I’ve noted the doubt creeping in about the much-discussed, often-promised A&J tee shirts. Expect a semi-big announcement toward the end of next week. And give me a break: who goes Christmas shopping before December, anyway?
Stuffing Nonsense IV
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153 responses to “Stuffing Nonsense IV”
Happy Friday the 13th gang and Village. In the words of Church La Femme “Friday the 13th has done fell on a Friday” this year.
Dang Smartphone corrects me furtively between typing and pisting. His name is Hal.
Hal is going to freeze over if he keeps this up.
My plumber called at 7 a.m. I went to bed at 3:30 a.m. I need to get dressed.
Debbe if you did Facebook I would tell you to look at my 1990s Texas Big Hair photo with the Dragon Lady three inch nails.
It’s 11-13-15. Get the stuble number play at work?
41 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes until Christmas.
Debbe 😉 One member of my all-female staff is 5’5″ and weighs 113. So, yes, girl, you are lithe, slender, slim, svelte, and possibly even wiry.
Anonie, the pictures that would get me to open a Book of Faces account you have already said you are pretty certain do not any longer exist. 🙂
I would hazard to say, based on the retro strip, that Arlo and Janis’ marriage is ….Perfect!
Yeah the shirts would be cool for Christmas. As soon as you have details, I will alert the family.
TIP BlogSpot : http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/ Peace,
Trapper Jean, I think the reason your mom’s fudge was grainy was due to the sugar used in it. Look at the ingredient list of most ready-made fudge and you find sugar substitutes such as sorbitol. I have had fudge from candy stores where they make their own which has that grainy texture and reminds me of homemade. Must be using real sugar.
I see spell check put a gentle twist on my first comment, so much for machine intelligence taking over.
And there it is, the jaded teenage “slice of life” commentary done so well by Our Humble Author.
The most potent weapon in a parent’s arsenal versus a teenager is the power to embarrass them. It is bad enough when the moron parents do so unintentionally (apparently most people have their memories erased upon graduation from high school, so they can remain unable to relate to their teenagers), but when the prospect of intentionally embarrassing them appears, it is Serious Business.
I read of a fellow who was the Class Clown, continually disrupting things for his teachers. His mother got wind of it and got a bunch of guff back from Mr. Class Clown. So she told him that if she ever heard from any of his teachers that he was disrupting things again, she would simply accompany him the next day to school and stay at his side the entire day. She would sit with him in class and at lunch and if he visited the restroom, she would wait outside the door for him.
He was a Model Citizen thereafter.
One of my brother’s teenaged sons heard this tale read and could not help himself and instantly blurted out, “God, just SHOOT me!” 😀
True that, Evan. As a teen, I was very easily embarrassed. Now, nothing (and I mean *nothing*) embarrasses me.
Of course, I was very shy as a teen, but I got over that, too. Boy, did I get over that! 🙂
Nancy Kirk in AZ on 13 Nov 2015 at 12:49 pm #
I was reading Facebook before I came here today and LOVED the pictures, Anonie! And I totally recognized the smile from more current pictures. Of course I loved the Texas big hair!!!!
As you can see, l did as others here have done and posted on the end of yesterday instead of today. So here it is again.
Dear emb, I saw your reference to WQXR, and I am listening to it at this very moment, on Internet radio. Maybe you do too? I lack expertise in this area and don’t even know how to use iTunes, but I found a way, and can tell you if you are interested.
Charlotte: Thanks but MPR does as good classical as any US network. Occ. they and WQXR use each other’s stuff. Peace, emb
Nancy thank you. The one on the grass was taken when I was a young Lolita of thirteen by a professional photographer. That is when I got discovered by a modeling school in NY and offered a teen modeling contract. Mama said New York City was no place for a young girl and wouldn’t let me go. Teen models for magazines had short careers because THEY are short, I am five one. You couldn’t do adult modeling or run way if you are short and tiny.
I don’t know Ghost, I didn’t know these existed either?
Pray for Paris, it is under attack. Reports of bombing and shootings in multiple locations.
First reports are always confused and confusing, but even taking that into account, it sounds bad in Paris and perhaps other areas of France.
I stopped about 4 pm to get my car washed, walked into the waiting room where there was no one, but the tv was on and a loud profanity came out of me. I am still extremely upset.
Sending everyone a massive hug tonight: you guys mean so much. Life is short and not guaranteed. My thoughts are with everyone affected by the actions of cowards.
I thought that earlier I heard someone on tv say that the Eagles were performing at that concert in Paris, but I thought that I probably misunderstood. I have now seen the theater marquee that says EAGLES. Possibly it is another group from the Eagles that we know.
I have verified that it is a different Eagles group.
There are actually live cams in Paris that you can pull up, but the city is pretty much shut down with an occasional car crossing the Seine and blue lights scattered across the city. It isn’t dawn yet and you will see more by watching the news.
I woke from a screaming nightmare to a real one. I will not watch TV but I fear for our world.
“I would have to say peace, world peace,” isn’t such a joke at times like these. Maybe all us dumb blondes and Miss America got it right.
I second emb – MPR does it as good or better than anyone
My new boss claims way better than any he has heard across the country.
Pray for the grieving
I bet MPR is good too. On my list is VPR which is Vermont Public Radio. Their selections are very pleasing and I even donate a modest sum to their fund drives. Embarrassingly, NH — a close neighbor of Vermont — has an NPR station but there is no music on it! I don’t listen so not sure what’s going on.
True, Anonie. But I fear the civilized world will no more be able to obtain world peace than all those “dumb blondes” and Miss America contestants could.
And I’m not very sanguine that Paris’s agony is entirely over yet, remembering how much destruction was caused by a double-handful of attackers in Mumbai in 1993.