One of the (many) places I lived in the Los Angeles area was West Hollywood – just off of La Cienega and Melrose. What a great place to live.  Best shopping ever.  This was before all the chi-chi shops moved onto Melrose and drove the prices sky-high.  This was when Melrose was the home of…

I ordered three items from Amazon – a HUGE bottle of ibuprofen; some foundation makeup that I wanted to try; and a coffee mug. I received from Amazon a set of queen-sized “luxury” sheets, two square pillow forms, and 2 white fake fur covers for the pillow forms. WTF? Now, I realize that what I…

Some of you may already know Jenny Lawson’ books.  I did not.  That is, I did not until my niece Jo recommended her to me.  OMG. I have a new favorite author.  Jenny Lawson writes like I wish I could write.  She has lived, to put it mildly, an unusual life and that is what…

I like fireworks okay.  But the age of ooh and ahs are long behind me.  Probably the most I’ve enjoyed fireworks was the years in Claremont where some of us helped the professionals set up for their show.  If you wanted, you could also shoot off some of the big ones during the show –…

Pinterest (home of my many boards on Fat Art, Fat Peeps, Fat Merfolk, etc.) has announced it will no longer allow ads promoting weight loss.  It will not allow ads with testimonials about weight loss or weight loss products or ads referencing BMI (Body Mass Index) or similar indexes [sic].   Pinterest will allow ads promoting…

Being in the theater, musical comedy in particular, I have had more than my fair share of gay friends.  It took me an inordinately long time to figure out that a gay man may love me – but he doesn’t want to “love” me if you catch my drift.  (If you don’t catch my drift,…

Words that described Deborah Cuddy are – Sweet; talented; welcoming; beloved; and Gone too soon. Rest in peace.

I know this is late but – I dug right down to the bottom of my soul and cried because I felt nothing. Sorry folks, running on empty right now.