Could someone please have a talk with your deity of choice about the weather here in San Jose? It’s just too flipping hot. I HATE hot weather. I’m not a huge fan of cold weather, but if you are cold, you can put something more on. When it’s hot, you can only take so much…
You probably know that California is in the midst of a terrible drought and Texas is pretty much under water. What to do? Well, remember that pipeline the oil companies wanted to put across the country to carry oil from Canada all the way down to Texas (because what could possible go wrong with that)?…
Here is the great mystery: How can a program that needs updating as much as Adobe Flash continue to perform so badly? WTF, y’all? Just fucking FIX IT!!!!!!!!!! I am sooooooo tired of my FaceBook games doing a lock and crash because of Flash Shockwave. And if this program is soooooo…
Several times a year, we journey to Los Angeles to spend time with my sister Karon, Karon’s husband Bill, and their two boys. Karon and her men live in a corporate housing complex known as Oakwood. Oakwood is a great place to live – especially for the boys. Two swimming pools, tennis courts, basketball courts,…
Tis the season for people to bemoan a “war” on Christmas. I am so tired of this. There is no war on Christmas – nobody is trying to keep you from celebrating however you choose. We are merely asking that you not expect or demand that everyone celebrate in a manner predicated on your personal…
I’m sure I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating. Every body is a good body. It’s true. Even if parts of your body don’t work as well as you would wish, or as well as they used to, every day your body does amazing things. Take an anatomy class, you’ll be blown away to…
The itsy bitsy spider was in my bed last night He wandered down my leg and took more than one bite. Now the itsy bitsy spider is underneath my bed And if the cats would do their job that fucker would be dead. I’m allergic to spider bites (in fact most insect bites),…
I have a favorite supermarket – Lucky. It’s not the greatest supermarket; the selection isn’t amazing; the prices aren’t mind blowing; and parking is usually pretty good. It is convenient and it is familiar. I also like the checkers and the baggers – bunch of nice people. However, it seems like my Lucky store wants…
I sometimes wonder about myself. Here’s something that happened years ago that made me laugh then and makes me laugh now. I’m at the LA zoo. There is a child sitting and swinging back and forth on a heavy chain link fence that is part of the barrier around a cactus garden. There are signs…
This video was posted on Facebook as an example of the mysteries and beauty of the sea. http://news.distractify.com/fun/over-10000-of-these-ocean-creatures-mysteriously-gathered-and-then-they-took-flight/?v=1 A gazillion mabula rays are off the coast of Baja, and National Geographic was there to film it. First, I can’t believe was fuck-ass crazy enough to get into the water to film this. You…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 