Mister health-conscious hurt himself doing something healthy. Now he's got a brace on a leg, crutches, and is now forced to sit down like the rest of us fatties. Boo ( Read more... )

40 weeks ago I listed all the nicknames in my life.
Remember this?

Funny, only 2 have dropped off - but most are still getting used!

I have a couple more to add -

"Cupcake" - that's a guy at work, so you get no picture. To make up for it, I'll tell you the story.
We have a super-hot lawyer lady in our office who never talks to anyone.
She walked by the ( Read more... )

Stupidly, on retrospect, I voted for the Green candidate for Representative last fall. Apparently so did a lot of people, meaning that the Democrat lost and we ended up with a tea-party backed candidate in the spot.  Yes, I get that a lot of people don't agree with me. I suppose the Green party needs to learn a few things from the Teas- like - how ( Read more... )

Having just caught up on some friends' year-end reflections,
I suppose I'll share what I discovered after being at home for a full Five, countem, Five, medicated days in the living room....(yes that brings a song to mind.)

Pixar is perfect. With drugs, or without them.
-"Hrrsband" and I have agreed to give each other a Pixar movie every year as a ( Read more... )

for those of you who don't read the "yoga" community here -
I just posted.

Don't worry, there are no knees going over ears or anything wierd like that.
I'm saving those for my next post.

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Probably as a result of seeing my two versions of "Rosie" -

1) painted on a table in Chicago -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sneetchie/5091675438

2) on the Mexico t-shirt -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/happy_peasant/5233451726/

my librarian aunt sent me an article (below).

Turns out the inspiration for the poster was a cellist named Geraldine Doyle.
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While we're at it, here are some thoughts upon turning that calendar page:

"Praise the god of all, drink the wine, and let the world be the world."
(attributed to French peasants by "Charles" in "The Tudors" - and for my part, I praise the dog of all)

"Here's to friends and enjoyment, peace and employment."
(I had a few friends gain employment recently ( Read more... )