If there’s one thing Southern gals know how to do, it’s gab. Silly or serious, all it takes is a glass of iced tea and time. Pull up a chair, kick off your shoes, and make yourself comfy…get ready to dish!
Cool Chick: Nancy Drew
In our eyes, she is forever eighteen, resourceful, and smart. She is Nancy Drew, and she is the ultimate Cool Chick.Nancy had boatloads of freedom and resources while those of us sucked between her yellow covers (this was, after all, the 70s) ached for them. She had Ned, a hot boyfriend, but didn’t suffer by the phone praying for him to call. She had a kicky blue convertible. She had her best buddies, Bess and George, to provide some necessary girlie/tomboy balance in the adventure. And she went everywhere. That Carson Drew, successful...
read moreReviewer Fun
Clever, clever spoofage going on at Amazon.com.uk. Check out the reviews for Bic Crystal pens sometime. Good Lord, that’s some funny stuff. Some excerpts:I Look Like an IdiotBy Janille ParryI thought I would add one of these to my order because it was so cheap. I received it and took it to work with me. Unfortunately, I was not prepared for the consequences of my actions. The pen itself is nice. It writes smoothly. It is also small enough to fit in the middle of my spiral notebook rings, while the useful little tab on the lid keeps it...
read moreGender Bending
This is why I love Jon Stewart today:Can we just dispense with the hypocrisy, please? Some issues–real ones, like what to do with the economy, education, foreign policy, and the like–would be nice.
read moreLasagne Princess!
Today, the music department at church sponsored its first annual Lasagne Throwdown. I entered a couple of pans, and lo and behold, I won a prize! I am now the proud holder of the “Take Two Servings and Call Me in the Morning” ribbon for Healthiest Lasagne. Once you read this recipe, you won’t find it particularly healthy. Any sauce that begins with the directions “melt two sticks of butter” can’t claim health. Maybe the chicken and spinach fooled ’em. At any rate, here is today’s prizewinning...
read moreLightfingers
One thing owning a convertible teaches you is to put things away. Lock them in the trunk, take them with you, whatever, but put ’em away. Especially if you park with the roof down.I’m pretty good about putting things up when I leave the top down. But there are some things I just don’t worry about, like my parking tag, the flower in my vase (Inga is a Beetle, after all), and my goggles. Ah, the goggles. Bright yellow obnoxious biohazard goggles Mrs. Comic Book bought me from Hot Topic when I got Inga. I’ve worn them....
read moreWhere’s the Moose?
Back in the eighties, Wendy’s released a classic TV commercial. Octogenarian Clara Peller captivated the nation by demanding to know just one little thing about a Wendy’s competitor’s burger: “Where’s the beef?”Sarah-mania (Palin, that is) is now captivating the nation. Palin is, so the reports go, a maverick executive. She takes on corruption and wins. Her nickname in high school was “Barracuda.” She’s a take-no-prisoners, salmon-gutting, moose-huntin’, rifle-totin’...
read moreMusings: On Writing
I heart Stephen King. I read the daylights out of Stephen King years ago, stopping when the books resembled (and weighed as much as) concrete blocks. But after reading, and re-reading, his wonderful portmanteau of a writer’s manual and memoir, I’ll probably have to revisit the “K” shelf at the library soon.King’s memoir is by turns hilarious, heartfelt, and as bracing a slap as a shot of whiskey (King admits he got braced and slapped a lot over his career, at least until his wife and friends staged a huge...
read moreTime for Some Campaignin’!
I love the folks at JibJab. They really can stick it to the man. In this case, they’re stickin’ it to two men, a couple of women, and a whole bunch of Washington types. Brilliant!Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!
read moreClearly, He’s Never Been in a Real School
Several years ago, the spineless weenies at The Orlando Sentinel decided that Doonesbury was way too political for the comics page, and they shifted it to the editorial section instead. A couple of years ago, a new crop of spineless weenies decided that they were being unfair to the meat-eating red staters ’round these parts and went a-huntin’ for a “conservative” comic to balance all that Doonesbury liberalism (guess they haven’t read much Doonesbury, since Garry Trudeau skewers everybody eventually). They chose...
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