I'm having a picnic this evening, weather permitting. I am still talking to Javier, and he's never been on a picnic. wtf ( Read more... )

This photo is from the Texas State Archives, and I found it so disturbing I hoped you might want to talk about it. This is Texas Ranger E.J. Banks, who was sent to Mansfield High School to "keep order" during integration, Sep. 1956. The dummy had been hung from the school during the week prior. No one bothered to take it down. Ranger Banks was the ( Read more... )

Finally. People are noticing! Twice this week people have asked me if I have been working out. One person said I looked really healthy (YAY!). The other person’s comments made me pause a little. He said I looked athletic and that my body was “transforming.” I don’t think I want to transform, per se. Is “athletic” what I’m going for? Perhaps I am ( Read more... )

The sweet, musky smell of pipe tobacco. That’s what it was!! I had wondered just a moment before where I had smelled his cologne before, what place or person it recalled. We were sitting on the curb at Sandra Muriada Way and Lamar. This gentle, elderly man who introduced himself as Paul Knight had hit the curb and then veered into our lane, and now ( Read more... )

I'm going camping. I sort of just decided on the fly, yesterday afternoon. I was supposed to go with babybear earlier this year, and it didn't work out--but I've been thinking about camping since then ( Read more... )

Today marks one month of going to the gym everyday, except for one day. I weigh 2-3 pounds more than a month ago, which I consider a major success since I am still having difficulty hitting 2K calories per day. I celebrated last night with a sliced red pear and prosciutto with cream cheese, and white wine. That only worked out to like 400 calories ( Read more... )

I have new pearls and they are frikkin' awesome and sexy as hell. AND they were designed and created specifically for me by whpktn. She is incredibly talented, and I highly recommend her if you are interested in handmade jewelry. Check her stuff out at http://www.5678designs.com/Read more... )

This may be rather anticlimactic ( Read more... )

Many times I have made this critical error in judgment. I can play the whole scene back for you: standing in the soup aisle (or sometimes the canned meat aisle, which I always thought was a gross term), perusing the broad selection of pasta meals in cans decorated with cartoon characters and in colors so garrish you think you're trapped in a border ( Read more... )

I signed up for an 8 Minute Dating event... basically you get 8 minutes with 8 different guys...think 40 Year Old Virgin ( Read more... )