Synopsis: In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a…
This week’s meme comes from Please don’t stop the music . . . The 35 Questions x2 Meme (Part One) 1. How far away is the last person you kissed?…
This week, brief memes from two different bloggers have been merged into one longer questionnaire. The Personal Opinion Meme comes from Team Ian 4ever, while Long Ago and Not True…
This week’s meme comes from Calvin’s Canadian Cave of Coolness. Another Meme About Me 1. Are you currently in a serious relationship? I am currently involved in a number of…
1. No matter what’s going on in your life, what always makes you smile? 2. What’s the biggest lie you’ve ever told? Once during college, my roommate wanted additional time…
Here is my question for this edition: Are you planning to watch the 82nd Annual Academy Awards ceremony this Sunday night? If so, which film do you believe should be…
He sat in an over-sized chair in the living room wearing bib overalls. One leg crossed over the other, his ankle rested on the opposite knee. He wore men’s classic…
1. A cup of tea doesn’t really appeal to me. But a white mocha sure does! 2. Being surrounded by loved ones, including long-time, good friends, makes a place feel…
It’s been a long time coming. Many years, in fact. After all, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the denomination of which I was a member for the first…
1. What was your best day of the week last week and why? That would be a toss-up between Furlough Friday and Saturday. On Friday, I took a ride up…
We were bored, as I remember it. It was Christmas 1972 and we had traveled to Bloomington, Minnesota to spend the holiday with my mother’s sister, Auntie Gladys, and her…
1. Did you ever think that you’d be a star? If yes, doing what? I used to tell my mother that when I grew up, I was going to be…
In my mother’s eyes, it was all about fairness. Equality. Justice. Even when she took the concept to illogical and decidedly unfair extremes. It’s really no wonder that I wound…
California has been wet, windy, and wild this week. On Monday afternoon, I was driving west on Highway 4 near the Pittsburgh BART station en route to Marin County. I…
1. About how many hours a week do you spend watching TV? I spend far fewer hours actually watching television than the television set is turned on. I listen to…
. . . Continued from Getting into Trouble. It’s a difficult story about a difficult time in my life, so I have told it in a straight-forward manner few times…
His name was Reggie and I had never known anyone like him. It was early 1978. I was 21 years old and living in Fullerton, California. Away from home for…
Sophie actually allowed me to place these silly antlers on her for about a minute yesterday. BigBob bought them several years ago and she would not tolerate them for even…
Many folks have been blogging and Twittering about taking down all of their holiday decorations. One woman wrote that she had the tree down and everything stowed away for next…
This week’s meme comes from Nik of Spatula Forum. The Final Week of 2009 Meme 1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before? I guess the…
1. What did you think of 2009? This has been a watershed year for me in which I implemented plans that I made long ago, as well as spontaneous ideas.…