Never get between any seemingly kind and gentle old man or lady and their penny slot machine, even if they are using four machines at once and can barely reach them all. It is not a wise move.
OK, maybe I was wrong
I might have had the calories don’t count on Thanksgiving Day thing that I posted yesterday wrong. Calories may actually count that are taken in at the holiday table. Sometimes god just isn’t fair.
It’s time to unzip those pants
Enjoy the one day of the year when you can eat as much as you want and none of the calories count. No, really. Trust me on this.
Thanksgiving thanks
It being Thanksgiving, I think it is appropriate to give thanks. Since I use New Year’s as a time to count the people and things that most annoyed me throughout the past year, this is the best time to list the things for which I am most grateful.
Let me start by saying that although I may not agree with Sarah Palin on many issues, I am prouder than punch that Alaska not only has its first female governor, but has one who has shown she actually has a working moral compass.
Back in prehistory when I was young and
Atlantic City
It’s still strange to come back here and see the casinos, even after all these years. In my childhood Atlantic City was an aging resort with the kind of faded glamour you think of when you watch the movie Sunset Blvd. I know it’s better this way for all the workers, but I miss the Steel Pier and the Million Dollar Pier and the Italian Village at the back of the MIllion Dollar Pier where you could get the best Italian lemon ice in the world.
Even as you read this
I will be in Washington DC jamming in as much time at the various Smithsonian buildings as humanly possible. And no, I will not do anything as childish as going to the White House, sticking my tongue out and saying “Nyaaaa! Nyaaa!”. I’ll think it, but in these days of Homeland Security, I won’t do it.
The holiday approaches, the family gathers
Let the games begin!
It occurs to me
It occurs to me that men once wore the high heeled shoes. But they wised up quickly. Could that be why they still dominate the world? Or is it that they don’t have to struggle with panyhose five days a week?
It’s better than a typewriter
As I struggle with lap tops and desk tops and internal and external hard drives I have to keep reminding myself…it’s better than a typewriter and white out.
I fear the world is spinning too fast
So I’m sitting here with an external hard drive that is smaller than my little finger and holds what used to take four hundred floppy disks. I think it’s probably significant that the clerk thought to use the floppy disk analogy rather than a CD analogy. He probably thought I’d be more apt to relate to the older model. Now my problem is I can’t figure out how to plug it in. Sigh.