Happy New Year’s Eve

When we meet again it’ll be 2009.  Oh how the time seems to fly out the window and land on my face.  Tonight Sam, Kiki, and I will have a quiet evening at home with friends (we couldn’t get a babysitter) and ring in the new year with cheer.  On the bright side, this plan [...]

The Big One

Scientists have been baffled by a series of 250 earthquakes that have hit Yellowstone park over the past three days.  The tremors aren’t anything big enough to swallow a building or destroy the Golden Gate Bridge, but they’re still worrisome.
California stretches for 800 miles over the San Andreas Fault.  Scientists have deduced with regularity, that a [...]

Viagra and the Peace Pipe

While I was home for the holidays, I read an article about a CIA officer who gave Viagra to an Afghanistan tribal leader.  The tribal leader had four young wives and looked much older than his 60-some odd years.  The officer handed him four blue pills and with a wink and a smile told the [...]

Merry Happy Jolly Love

It might be a few days before the next time I get a moment to write.  It’s holiday time and whether you’re a Merry Christmas, a Happy Chanukah, a Jolly Day of Hajj or a Love Kwanza person, there are family and friends to entertain.  Lately, holidays have become more about family and tradition then religion [...]

Crazy Glue in the Brain

Three months ago in New Jersey, a baby was born with little holes in her brain.  A genius doctor by the name of Dr. Alejandro Berenstein (director of the Hyman-Newman Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City) came up with the idea to glue those little holes shut.  Duck tape [...]

Sand and Dust

Today I’m feeling my age.   I awoke to breakfast in bed and Kiki Wonder cuddling under the covers to steal my warmth.  Coffee and cinnamon and winter greeted my nose.  Sam even went out to a fancy bakery at 7 o’clock this morning to get me my favorites, including some gourmet salads for lunch.  And what did [...]

They Were Obviously Cheap Shoes

Unless you live under a mountain in West Virginia, you’ve probably heard about the shoe thrower.  Yesterday in Iraq, an irate reporter sent a message to George W. by hurling his shoes at him.  In the Iraqi culture, shoes and the bottom of one’s feet are both signs of disrespect so throwing your shoes is like an [...]

Greek, the New Red and Green

Saturday night  Sam and I went to a Greek holiday party and not a toga-toga, Animal House shindig with drunken twenty-somethings, dirty bathrooms, and cheap beer.  I’m talking about the full-on ancient Greece circa 250BC deal.  There were columns and goddesses and centurions (I know that’s Roman, but I don’t know the name of an ancient [...]

Friday’s Menagerie

I’ll begin this session with the sad news that Bettie Page has passed away at age 85.  I dressed as Bettie Page last Halloween.  For authenticity, I watched several movies like The Notorious Bettie Page and looked at pages and pages of Internet pictures.  She really was a remarkable woman who made a mark on the world [...]

Warning: Please don’t read any further if you’re not a fan of the phrase ‘pardon my French’ because there’s a whole lot of French in this list.

Yesterday while shopping for a rug (I refuse to believe that we’re in a recession) I heard an exclamation that stopped me in my tracks.  “Crazy balls of fire, Howard.  They have my rug for $20 cheaper!”
See what I mean?  Which of course, got me to thinking… Why do we say such silly things when we’re excited?  [...]