'm a silent co-conspirator.

Philosophy Thursday!

    This kinda describes me right now, as I convalesce from heart issues last week.

New Meat Loaf album!

    Meat Loaf has a new album coming out!  Titled Braver Than We Are, with all songs written by Jim Steinman, it is due to be released September 16th.

    I am stoked!!  I've seen Mr. Loaf twice in concert - the first at the (second) peak of his popularity, and the second many years later, at a venue so small I was literally about 10 feet from the stage.  I was not disappointed either time.

Mentally Unstable?

    One year in college (a long time ago), I lived in a four-plex, with a next-door neighbor who had 20+ cats.  Needless to say, we called him "Catman".

Black Lives Matter

    Taken during the Baton Rouge Black Lives Matter demonstrations yesterday.  There are no words to describe the confrontation between the forces of elegance, resolve, and the demand for justice versus brute force, racial killings, and the white status quo.

Rock Bottom

Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!

     Born 160 years ago today.

Home from the Hospital

    I've been in the hospital since Monday, being poked, probed, tested, sedated, purged, and deprived of Sodium and fluids.

    Which is to say that everyone at Banner Heart Hospital was professional, committed to keeping me alive, finding out what was wrong with me, monitoring my vitals, and changing my lifestyle to a healthier one.

    I was able to come home tonight. in as good of shape as could be expected, and I have only one thing to add...

    Lasix, you and I will never be friends.  

English Is Fun

    I'm not sure why the plural, "homeowners", isn't included, since "meows" is there.  But I pick at nits.

Official Notice

    Gawd, as we sit here in monsoon storms and 116°F weather, is Halloween really creeping towards us on the horizon?

Buddhist Evangelists

    It was bound to happen sooner or later.  It seems Buddhist Evangelists have come up with a hand signal to push their "Be One With The Universe" dogma.