I have never been much for New Year's resolutions. I think that, in 37 years of living, I might have kept one and that was to not eat out of the snack machine at work. In 1998, I didn't do that ( Read more... )

Part 1: GodparentsWhen I was a teenager, I became fascinated by religion. For a time, I wanted to be Jewish. Then I wanted to be a Hari Krishna. (Really. You ever see a Hari Krishna up close and personal? They are the happiest people on the planet. They are beyond 'up with people' happy. They are beyond X happy. They are truly full of bliss. OK, so ( Read more... )

In my 5th life, I dated an artist. There were perks associated with this--namely that I could get him to do custom commissions for me. He did a painting of me and my brother for my mom for Christmas, for example, and for my Grandparents 50th anniversary, he did a charcoal wedding portrait ( Read more... )

Back in my fourth life, I knew a girl named Susan. Susan was from Texas and was absolutely larger than life. First, she was gorgeous. Texas gorgeous, to be sure, but drop-dead, breath-catch-in-your-throat gorgeous, none-the-less. She was blonde, of course, but her blonde hair wasn't the big blonde of Texas myth. Her hair was, well, it was a little ( Read more... )

Playing the Hollywood Stock Exchange a little lately--it's fun and not a little challenging, at least for someone as finance-challenged as I am ( Read more... )

I remember getting my first walkman. I was maybe 16 and we ordered it from a mail-order house called LVT. It was quite small and not a little expensive--but my dad bought it and he is famous for buying, if not on the bleeding edge, at least on the dull edge of technology. Come to think of it, I don't think that in the years that would follow, I ( Read more... )

It's interesting ( Read more... )

My friend Mike is participating in this year's Blogathon, a blogging marathon for charity, during which folks update their blogs every half-hour for 24-hours--or, until they pass out. It's a sponsored marathon, meaning that Mike is looking for pledges.

Mike's charity of choice is the United Way Philippines.

More info here, if you are interested.

I'm sitting here, watching the first "Battle of the Network Stars", originally broadcast November 13th, 1976. I was 10--and thought that it was the coolest thing ever.

Now, at 36, as I watch Adrienne Barbeau take a mandatory penalty for falling off of the monkey bars, I still think it's the coolest thing ever!

Why did they ever stop making these?

So, the Emmy nominations were announced today.

Hmmm.

I think that the NATAS people must be very limited in what they actually watch--since they nominate the same crap year after year. Do they only watch "Friends" and "Malcolm in the Middle"? Jeez.

So who deserved it? Who didn't? Who got left out, again?

( But, really, who cares what I think? )