Thanks to the Rio hotel having absolutely horrible internet access issues (and wanting to charge $14 a day for said crappy connection in your room), I quickly had to bail on the idea of posting updates this past weekend. And I would normally catch up during the week, but, this is Glamnation tour week -... Continue Reading →
Reminder for Vegas
Watch for posts on Pragmatic Progressive. Over there on the right you'll see the links pop up. A weekend of dirty f*#*ing hippies 😉
No news is good news
My mom asked yesterday why I haven't posted about SportsBoy since he's been gone. Well, see, that there assumes that I'd have something to post about! There are three keys points preventing such things: He's male He's a teenager His cell phone doesn't work in Sweden Really it is points one and two that matter.... Continue Reading →
25th anniversary of Live Aid – and one other Big Event :-)
There were more than a few posts yesterday around the internet to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Live Aid concerts. And yet, I associate Live Aid with July 14th for a very good reason I will outline in a moment. It was really bugging me why I am 100% certain I was watching this... Continue Reading →
Book #32 of 52
I swear I am not trying to make this into a book review blog, but I am in a real time crunch right now so unless some deep inspiration strikes, this is it! At least I am moving along through the pile on the dresser at a good pace. The thing is, I've now got... Continue Reading →
The Bridges of Madison County
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller My rating: 3 of 5 stars #31 I was all set to give this book just 2 stars. A great love that cannot exist. Two souls pining away for each other tragically until they die. Yada yada (yawn) Then the last two chapters put it over... Continue Reading →
Anybody got any sun?
The joke around weather person circles for ages was that you could do a San Diego report in your sleep. It goes like this: "Night and morning low clouds & fog, clearing late morning, then sunny & warm with an ocean breeze. Highs on the coast in the low-mid 70s, inland in the upper 70s.... Continue Reading →
A first! A book so bad I gave up.
The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis My rating: 1 of 5 stars #30 Well, this is it. The first book so bad and uninteresting that I actually put it down before I finished it. Oddly enough, I got almost 2/3 through it! But last night I was just DONE. Started skimming so much and then... Continue Reading →
Confessions of an anti-mommy blogger
This post inspired by Ooph and her Monday's Mother post this week. I realized after leaving a too long comment there that perhaps I should put those thoughts together more completely here 🙂 Yes, I'm a mom. And a blogger. So I guess that makes me a mommy blogger though I thoroughly chafe at that... Continue Reading →
Alan Alda & Stieg Larsson – there’s a weekend reading combo!
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned by Alan Alda My rating: 4 of 5 stars #28 A nice break from memoirs that are downers, Alan Alda writes clearly and with his trademark humor about his childhood, his mother's mental illness, his struggles to break through as an actor, those glorious days... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 