Hello there. I see you're back with us now. It seems one of my recent stories has a following. I've written a couple of stories the last few days, and the one I thought that would have generated the most "likes" (because of the "hook" used, of Lailah dropping by, after stealing GMR's car) only received a couple of "likes". Whereas, the other story of my dinner with Rick and his friends received … [Read more...]
Paint nite
July 20, 2016 By
Photos of my completed art were just posted to an album, along with photos of two examples painted by our instructor (a very young woman, she must have been in her early to mid twenties - but, she really knew her stuff, knew how to teach painting, and also to make it fun for the "trainees"). Had a great time. This was my third paint nite - should do it more often … [Read more...]
Women, bullies and internet trolling
July 20, 2016 By
There's "trending news" today about some so-called "internet journalist" (i.e., IDIOT) who is now permanently banned from Twitter for inciting his followers to troll a movie actress. Here's one woman's (abbreviated) response why she agreed with Twitter's action: "Women...are often at the receiving end of some of the most heinous of misogynistic trolling - and while we dismiss trolls as, well, … [Read more...]
Dinner with Nancy and Lois, before seeing South Pacific
July 20, 2016 By
Hi there. This is story #2 from this past Saturday night. Story #1 was my encounter with a stranger in the parking lot before dinner at "The old spaghetti factory". Once I figured out how to pay for parking (had to download an app) and actually paid it, I walked across the street to the restaurant. I was still a bit early, and this place has a huge lobby with lots of elegant seating, so I took … [Read more...]
Blogging about Lailah vs. re-watching “Better Call Saul”
July 18, 2016 By
Blogging about Lailah is so much better than re-watching S1 of "Better call Saul" (before moving onto S2). I'm pretty sure I left some good Lailah stuff out (with tonight's Lailah post) - that's what happens when you're an old fart and your brain has become cold pasta, and the Lailah encounter that you're trying to remember happened two days ago. Next time, I think, I'll use one of those fancy, … [Read more...]
More to blog about this weekend, but got Lailah tomorrow
July 18, 2016 By
Man, I've still at least 2 more (interesting) stories to go, and I've got Lailah to myself tomorrow - I'm never gonna to catch up with blogging the stuff that happened this past weekend. Have I mentioned what happened on Sunday?? Heaven! (How does that song go??) Doesn't matter - I was invited to go boating on Lake Minnetonka! What a great afternoon. With a great bunch of loving people. Will … [Read more...]
Saturday’s outing with Lailah
July 18, 2016 By
To set the stage: My kitchen breakfast nook area has a huge window looking out toward the walk leading to my front door. <you'all have probably seen it in my Lailah kitchen table videos.> I'm eating breakfast this past Saturday morning, reading my newspaper (on my e-device). And, I hear some giggling outside, which makes me look up. And, I see this little girl looking in my window, … [Read more...]
NPR story about Republican leaders not attending their own convention
July 18, 2016 By
This, to me, is a very interesting story (the attached NPR story). Apparently there is something "important" going on, in the city of Cleveland, Ohio this week. Some sort of "convention". No, I don't think it's the Model Railroading convention. Nor, is it "ComicCon". I wonder which convention it is? Uh. Is it the "Keystone cops" convention?? Maybe it's the "three stooges" convention. No, … [Read more...]
Friend with IT background unwilling to learn about new technologies(?), or just tired
July 18, 2016 By
Friend of mine (who shall remain nameless to protect the innocent) is an IT person with as many years of experience as myself. Wanted to share some "documents" with them. Me: "...Do you or use Dropbox?" Them: "Never heard of it." Well, OK, Then. I guess, based on your response, it seems you aren't even remotely interested in learning about it. Fine, be that way, I'll send them to you the … [Read more...]
Curly red-headed actress with southern accent?
July 18, 2016 By
Help this old gizzer out - I'm trying to place an actress, but am not able to remember her name or which show she was on. This person had curly red hair, and spoke (I thought) with a southern accent. My first idea was a character on Roseanne, then I thought Designing Women (and no, I'm not thinking of Annie Potts). Anyone have a clue? ----spoiler ahead---- After typing this up, and giving it … [Read more...]
