He’s on the dance floor yelling Freebird
Singing off pitch but he knows every word
Grabs him another girl and he holds on tight
Now he’s chasing everything in sight
He’ll fall apart when he gets home
Right now his worries are gone
Life looks good, good, good
Billy’s got his beer goggles on
(Billy’s Got His Beer Goggles On, Neal McCoy)
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Pet store kitty pics from Monday are
here.
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A few years ago I had occasion to catch Marilu Henner a talk show. She was flogging some book or another that she’d written about losing weight, and she told the host of the talk show that she could actually smell it on someone’s breath if they’d been eating dairy.
“It’s disgusting,” she went on to say. “It almost makes me gag!”
As you might expect, I rolllllled my eyes and flipped the channel. Probably I said “Shut up, Marilu Henner, no one cares what you think.” as I did so.
Well. It’s the oddest thing: lately, if I walk into the house and someone’s been eating anything with milk on it, I can smell the milk. I can smell it from two rooms away, even. It’s not an upleasant smell – in fact, it’s rather pleasant – but it’s certainly a new thing for me.
I probably have a brain tumor.
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I got nothin’, entry-wise, so I’m going to rely on a meme. LUCKY YOU!
FOUR JOBS YOU’VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE
Carhop (people think of waitresses on skates when you say carhop, but there were no skates involved)
Convenience store cashier
Order taker at LL Bean (I don’t know which numb faster, my ass or my brain)
Office manager at Fred’s company
FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER
Center Stage (shaddup)
When Harry Met Sally
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Braveheart
FOUR CITIES YOU’VE LIVED IN
Lisbon Falls, Maine
Bath, Maine
Middletown, Rhode Island
Huntsville, Alabama
FOUR TV SHOWS YOU LOVE TO WATCH
Lost
Grey’s Anatomy (the most recent episode, George made me laugh out loud twice – once when he said “I can’t hear you when his hand is on your boob” to Christina, and once when Dr. Bailey said “Are you kicking me under the table?” and he said, very indignantly, “NO!” God, I love that George)
Desperate Housewives
The Amazing Race
FOUR PLACES YOU’VE BEEN ON VACATION
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Hawaii
Myrtle Beach
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY
Wow. I visit WAY more than 4 websites in a day. Okay, as they come to mind…
Nance
Jane
The Usual Suspects
Pesky Apostrophe
FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE FOODS
Diet Coke (shaddup,
I say it’s a food even if it’s really just a can o’ chemicals)
Whoopie pies
Fudge (from Gatlinburg)
Roasted asparagus (I swear to god, I can’t get enough of this stuff!)
FOUR PLACES YOU’D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW
Someplace warm
Someplace sunny
Someplace with warm ocean water
Someplace with Reese’s Pieces
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Every night, Tom Cullen (who we are calling “Thomas” more and more often for some reason) climbs onto Fred’s lap for some love. Fred starts rubbing Tom’s belly, and invariably Tom will throw one paw up in the air.
Here in the South – well, maybe it’s not just a Southern thing, but I’d never seen it before I moved down here – when people are in church and filled with the holy spirit or touched by Jesus or want everyone to know that God’s filling their heart, or something like that, they raise one hand in the air. So now when Fred’s giving Tom Cullen a belly rub and Tom throws one paw in the air, Fred will say “Oh yeah, he’s feeling the spirit! Hallelujah, Tommy! Hallelujah!”
Never fails to make me laugh.
Religious fervor on his little face, one paw in the air. I think he’ll be handling snakes next.
Hallelujah!
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Previously
2004: I swear, my Grinchly heart grew three sizes right then and there.
2003: A tree with glass ornaments? In a house with five cats?
2002: No entry.
2001: No entry.
2000: I told Fred we should hire her out to the local police agencies and she could tell them when someone looks like a “drug person.”
1999: Fred and I came to an agreement last night. The end of March, I’m going off the birth control, and we’re going to start trying to get pregnant. (HahahahahahaHAHA! My, how times have changed!)]]>