Apr 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
first, GO SEE “MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY.” it is my favorite movie and is the only movie i want to go see from now on. i think i’ll just keep going to it till it leaves town, and then i’ll buy it. it’s sweet and funny, good music, a delightful story,...
Apr 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
erin, in that photo with me and brett, is a very beautiful young woman, by the way. in case you might have looked at that photo and thought DANG that girl looks scary. she could easily be a (kind of short) model, or an actress or a dancer. she got a degree in fashion...
Apr 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
suddenly the grass is green, and life is good. shadow is here visiting today. right now he’s sleeping, mollie is sleeping, and the cats are outside running around. you may recall that honey was spending time on the roof; now winnie has braved the ladder and kevin...
Mar 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
i was going to write last night when i got home at 1:30 a.m., but decided i was already way past overly-tired. i had hoped to leave the cast party a little earlier, but bev and erin gave me a ride and they had to stop at each clump of people on the way out and have...
Mar 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
at steak-n-shake. eating a steakburger. with cheese. and some fries. and a chocolate shake. with whipped cream. we had rehearsal tonight. the show opens on friday. two short days from now. hard to believe. very very tired right now. it’s midnight, and i’m watching an...
Mar 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
turkey…rolls…green bean casserole…sweet potatoes…more turkey…more rolls…devilled eggs…more rolls… and then, coconut cake. lots and lot of coconut cake. it was delicious. happy easter. i hope the bunny was good to you. ok...
Mar 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
nancee sent me this today: From a professional forgetter, my tip is post-it-notes; on the kitchen table, the bathroom mirror, my purse, the car dashboard. “Close the trunk.” “Wait til you smell the cookies before you ask.” “You already...
Mar 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
my sister amy told me that 50% of people who live past the age of 85 get alzheimer’s. kevin and i have concluded that this is not going to affect us, because it’s starting to kick in already. by the time we reach 85 we won’t even know who we are so we won’t have to...
Mar 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
my neck has been hurting so much that i decided to get up and find some drugs in the closet. now i’m waiting for them to kick in. i decided to turn on Saturday Night Live, knowing there was a risk of seeing yet another INCREDIBLY ANNOYING commentary shilling for...
Mar 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
today randy and i were at lunch at the very delicious Lakeview Grill (located on Toronto road, just east of the taco bell, you should definitely check it out because it’s really good) and randy asked, “so you’re just writing on wednesdays, are you?” i did...
Mar 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
aunt sandy sent me an e-mail last week entitled “this is really funny,” but i was too busy reading about the election to bother with the trivialness of funny. but we know that funny is important. and what she sent me was, indeed, very funny. MYSTERIOUS...
Mar 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
this is the ONLY piece i’ll post today about the election. once again, it’s from wanda, who is great at digging out good stuff to read. BUZZFLASH EDITOR’S BLOG Mark Karlin Editor and Publisher March 11, 2008hc When it Comes to the Vice-Presidency, Should Hillary Run...
Mar 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
ok, just one more today, this from the sunday times in england. maybe we should move THERE. it would be easier than france, because of not having to try to speak french. but on the other hand they have pain au chocolat everywhere in france. not to mention the bread...
Mar 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
i started my day with very very fast driving over to riverton to record yet another FABULOUS security bank radio ad. this time i managed to read the copy three times in a row, without mistakes, and the whole thing took only ten minutes. i love doing radio ads. i loved...
Mar 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
after being so annoyed with the nutty/snide comments about my Barack Obama video, i didn’t want to look at the incoming messages from You Tube about it. I ignored a message that was posted Wednesday, but tonight decided to look at the messages because there was yet...
Mar 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
i don’t know anybody who won’t be delighted when george bush finally moves right out of the white house…and i believe that includes george himself. i keep seeing him on tv, grinning and guffawing and joking, and tonight on jon stewart they showed him dancing all...
Mar 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
that’s where we might as well move. i couldn’t bear to watch the results tonight. i looked at them briefly at about 10 o’clock and they were predicting a win for hillary in ohio and i decided that maybe it could change. i thought about that night several years ago...
Mar 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
on the news last night they kept saying HUGE STORM A COMIN’ – FROM SIX A.M. TILL SIX P.M. TOMORROW IT’S GONNA SNOW SNOW SNOW. i woke up this morning expecting to look out and see gobs of snow on the ground. but, nothing. i drove to an appointment, no snow. but...
Mar 3, 2008 | Uncategorized
i saw in my ibox that there were two new comments on you tube about my barack obama video. a video i made because i thought it would be fun, and funny, and people would be entertained. i’ve started dreading getting the e-mails saying there are new comments. one guy...
Mar 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
…because i’m shutting the computer and going to bed RIGHT NOW. first, though, there is this article in the Independent, the british newspaper. Independent.co.uk An American President: My friend, Barack Obama As the Illinois Senator stands on the brink of the...
Mar 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
ok, i had to start looking for stories, and i really like this piece by maureen dowd of the new york times: Op-Ed Columnist A Wake-Up Call for Hillary By MAUREEN DOWD Published: March 2, 2008 SAN ANTONIO Channeling her inner Cheney, Hillary Clinton dropped a fear...
Mar 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
today it was SEVENTY TWO degrees outside. when mollie and i went running she got hot and i had to keep giving her water. on the bitingly cold days we’ve been running this winter she was always hurrying along, straining at the leash, making me feel slow and cold and...
Mar 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
RICKY GERVAIS! this man is incredibly funny. he created the original “the office” series in britain, as well as starring in and directing it. then he turned the series into an american version, and writes/produces is. and he created another series in...
Mar 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
i found this story from a reader comment on a wall street journal story. it certainly should tell women who want to vote for hillary because she’s a woman and who think she’s all about women that something is very wrong in their thinking. i would like to send it to...
Feb 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
just one more thing this morning – you might wonder why there’s not one but TWO blinking OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT links over there on the right side of the screen. the first one is the link to you tube, and the one we added is the one to the site DIGG. so you could...
Feb 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
BELATED birthday that is. mom’s birthday was TWO DAYS AGO and i didn’t wish her happy birthday then because i’m a BAD DAUGHTER! ok, trying to make up for it, here are two travelling photos of mom. the first, she’s on the Necker bridge in Heidelberg. this was when she...
Feb 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
why am i doing this to myself, why do i continue to read and read and obsessively keep reading so many stories about the campaign? hillary has decided she’s going to ATTACK OBAMA NO MATTER WHAT and i’m so incredibly annoyed by her and i don’t want to read anything...
Feb 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
did you notice how the obama video is now over the BLUE and BLINKING? kevin helped me do that last night. blue and blinking. soon, i’ll be WRITING CODE for the website! is that what you do, write code? maybe you call it something else.
Feb 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
not me, of course. i’m still sitting here in my jammies on the couch watching meet the press, reading the paper and saving the comics for last. but kevin, he was up early and has gone off to shoot things. targets, that is. with the Single Action Shooting Society, the...
Feb 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
ugh. i got up to watch “meet the press” and ralph has just announced that he is going to run for president. and then he was blathering on for a long time about how democrats shouldn’t put any blame on him for florida in 2000. on and on and on. now tim...
