I would like to thank Edgarblythe. He made me smile today, with
this thread
While flyering out in the hot sun I actually discovered a little "behind" / courtyard in the old town that I'd never seen before! For one housenumber in one of the sidestreets an arrow pointed down an alleyway, I went in, around the corner and another, there's flowers blooming, plants abound, cute pots with herbs hanging on the wall and a roof of leaves balanced over nets that were draped above the alley. A sudden, quiet, cool, green place to stand still in. At the end - a little square hidden behind the backs of houses on four streets, benches and trees, one of them triangling neatly around the old house's top window. All just three streets down from where I went to school.
Congrats, Thomas. Welcome to the land of the rat race and politicians screaming. Getting a Green Card during an election year must be very interesting for you. I hope it will help you find work that is rewarding, including financially. :wink:
I smiled when I got up before Sam and got the three traveling flee circuses we call pups outside, without them running their chains around my legs. Boy! Tha hurts.
I also smiled when Sam got up, as I was getting her coffee for her. She hugged me and called me "beautiful".
Who wouldn't smile at a reception like that?
Thomas wrote:
"Buy and sell foreigners on Ebay!"
Those ads are notorious. They are low rate PC ads that often just include the query word and append "Buy and sell ______ on eBay".
I have seen some really funny matches.
I didn't just smile, but laughed out loud. The thought of my wearing a cast iron chastity belt and iron bra, while Sam threatened to find a hammer and chisel was silly.
However, when she threatened a cutting torch when we don't own one, had me laughing so hard that I had tears in my eyes.
I took my niece and nephew to the comic book store to buy Silvi her first comics. She had heard an interview with a guy who was doing a superman graphic novel and was talking about it when I realized she had no idea that superman (et al) were comic book heroes before they were humans in movies wearing costumes. So, off to the comic book store we went.
Cole spent the entire walk (several blocks each way) sitting straight up (this is new) in the stroller. Strollers usually have a bar across the front (feet go under) and high sides like arm-rests. He sat with one hand on the bar and one elbow on the arm rest like he was cruising down the street in a car. Too funny! I'm not the only one who thought so. There were tattood, pierced, long-haired, and/or geeky young men in the comic book store and they were all fawning over Cole. What a hoot!
in the category every-day misteries: I come home, pissed off at all kinds of respective things and the world in general, put on a playlist with loud rude punk. **** it, I know its late but there's that stupid blues festival going on anyway, so who gives a toss, its not like its gonna make much of a difference. So there's my groundfloor flat, balcony door open and john cooper clarke, 999 and de boegies playing, i hear a tick on the window - and its some moroccan teen kids, the kind always hanging around. Knocking and giving me the thumbs up. (Moroccan kids? Seventies punk? <shrugs>)
What made me smile today?
The thought of Craven with a broken penis. Poor guy!
http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=737626#737626
My smile was more than that! It was Bi-Polar Bear suddenly realizing that I'm a TS (transexual) woman!
I would've loved to see the actual look on his face, but the posting is priceless.
Wasn't it though!
That's two smiles for me today!
I just read that whole thread. Oh. My. So.
Funny.
Marycat's last posting made me smile. Lalalalala!
Earlier today, I was introduced to a young man by a male friend of ours. My reply to being introduced to him was a sweet, soft, "Hi. I'm the other woman." Everyone just roared.
Fado wafting from open window.
Fado music. Portuguese ;-)
Beautiful!
Marycat? I thought you were in Texas, lately. So, I'm aging faster than I thought.
Coming to America, Thomas? Sure hope we make a good impression. Let me know if you get to the Southwest, and I'll take you to lunch.
Went to an estate sale. I don't go to many, but when I do they seem to always be handled by entities, an organization either marginally or not at all connected to the family. This was a little, home-made sale, I noticed the sign on the street as I drove by and swerved at the last minute, and when I walked in it was a lady in her 60's and a man of similar age -- her husband? and that was it. No other shoppers. Sozlet and I looked around a bit, she found a lot that was interesting. Humble little house, a zillion things laid out. Looked like it was the estate of a fairly interesting (well-read) Jewish woman (Star of Davids... Stars of David?) who had Russian ancestors or came from Russia herself.
Started talking to the lady running the sale, and it turns out the estate belonged to her aunt and uncle, who died within a short time of each other. She asked me what nationality I was -- I said just American, I have a little accent because I'm deaf... that wasn't what she was looking for... I said my family is Jewish, and she said ah and nodded. That was what she was looking for.
She told me all about the lady (whose name I missed), very interesting person, a schoolteacher for years and years... I exclaimed over the graphics on an old linen tea towel, and she said maybe you would be interested in this? and reached under a folding table and got several boxes. Inside the boxes were years upon years of gifts to "Miss Eleanor." Gifts from students. All of them kept in their original boxes and tissues, with notes as to who they were from and when. I felt a bit sheepish going through, but found some absolutely gorgeous silk scarves -- brand new!! The two I really love are from late 50's/ early 60's. Luscious graphics.
Meanwhile, the husband (I think he was) turned out to be wonderful with the sozlet, making faces at her while she laughed and laughed. So we hung out and talked about her aunt (I never caught this lady's name, the aunt was Eleanor or El), and went through stacks of scarves and gloves and winter scarves and winter hats and more scarves.
When I opened up the e-mail this AM I found this:
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
CONVENTION SCHEDULE
New York, NY
6:00 PM Opening Prayer led by the Reverend Jerry Falwell
6:30 PM Pledge of Allegiance
6:35 PM Burning of Bill of Rights (excluding Second Amendment)
6:45 PM Salute to the Coalition of the Willing
6:46 PM Seminar #1 "Getting your kid a military deferment" (Cheney)
7:30 PM First Presidential Beer Bong
7:35 PM Serve Freedom Fries
7:40 PM EPA Address #1: Mercury, it's what's for dinner.
8:00 PM Vote on which country to invade next
8:10 PM Call EMTs to revive Rush Limbaugh
8:15 PM John Ashcroft Lecture: The Homos are after your children
8:30 PM Round table discussion on reproductive rights (MEN only)
8:50 PM Seminar #2 "Corporations: The government of the future"
9:00 PM Condi Rice sings "Can't Help Lovin' that Man"
9:05 PM Second Presidential Beer Bong
9:10 PM EPA Address #2 Trees: The real cause of forest fires
9:30 PM Break for secret meetings
10:00 PM Second prayer led by Cal Thomas
10:15 PM Lecture by Karl Rove: Doublespeak made easy
10:30 PM Rumsfeld demonstration of how to squint and talk macho
10:35 PM Bush demonstration of trademark "deer in headlights" stare.
10:40 PM John Ashcroft demonstrates new mandatory Kevlar chastity belt
10:45 PM Clarence Thomas reads list of black republicans
10:46 PM Third Presidential Beer Bong
10:50 PM Seminar #3 "Education: a drain on our nation's economy."
11:10 PM Hilary Clinton Piñata
11:20 PM 2nd Lecture by Ashcroft: Evolutionists: The dangerous new cult
11:30 PM Call EMTs to revive Rush Limbaugh again.
11:35 PM Blame Clinton
11:40 PM Laura serves milk and cookies
11:50 PM Closing Prayer led by Jesus Himself
12:00 PM Nomination of George W. Bush as Holy Supreme Planetary overlord
