So I tell the eye doctor that when I blink my eyes the frames sometimes shift in this weird way – sometimes the image takes on sepia tones and sometimes it just is a different frame with every moved slightly. He said that’s because I have astigmatism – which I always thought was a stigmatism btw – and he said my glass should work for that intermediate distance which is when I experience it. I…
I woke this morning after not one but three margaritas last night due to a waiter error. Seriously, I only ordered one. Meanwhile, I had to get Tin up for a doctor’s appointment and I stubbed my little pinky toe on the side of his bed while he was demanding Dizzy Gillespie’s Salt Peanuts and his drum (ruling from the crib no less). I tried to get it all back together and not lose the…
Finally got a moment to watch The Louise Logs, Episode #22: How to Lose Weight. I don’t want to give away the show, but do tune in – it’s a good one. Louise at her best! My favorite line from the show: “This just got mind bendingly weird.” Right up there with Oprah’s “This is getting interestinger and interestinger.”
If ever the city needed a poet who speaks for its soul, New Orleans needs one and here is one of NOLA’s finest – a posting to his Facebook page: Murder in New Orleans by Chuck Perkins on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 8:49pm The phrase, “a lot of my friends are dead or in jail”, no longer evokes shock or horror”, its meaning has become tamed. Too many mentions in movies and songs; too much…
Tin has recently started saying yes, because for over a year the only word that he truly loved to say was no. Which is very interesting because it is the one word that I have the most trouble saying. Except today: 1) The dentist thinks I should change my crown because it is yellowing – no, I said. 2) The yardwork estimate came in five times what I expected – no, I said. 3) The…
With Mel Gibson now John Galliano publicly denouncing Jews – who knew that we were still the most vile people on the planet? I Googled antisemitism’s origins and came upon this site that lays out the history.
Remember I was just talking about life lessons learned, how not to judge something quickly or on face value because there could be more to the story. I saw this gown on this new site Pinterest, this gorgeous gown and thought how exquisite is that? Within a half hour, I learned that the designer is now being fired for being an anti-Semite. Suddenly the gown’s allure is poof, gone. quod erat demonstrandum or što je i…
You know all those adages like a child arrives with a loaf of bread under their arm – it answers the question “how the hell are we going to afford a child?” – and the one my father oft said the darkest hour is just before dawn, and so did the Mamas and the Papas by the way, but my father said it in Ladino, which gave it that air of mystery and familiarity all…
I am approaching this year as one where I am not looking for the usual bandaids to get me through the stress of every day life and worry. As a matter of fact by practicing nonattachment I’m trying to let go of worry all together as a pass time. Examples of progress: I had decided to tear out the grass in the backyard to plant a vegetable garden – estimate $1000. Vegetable garden cancelled –…