Ay, ay, ay! No es bueno!

I worked with a woman who was on Phil Donahue back in the day, on a show with a bunch of "other" women. She apparently was having a thing with a married client, and was VERY upfront about the fact that if his marriage had been happy or functional, he wouldn't have blah blah blah. She was roundly booed by the audience,…

I have on a couple of occasions abandoned my cart, or items already on the conveyor belt, if the person ahead of me has some some of retail constipation situation going on that's going to go into double-digits waiting. I know it's not really fair to the store employees, but on the other hand they have a little bit of…

As far as inspections, get an electrician to inspect the electrical, a roofer to inspect the roof, etc. A lot of inspection companies (at least, where I've lived and bought houses) are not experts in anything — except taking a test and getting a certification. Go to the neighborhood at 6:00 p.m., at 11:00 p.m., and on…

"If you wanted to do something private with a man back then it wasn't gay. It was just two men celebrating each other's strength."

Yah, I think I'll avoid all Applebees for the rest of my life. Don't want to take a chance I help his store be successful and he remain employed.

I stayed in a hotel in Bakersfield a couple of weeks ago that had the water for the tub coming out of the ceiling...is this is a thing now? It was pretty cool.

Last night, I attempted to re-create an awesome drink I had at the fabulous Padre Hotel in non-fabulous Bakersfield CA. It got late before we declared a winner, so I can't guarantee less drunk/candy-comatose drinkers would agree, but: 3 parts ginger beer, two parts vodka, one part each Rhuby (rhubarb liqueur) and…

My mother, in her 90's and with her memory pretty much shot, still makes sure to bring up my weight every time we talk. Which isn't all that often, sadly. I know that she has her own issues, I know she loves me and wants me to be happy, I know she worries. But JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST SHUT UP ABOUT IT ALREADY! I've…

A friend of mine had a LOT of work done at the dental school at the University of Washington. He said the appointments took a really long time, but the work was amazing, and cheap — demonstration by instructors and by students. It's probably been thirty years or more, and it's still holding together. Maybe there's a…

I had brisket for the first time ever a couple of days ago, in Austin, at (semi-famous) Franklin's. Yes, I stood in line for three hours — in the rain THANKS OBAMA — and was almost denied since we got there so late. (The people who got there first also stood in line three hours, the difference is they had more…

Nope. The donut/cream puff hybrid (frittelle) from Carrara Pastries in Agoura/Moorpark (Los Angeles area, generally) are the best pastry of all time. OF ALL TIME.

Posting pictures of Pebbles and BamBam because they're completely hilarious and I basically want to post their picture on all the web sites. (I have always adopted older cats, but after losing the last one I was so crushed I went with the furthest thing from a sedate older kitty I could find, rescue kittens from a…

He said something about how you can't see brake lights in the video. I wonder if anyone checked to see if his brake lights even worked?

I watched an episode of I Spy last night on some random channel — it was exactly like this.

My boss just sold her house and moved because of neighbors who put out cones and other barriers every night so their kids can play in the street. Balls, big wheels, those electric cars with plastic wheels that sound like gravel trucks. Anyone driving ON THE STREET gets that "both hands flapping/slow down" gesture,…

and lobster taquitos. Mmmmmmmm.

Yup, it's official. Haven't heard about the other show though.

yoiks. perhaps better remove that piece of slang from my vocab....

Well, we've got to get the heebs from someplace now Hoarders is cancelled.