It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood today! This is the time of year you gotta LOVE living in Arizona. Current temperature is in the low 60’s (I thought warmer but the WX service site says 63ºF) Skies are flawless topaz blue. Lawns and other flora are actually green, thanks to the uncharacteristic recent rains. …
Cutting a Rug
Technically the title of this entry should have been CLEANING A Rug, but somehow that sounds a wee bit less glamorous. And after all, I am such a glamorous person. (Oh quitcher laughing. It could happen.) After work this afternoon we tackled the cleaning job in the now-spare bedroom, the one my darling daughter left…
You Call It
One of my favorite skits on Saturday Night Live occurred eons ago. I can’t recite it verbatim, but the gist of it was that Steve Martin and Bill Murray were tourists (or maybe in Murray’s scruffy context, a bum) who can’t figure out what they’re looking at. The whole skit consisted of the two of…
The Game’s Afoot (Or Maybe Acentimeter)
Yes, it’s that time again – the time when I move into Non Sequitur Alley and take up residence. Yon author (that’d be me) will be making absolutely no sense and will be perfectly content with the fact. Whilst I can’t begin holding a candle to my idols, Miss Hiss and Poolagirl, in no particular…
Daylight Come And I Wanna Go Home
It is SO patently not fair that when it is so gorgeous outside we have to work. I know, I know – I spent the better part of a week NOT working. But being sick ain’t no picnic, either, and doesn’t count as a vacation. Last VACATION I got was a four-day holiday weekend during…