Year: 2016
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: okay, I’m on to this now :
Ask anyone, I’m no stranger to peculiar thinking. It’s sort of my normal, so I’m comfortable with crazy. Except in a President-elect. Then it’s scary. Have you noticed when the media turns up the heat on Trump’s numerous and far-reaching conflicts of interest, the financial irregularities, the tax dodging shenanigans, actual newsworthy stuff, he tweets…
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: cup size matters :
And not just in bras. All around the world people are busy filling out their Christmas lists. Many, many of those lists will feature a fancy new coffee maker or espresso machine with bells and whistles galore — programmable, auto clean, drip stop, built-in grinder (burr and blade), automatic milk frother, barista attachment. In the…
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: bursting with thanks or something :
Please bear with me, I’m dopey from tryptophan. Dopey and sleepy and deeply regretting my choice of pants. They fit so nicely when I put them on this morning, now they’re a tool of the devil. I can’t breathe, I can’t bend, I’m as overfilled as a parade balloon. Stand back, ladies and gentlemen, I could…
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: book titles are misleading :
Don’t believe everything you read is such a common caveat it’s achieved cliché status. People do, though. They fall for preposterous claims regularly. How else can you explain paid programming and psychic hotlines and conspiracy theories? We are suckers. And publishers, for one, have our number. They grab our attention and, yoink, pick our pockets clean.…
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: on my to do list :
I gave him a week, but he’s still an unhinged megalomaniac. Even worse, Donald Trump is simply inescapable. I don’t watch the news; I don’t listen to the news; I don’t visit news websites. So how come I know he’s hiring and firing, he’s deporting and revoking and scaring the world? Because he’s a disaster and…
the whirly girl 