Random bullets ala Parts-n-Pieces

Happy thing: Got the freelance job – yay! Happy thing: cheap champagne to celebrate with – Cooks Brut, $4.99 Happy thing: tuna burgers for lunch (tuna, mayo, ketchup, onions, and shredded cheese on a hamburger bun, broiled) Happy thing: Final Four on tv Happy thing: decadently rich fair trade hot chocolate mix from Julie Not-so-happy [...]

Kelly Clarkson – Go

I did my drag racing on county roads in a 1972 Chevelle – that baby would top out at 120 and hold indefinitely. Loved that car. Went through 3 clutches due to my hobby, though.

Spring

Taking a page from Sherry Chandler’s book …. The first tiger lily shoots of the year.

You’re walking around in WHAT?!

It happens to all of us. Our bodies change over the years, and sometimes that’s traumatic, particularly for women. We’re bombarded by pictures of young, thin women, not just clothed but also marginally covered, like the Victoria’s Secret ads on tv and my daily online newspaper. Many of us can’t help absorbing those images and [...]

Plugin stuff

Version 1.1 of This Day in History Word Press plugin is now available. Some changes: It now only reads posts, instead of posts and pages It now filters out the things you posted today and only shows historical posts It no longer lists items other than those tagged published – no more attached pages showing [...]

Panty raid

In the last nine months, approximately 1,500 pieces of lingerie have disappeared from laundry rooms in Pullman, Washington, the home of Washington State University. The missing bras and panties were stolen from dryers in 5 different apartment complexes in 12 reports filed with the police since summer, though I imagine dozens more incidents went unreported. [...]

If we don’t say the word, it’s not a problem

After the FAA was forced to admit that staffing–only having one air traffic controller in the tower–was a contributing factor in the crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington, KY, which killed 49 of the 50 people aboard, they’ve come up with a way to make sure it doesn’t happen again. No, not guaranteeing that [...]

What I just bought

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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Freebird

I’m feeling reflective this morning, so here’s the classic anthem from the 70s. This is the best live cut I’ve ever seen.

I love rock-n-roll

When I was a teenager, my folks hated my taste in music; Janis Joplin, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, AC/DC, and Jethro Tull, with a heavy dose of Lynyrd Skynyrd just to lighten things up a bit. With the exception of Ronnie Van Zant, I believed that when it came to my life soundtrack, the darker [...]

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