So this has become my pet peeve on LJ these days...

Let me start by saying that I completely understand that the I have complete control over the journals I go to.  And I understand that no one is happy all the time.  But I've found, since I started my own journal, that this realm is a place that tends to hold a lot of bad thoughts and negative ( Read more... )

When you're at a Madonna show ( Read more... )

For all the girls in my life...   :)

Female Comic Book Superheroes

are always fighting evil in a thong,
pulsing techno soundtrack in the background
as their tiny ankles thwack

against the bulk of male thugs,
They have names like Buffy, Elektra, or Storm
but excel in code decryption, Egyptology, and pyrotechnics.

They pout when tortured, but always ( Read more... )

So as some of you know,  I went on a cruise to Bermuda last week.  It was the first time I've been on one; Greg's mom paid for all of us (ALL OF US) to go.  We covered our own expenses.  Which were, frankly, expensive.  :)

I thought some of you may appreciate my musings....

- think twice about leaving on cruise, any cruise, from Bayonne, NJ.  I mean ( Read more... )

for reasons...

excerpt from Elegy for an Enemy
Stephen Vincent Benet

Rest you, my enemy,
Slain without fault,
Life smacks but tastelessly
Lacking your salt!
Stuck in a bog whence naught
May catapult me,
Come from the grave, long-sought,
Come and insult me!

WE knew that sugared stuff
Poisoned the other;
Rough as the wind is rough,
Sister and brother!
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I just found out something really disturbing at a board I belong to, my most beloved board of all, in fact ( Read more... )

Took the kids to see this last night...OMG it's hilarious. I haven't laughed that hard in a movie in ages. Jack Black is just awesome in the lead, and the supporting cast is out of this world. I have no idea where they found these characters...but if you liked Napoleon Dynamite you'll love Nacho Libre.

First-congratulations to hometown boy Matt Damon and his lovely wife on the birth of their daughter Isabella. :) Now she and little Violet Affleck can be BFF ( Read more... )

Lovely as ever at 43. PHWOAR!!!


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well, kinda. Katy asked me yesterday to get back to musings and ruminations...problem is I don't have many anymore. I think I've been too busy, and not getting to enjoy life enough at this point to even have any observations worth relaying ( Read more... )