Oh guys, wifein’, motherin’, and visitin’-ailing-GIL-in-the-recovery-center-up-in-Santa-Maria ain’t easy, so last week’s book is once again late, but I promise to do better this week. Meanwhile, here are my thoughts on WENCH by Dolen Perkins-Valdez Why I Decided To Read It: About a month ago, Dawn Davis, my editor at HarperCollins/Amistad told me that she was [...]

Ugh! Amy from “Book Simple” and Angela from Texas double-teamed me and guessed correctly that yesterday’s lyric was from “Defying Gravity” as sung by the character of Elphaba in Wicked. But let’s see if you know today’s Random Tuesday lyric. I have two favorite songs about multiple people dying and this 90s gem  is one [...]

Ever since one of my old laptops was stolen when our old house got robbed back in ’06, I’ve been looking for non-hassle ways to hide my computer when I’m away from the house or the hotel room. This leather book carrying and hiding case might be my solve, though I think robbers might be [...]

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and it seems like I should talk about love.  Or relationships.  But I’ve done a lot of that here, so instead I’m going to do some counter-programming and talk about . . . men. Ahem. I remember when men were men.  When Hemingway and Fitzgerald would sit in [...]

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 163 My Minor Morning Meter Adventure Our separate paths through yesterday converged for dinner and drinks at the York. So We left her car at 8am meter. I rise early, while she sleeps, to my morning quest: Move her car around corner, bring home mocha, [...]

So here’s the interesting thing happened on vacation, I lost yet another pair of headphones. Usually this wouldn’t be a big deal, but I’m in the habit of collecting video throughout the week, then watching it all on Sunday night, before posting the best four for your daily Procrastinate on This! However, since I’m sharing [...]

Earlier in the week our friend directed us to a secret beach north of Malibu. When we came over the mountains and saw the ocean, at first look it was almost gray in the late afternoon sun. It was cut by hills, and off to the right it looked even more gray. Until we realized [...]

I don’t know if I mentioned this yet, but Betty’s two bottom teeth came in on the day we returned from Hawaii. Crazy, right! And now we’re waiting for the top two to come through. Of course this has me wondering about whose teeth she will inherit. I think I’ve mentioned before that my sister [...]

Last week was a nail-biter, but in the end BabySmiling from “Baby Smiling in Back Seat” guessed correctly that last Friday’s lyric was from “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles. However, I’ve got a plan afoot to totally come back this week. So let’s start things off with a showtune. Now that I’ve [...]