Me Achin' Nose!

Oh goodness. Trickster Woman with No Regrets chose this week's word for our Saturday Scavenger Shots. She chose it and it's a doozy. SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS. You might see me spell it differently or wrong or both...um, yeah. It is exciting to have a challenge and I tried to rise to it. Still, I fear I've fallen short.

First, I went where all good libearians go...books!Here is some of the score and words to SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS that I found in The Walt Disney Song Book.

I think of SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS as something that expresses happiness about something that you really, really like. So, well, sorry, but I must then present my people.
Girlie Girl and Handsome Lad
Miss Personality trying to fly and Love Bug just trying not to fall :-)
Little Prince giving us a look

To me they are SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS. Um diddle diddle diddle, um diddle ay, indeed...

Thank you for bringing your SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS selves on by to check up on me. And don't forget to find out from NoRegrets who she wants to tag for next week. There goes a clever gent!

Crushes on Inanimate Objects

Here are some things that I love that can never love me back :-) Takes a lot of the pressure off!

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

&

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Both of these books are by Jared Diamond and they are some serious, kickass books! They are both pretty popular non-fiction titles, but since I don't read all that much non-fiction they kind of scared me. But I loved them. They were very detailed, very clearly written, and full of the most amazing stories about people all throughout history. Amazing. Okay, moving on...


The Smart Car Roadster
Isn't this guy the cutest? I would love to tool around in one of these teeny, economical cars! When I see them on the street I want to stop the drivers and hug them. Wow, that would scare them, wouldn't it!


Pyrex bowls
Even though I'm not so domestically inclined, I just love Pyrex. It is so pretty and useful. I also like CorningWare. So sue me. :-)


Popcorn
Possibly a perfect food. Air popped, it is pretty healthy! I don't even like mine all greasy and buttery. But different seasonings are fun. And when you're in the mood for something sweet and not so healthy, you can have caramel corn! Sometimes it is the simple things in life, such as a crunchy, fragrant bowl of popcorn with the beverage of your choice...hot or cold, either works...that make it a life worth living.

What inanimate (or okay, animate, for the more well adjusted) things do you have a crush on lately? The laura b. would love to know.

What Does My Home Say About Me?

What Your Home Says About You

You come across as very intellectual. People take your wisdom seriously. Your hygiene is passable, but you may be hiding some dirty secrets. You are a fairly domestic person. You can probably make a decent batch of home cooked cookies. You are not a nurturing person by nature, but you can easily take care of someone you truly love. You don't feel settled in your life yet. You are scrambling to figure things out. You are a somewhat self sufficient person. You can do fine on your own if you have to. Your friends see you as accommodating, peaceful, and forgiving.

What Does Your Home Say About You?

Blogthings has done it once again. Dang. How amazing. hee hee!

Dancing Fool

Choose and Defend Wednesday is here! Choose and Defend Wednesday is here! And guess what? Everyone is invited to a big party. The whole family will be there, all ages...and guess what else? There's gonna be dancing! Oh, I know some of you will object and claim that you never ever so much as tap your foot to the beat. Today, however, you must all dance. You do have some choice here though. I mean, after all, that is the whole point of Choose and Defend Wednesday.

Okay, so which dance are you going to do?

The Macarena?

Or....

The Chicken Dance?

Take your time. Think it over. Choose a dance and give us a nice defense, right? I thank you in advance for you cooperation in this urgent matter.

These Are the Days of Our Lives...

I feel one of those Variety Show posts coming on. There isn't one big thing to talk about, just a few little things.

* This week was the paycheck week that I felt was going to sort of bring me back under control. Of course on Thursday morning I had a tire basically fall apart. I knew a couple of them were not in great shape, but naturally I was putting off doing anything. It became non-negotiable and the tire place gave me enough of a financial incentive that I decided it would be worth it to replace the whole set. While I'm relieved to have it taken care of, I am once again paddling harder to keep my head above water for the next little bit.

* If there are any Pixies fans out there I'd like to recommend the documentary "loudOUIETloud: A Film About The Pixies". Actually, if you're a fan, you've probably seen it, as it came out in 2006. I didn't see it when it originally came out, but happened to notice it was coming on cable. I recorded it and was able to sit and watch it on Friday evening. That was good Friday evening!

* Saturday I worked and it was a really busy day, so it went quickly. Then after work I took Kick Back Dude and his family out to dinner. We've all been on financial lock down for awhile, so this was our special little treat.

* Sunday was a quiet day. I took Girlie Girl to get a couple of clothing items she'd been pretty desperate about. We went to Mervyn's, which is going out of business. At this point they're offering 40% discounts and their stuff still isn't that cheap! No wonder they went out of business... In the evening she and I went to WTG's house because he was doing a birthday dinner for his mom. This was the first family thing I'd been invited to since I moved out. It worked out fine and it was great to be able to leave when it was over :-)

* Monday, blah blah blah, I gots nothin'. Back to work. Worky work work.

* Today was actually nice in that I finally got to meet The Activist I've been talking to from The Onion Personals. Took long enough, but he finally gathered his momentum, borrowed a car and came over here. We met at the Arcadia Historical Museum as he was interested in seeing our Tongva exhibit. It was really nice to talk to him in person and we hit it off as I knew we would. Unfortunately we didn't have a great deal of time. I had to get to work after only 90 minutes or so, which had gone very quickly. He did come to the Library with me and hung out for awhile, but you know, that couldn't go on for too long. I think we'll definitely be getting together again and I have a new friend if nothing else.



And so time is passing...so, so, so quickly. It is the middle of November, feels like July, looks a little like a war movie with all the smoke in the air... Whew! Thanks for letting me lay it all out for you!

I'll Miss You Muriel

When I came into work today, I found out that one of my co-workers died last night. Her name was Muriel. She was the only person left in this department who was here before I came to work here. She worked here as a clerk, just 15 hours per week, a little job to keep her busy and in the community. She was one of those women who was a sort of pillar of the community, very involved with her children's schools through the years, working on the Coordinating Council, volunteering on the Library Board. She was also the heart of her family, which includes a husband, three children and five grandchildren. She was only 65 years old, but had been in poor health quite a bit over the past few years. This most recent hospitalization was due to a leg wound which hadn't healed properly. She got a series of infections, fell into a coma, and finally passed last night.

I don't believe I ever talked about Muriel here. Probably because she was so sweet and quiet that I would never make fun of her as I do my other co-workers. She had the most beautiful smile and was never anything but kind. Here at work she did an assortment of clerical tasks. Most importantly, she used her ties within the community to do the difficult task of fundraising for our Summer Reading Program. While we were hastily assured that we'd be able to keep her position, as it is negligable within the budget, there is a great feeling of 'why bother?' No one is going to be able to do what Muriel did. I am going to miss her so much.

This picture is from about four years ago. Muriel is on your right. Can't you just see how sweet she was? She made everyone want to be a nicer person. Good bye, Muriel.

...Is Where You'll Find Me Hiding, Waiting For You

I'm excited to find myself at Saturday again! My excitement is tempered by the fact that it is a work Saturday, but man! I love posting Saturday Scavenger Shots! See all the !!! ? Yeah. This week's word, choosen by K_sra, is LACUNA. We all had to run look it up when she put it out there. It wasn't just me, right? Um, okay. Anyway LACUNA required some real thought. I have only one shot this week, but I'm thinking it isn't bad.

The patterns created by the space between represents the LACUNA. It isn't what is there, but what is not there. LACUNA.

Alrighty! Now, I can't wait to see everyone else's LACUNA. Come on, baby...just a peek at your LACUNA, hm? ha! Oh, and for those of you following along thus far, K_sra has tagged Woman with No Regrets to choose next week's word! Yay!

I'd Like to Thank All the Little People

I am indeed honored to have been nominated for this stunning award by both Tara @ Eclectic Spaghetti and Mrs Hairy Woman @ Northern Sky Chronicles. You have r-r-r-rocked mah world, gurls!

This time, I am making it all about me. I'm not nominating anyone else, because I tend to be a selfish bastahd like that. That's how I kick it, dawg. Um, okay, thats not quite it...but I just went blog trawling and all of you have nominated everyone I know to nominate! I am just not blogtastic enough to come up with any other blogs to nominate :-(

Boooooo! You suck, laura b! (I am doing your part for you, right here on my blog!)

Anyway, I humbly thank you and have placed this award in a permanent spot on my ever more elaborate sidebar. Please feel free to hum a few bars of...ahhh...I don't know...some sort of recessional song...as I leave the podium. Adieu.

Three Random Dewey Classifications, Because We Love the Dewey!

laura b's Dewey Decimal Section:

023 Personnel management

laura b = 211812 = 211+812 = 1023


Class:
000 Computer Science, Information & General Works


Contains:
Encyclopedias, magazines, journals and books with quotations.



What it says about you:
You are very informative and up to date. You're working on living in the here and now, not the past. You go through a lot of changes. When you make a decision you can be very sure of yourself, maybe even stubborn, but your friends appreciate your honesty and resolve.

Find your Dewey Decimal Section at Spacefem.com

laura b's Dewey Decimal Section:

177 Ethics of social relations

laura b's birthday: 2/14/1963 = 214+1963 = 2177


Class:
100 Philosophy & Psychology


Contains:
Books on metaphysics, logic, ethics and philosophy.



What it says about you:
You're a careful thinker, but your life can be complicated and hard for others to understand at times. You try to explain things and strive to express yourself.

Find your Dewey Decimal Section at Spacefem.com

laura b's Dewey Decimal Section:

777 [Unassigned]


Class:
700 Arts & Recreation


Contains:
Architecture, drawing, painting, music, sports.



What it says about you:
You're creative and fun, and you're good at motivating the people around you. You're attracted to things that are visually interesting. Other people might not always understand your taste or style, but it's yours.

Find your Dewey Decimal Section at Spacefem.com

Do You Want to Know a Secret?

Hello all and welcome to another Choose and Defend Wednesday. I invite you all to make a choice and then to defend that choice! This week I was wondering about people's roles in social discourse. Naturally, we can all have different roles with different people, but just in general....

Are you...

A Listener?

Or are you...

A Talker?

Yes, you are probably all a bit of both. Completely one or the other and it isn't really social discourse anymore, now is it? But you know you are much more inclined towards one....so tell me about it! Choose and Defend!

Looks Like Someone's Got a Case of the Mondays

Well, back on task again after a rather lovely, quiet weekend. There is something almost soothing about being so broke that you really cannot do much of anything. There is enough food in the house to get through until the end of the week, as long as Girlie Girl can keep being unpicky and just eat what’s here. I didn’t even want to drive much as I am being careful of gas. So I stayed in and read, talked on the phone, listened to music, and watched tv. Of course there were the obligatory trips to get Girlie Girl and Handsome Lad where they needed to go, but aside from that I was very hermit-like. It was probably a favor to humans in the world that I seclude myself for a while. I am feeling awfully moody and broody. Not exactly depressed, just a mild feeling of triste. Anyone reading my posts regularly could probably plot some sort of chart on my moods. Maybe I should start doing that actually… I doubt there is much mystery to it and is all about hormones/body chemistry. And just being aware of that helps me wait for the lighter mood that will surely come along.

Take Me to the River

Here is another shout out to Tara @ Eclectic Spaghetti for choosing this week's Saturday Scavenger Shots word! The word? WATER. The photos? Um...WATER? Yes, WATER!

As you will see, my WATER pictures are very tame. You'd think someone living so near the ocean would have some great WATER shots, but not so much.... Oh well.

Here is the WATER bottle which I keep at my desk for purposes of regular hydration. Gots to keep hydrated! It looks like I am about to crush my Dwight bobblehead with my WATER bottle...

Here is Love Bug floating around in the WATER of the pool at my apartment. You can also see Miss Personality's little head just above WATER. Don't worry, she's wearing floaties :-)

Okay, that's it! That's what I have to show you for today, for WATER, for da game. Stop by Tara's to see who she is tagging for next week. And thanks for diving in...you knew the WATER was fine, right? Right.

Bloggers, I Appreciate You!

This is an Eclectic Spaghetti Taraday that I couldn't let pass me by. If it is time to appreciate bloggers and blogging, then count me in!

I tentatively started blogging about six years ago. There were at least three personal blogs that came and went. I also involved myself with...lets see....five group blogs. I think those ones are actually all still up, but inactive for the most part. I have had this blog for about 3.5 years now. For the first year, at least, I had virtually no contact with the outside world. People may have stumbled in now and then, but I wasn't part of a community, so to speak. I do know that Tara was the first one to start regularly commenting and it was through her blog that I connected with several of the bloggers whom I read and comment on, while they read and comment here! A community. I love reading people's comments...getting that feedback makes blogging feel productive and there is the whole venting aspect as well. If you look at my blogroll, you will see not just fellow bloggers, but in my mind at least, friends! People whom I respect, admire, and appreciate every day.


So, cheers! Here's to you, B-B-B-Bloggers! I ♥ you and your blogs and your comments on my blog.

Sincerely,

laura b.

My Castle Personality. That's Right.

The Castle Personality Test

You have no problem diving into new experiences. You're so brave that you don't even notice how courageous you are. You like to think that people are impressed by you. You know that you have a lot to offer. You are a very romantic person. You can't help but see the world as it should be. Right now, you feel like the whole world is open to you. You see lots of possibilities. Overall, your life is very peaceful - if not a little solitary. Much of what goes on goes on in your head. You feel like the fate of the future partially rests in your hands. You believe you need to help make the world a better place.

The Castle Personality Test

Aw, this was kinda kewl! I like this assessment of me :-)

That's Why They Call Me Mr. Fahrenheit

We deserve some fun now, don't we? I think we do, so this week's Choose and Defend Wednesday is a good time, baby! Today you are a superhero. Yeeesshhh. As such, you get to have a superpower, of course. Because it is my simple little game you have only two choices. They're good ones though!

What will your superpower be?

Invisibility?

Or

Flight?

Make a choice, defend your choice, humor laura b. and play her blog game. Thanks!

Hail to the Chief!

President Barack Obama

I'm doing a happy dance, I promise you.

It Was Better Before, Before They Voted For Whatsisname

I voted this morning on the way back home after dropping Girlie Girl and Handsome Lad off at their respective schools. My polling place is in the cafeteria of the continuation High School. It wasn't at all crowded when I stopped in. After they triple checked me in, I got my ballot and went to my Ink-a-Vote booth. There were...like, 14 Propositions on the ballot, plus some judgeships, plus Congress, and of course, the Big Show. So I had my cheat sheet and blazed right through that sucker. I had to gently awaken the elderly gentleman minding the ballot box. Poor old fellow...anyway, he was able to show me just how to insert my ballot, he looked at his screen and assured me it had been successfully entered, and handed me my sticker from the tip of his finger to mine. Right on. Now it's all over for me but the waiting. I do have a few things on the ballot that I felt pretty strongly about...well, we'll see. I hope that you all rocked the vote too.

I AM the Wiz! Nobody Beats Me! Nobody!

Now that it is almost a week later I am finally getting around to posting up a couple of pictures from my Trick or Treat at the Library program. I can't have you missing out on seeing me as a wizard for the entertainment of some very lucky 2-6 year olds. Because that is the coolest thing ever, right? Um, right.




I'm the Wiz! I'm the Wiz! I'm the Wiz!

The Word's on the STREETs and It's On the News...

That's right! The word is STREET, the game is Saturday Scavenger Shots, and Churlita the Churlish Figure choose the word. Good one, eh?

At first I wanted to do something showing my STREET cred. Turns out I gots nothin'. Shocking, right? So, um, anyway...STREET signs it is! Here you go...

This is one of the main STREETs running through my city and it is also the name of the city.

Zzyzx Rd. is right off I-15 on the way to Vegas. Everyone takes pictures of this STREET sign because it is so odd and it is really out in the middle of nowhere.

Okay, you got me. This isn't an actual STREET sign. I didn't photograph it myself. I made it over at Street Sign Generator.com. Kinda cool, if not original :-)

Thanks for taking it to the STREET with me today. I can't wait to see who Churlita tags for next week.

Trick or Treat!

Go ahead and help yourself! Happy Halloween!

You Look Like Somebody I Used to Know

When I was young, probably 7,8,9 somewhere in there, we decided that my sister looked more like our best friend's sister than like my sister. So when we went out in public, we would have our story all ready. They were sisters and I was the neighbor...in case anyone should ask. Now that I'm much, much, much older, I can see that they looked nothing alike. Their coloring was similar, but that is where it ended. My sister and I don't look alike at first glance, but if you look again you'll see it. In truth, we have the same shape eyes, nose, mouths...they are just somehow different looking on each of us. Another truth is that our different personalities probably make it even harder to see the similarities.

I see a similar phenomenon with my own kids. Sometimes it is like one of those trick cards with the holograms, where different pictures appear depending on how you have them turned...oh, look! They're so different! Oh wait, no look...they're actually identical when you look at them from here... And you've all seen the families with kids who look like they came from the cookie cutter. One kid after another and unmistakeably siblings from top to toe. And then there are the two boys you knew all through high school without ever realizing they were related because they looked unsimilar enough to be different species practically!

What is it like in your family? Are you look-alikes or opposites or something in between? And how do you feel about that?

Fancy Dress Party

It is almost Halloween, so on this lovely Choose and Defend Wednesday you get to Choose a costume to wear! Yay! It is a general sort of choice, of course...although feel free to get as specific as you want in comments.

So, this Halloween do you want to be...

Scary?


Or do you want to be...

Cute?

I almost added a third category of Sexy, but by executive decision disqualified it. Maybe you can convince me it could be cute...feel free to attempt this defense. Choose and Defend is the game. Let's play.

A New Direction

I think I need a change. Lately, embarrassing as it is to admit it, I have been a little focused on "finding someone". I thought it would be nice to maybe be part of a couple again...or at least to date a little bit. I don't think it is going to happen for me though. I look at myself and feel discouraged. I look at my family's attitudes and feel even more discouraged. Maybe it isn't like this for everyone...probably it is not, but my sons are awful and rather mean when it comes to the idea of their mom and "some guy". I mean, a telephone call or two is enough to have me branded with some big scarlett letter...Not an A...maybe an S or an H. I think, what's the point? Really, do I need this pain and aggravation? Right now, I'm tired and down and I'm thinking no, I don't need this pain and aggravation.

I'm going to focus my energies (what's left) in new directions. I think frustration could lead to different physical activities. I could become a work-out queen! I am going to sharpen my mind, read more non-fiction, focus on important issues of the day. I can sink into despair or I can drive myself forward into interesting new experience, unhampered by fruitless and rather pointless expectations. I can be a whole new woman. Strong and independent! Forever. Can I live with that? I might have to.

Mr and Mrs Broom

Let's celebrate a Taraday, shall we? Instead of emailing this joke, it is going up right here for your viewing pleasure.



Two brooms fell in love. They decided to get married. It was a joyous occasion. The Bride Broom had never looked more lovely. The Groom Broom couldn't have been more proud.

On the way to their reception, the Bride Broom leaned towards her Groom Broom and said, "Guess what? There is a little Wisk Broom on the way!" The Groom Broom was astonished! He said, "How can that be? We haven't even swept together yet!"

I'm pretty sure she was sweeping around...

We Didn't Start the Fire

I BURN with excitement for our Saturday Scavenger Shots! That's right...AlienCG said the word and the word was BURN! There are a number of connotations for this word. I decided to go with a couple of reruns that seem to work well...

In this picture, you can see that some of my CDs are BURNed, rather than factory direct. 'Cause that's how I roll.

A lot of us are BURNing the candle at both ends. These only BURN at one. Often, I don't even BURN my candles. They sit around, they are pretty, and I sniff them once in a while. When my kids were small I got out of the habit of BURNing candles, because it was just too uncertain as to whether they were actually out of reach... Now I could, but I forget. 'Cause that's how I roll too.

Thanks for stopping by to feel the slow BURN of my blog. Don't forget to check with the Alien over at Swamp Gas & Moonlit Reflections to see who he is going to tag next :-) BURN, baby, BURN!

Halloween Memory

This one goes out in honor of today's Taraday wherein we are encouraged to share a Halloween Memory.



The first time we held hands was under the guise of not getting separated in the haunted house. We were both inexperienced enough that it was thrilling just to be moving through the dark together, bumping into one another, our fingers clasped tightly. Each time one of the scary creatures would jump out at us, I had an excuse to press my face into his flannel shoulder and feel his other hand between my shoulder blades pulling me close. Between the darkness and the excitement of this new physical contact, we were both somewhat dazed when we exited into the cool, still slightly lit evening air. My heart was pounding and I know my face must have been flushed with pleasure and eagerness. We looked at each other...he said, “Again?”

What Day of the Week Am I?

You Are Monday

Like this day of the week, you are ruled by the moon. More than anything, you are flexible. You are moody and impressionable. You are easily influenced by the world around you. And while you can be temperamental, you eventually adjust. While Mondays tend to be the hardest day for people, you don't mind getting back to regular life. You're the one waking up early and making the coffee while everyone else complains.

What Day of the Week Are You?

I couldn't get deep enough inside of my own brain to think of a topic today, so Blogthings Quiz it is! Once again, I see that Blogthings totally gets me, man. But Monday...true as it is, it is a little sad isn't it? haha! Well, what day are you?

You Won!

You just won the lottery! Congratulations. Financially, you are set for life. Since it is Wednesday there is just one thing left to do, you must now Choose and Defend what come next.

Will you....

Live a life of true and complete leisure?

Or will you....

Continue to do some sort of work, maybe something you love that doesn't pay well, or a business you've dreamed of?

Don't be shy...tell us! What would YOU do? Choose and Defend.

A Library Kind of Life

I don't think I've done a library post in a while. As with any other kind of job, there are highs and lows, positives and negatives.

Here is a negative - The Crazies

When you have a public place, like a library, you are going to have crazies. It is inevitable. Last night we had a doozy. He started over at the Adult Reference Desk. He wanted to leave some flyers he had written up about our "Founding Fathers". I don't really know what that was about, but there is an area where people can leave free handouts for others, so he was told he could leave them. But that wasn't enough. He also wanted to have some signage placed on the door of the building that would direct people to his handouts. Um, no can do. Our directive when people get confrontational is just to ask them to fill out a comment card so that we can have a record of their concern and can respond to them in writing. He refused and said he would simply tell his story on a call in radio show. Fair enough. And over there at the Ref. Desk, they were done. But HE was not done. He wandered over to the Children's Room and started perusing the display cases. He found something which did not please him. One of our cases has a Halloween display. Half of it is "books that will scare you" - Halloween stories from our collection. The other half is "books that scare us" - Featuring books that have been defaced in some way, with instructions and suggestions on how to properly treat library books. His objection was to this image:His fervent belief is that showing a book with the first President all colored on was disrespectful. We explained that defacing books is, yes, disrespectful, but that the point of the display is to help people understand how to treat books. He just wasn't having it. He wanted the book taken out of the display. Again, he was asked to fill out a comment card so that his concerns could be addressed in writing. Again, he declined. Was it over? Not quite. He came back again this morning to complain about these affronts to his person. He spoke to the administrative secretary...comment card....no... His next step was City Hall where he demanded to speak with the City Manager. He didn't care to leave his name or contact information, quel suprise. Anyway, end result? Lots of time spent on this guy. But no signs for his very special handouts and George stays.

I could write a bunch of positive stuff easily. I just got through doing a storytime and that is enough positive interaction to make everything worthwhile. When I see parents and kids sitting and reading together, or kids excitedly choosing books with their eyes all shining and smiles on their faces, wow! It is awesome. It is why I love the library. Even with the crazies.

Tagged by Delectable Daffy

Here are the Rules:
1. Link to the person that tagged you
2. Post the rules on your blog
3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself
4. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs
5. Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6. Let your tagger know when your entry is up.

And we're off!

1. I am kind of afraid of dogs I don't know...and even some dogs I do.

2. I took private skating lessons from when I was 7 or so, up until I was about 15. Roller skating. Um, it was cool back in the day! Yeah, thats it...

3. I am not too into make-up, but I love buying different lotions and things like body sprays.

4. I find it hard to toss pens that aren't working anymore. It is like I think someone is going to come up with a cure someday.

5. Seeing a parade in person takes my breath away. It doesn't even have to be a huge, fancy one.

6. For some reason I am fascinated by different sorts of bowls. They are useful and can be so beautiful and unique. I tentatively collect ones I find at thrift stores.

Now for the tagging. Always hard, because so many don't love it as I do. But it must be done, so please play if you're at all interested.Please?

AlienCG, Cricket, Churlita, K_sra, Mrs. Hairy Woman, and Tara.

Thanks!

He's No Friend, an Acquaintance At Best

Welcome to another edition of the hottest blogging activity ever, Saturday Scavenger Shots! Okay, that was a little bit of editorializing there, but still....
Cricket picked the word NUISANCE for this week. What a good challenge! I tend to think of something that is a NUISANCE as more of an inconvience than a menace. But I think that is also a bit of editorializing. Here are a couple NUISANCEs in my life:

My toilet is running, my toilet is running! What a NUISANCE. I know I should just tell the landlord and they would tend to it. Or I could probably even fix it myself. I just haven't done either of those things yet.

Between my not-often-appearing allergies appearing and my car worries and stuff, I am currently sporting some real unattractive baggage under my eyes. It is a NUISANCE to look tired. People comment on it, and that just makes me feel worse, although I know that isn't their intention.

I was going to take a picture of one of the crickets (no relation, I'm sure) that like to come in near the front door in the evening. They are a bit of a NUISANCE, but compared to most insects that can invade a home, not so bad. They come right under the door, attracted to the light I suppose, and sing their little songs. Last night, I didn't see any though...so no picture. I guess it is cooling down enough that they might not be making so many appearances. A small NUISANCE that might be over for the season.

Thanks for stopping by and not making a NUISANCE of yourself! You are the perfect guest, always. Check with Cricket to see who she will tag for next week :-)

Soup without the Nazi

Tomato soup...mmmm...so soothing and delicious....

Corn chowdah! I love the chowdah!

Did you know that today's Taraday is Soup Day? Now there is something to celebrate. Soup can be a perfect food. You can just open a can or you can slice, dice, and simmer to your heart's content. It can be a thin savory broth or thick and full of chunky goodness. Soup can be clear or cream based. It is a great start to a meal if you are dieting (well, maybe not the cream based) because it is a healthy way to fill up before you hit the main course. I know for a fact that works. I mean, I don't serve courses at home...but when I eat out and they offer soup or salad before, don't you always feel like that is plenty and then all of a sudden they are taking that away and setting down this plate of pasta or whatever? Yeah, me too. Soup IS a meal! At work I like to drink Campbell's Soup at Hand. Especially during the winter, which is supposedly on its way at some point. All this soup blogging is totally getting me in the moood for soup. That's okay, because I can totally have soup for dinner if I want it. You know how you talk about some things and get in the mood for them, but you are probably not going to get them anytime soon? This isn't like that! I can have soup! And so can you. What kind of soup do you want?
Just in case you need help, you can check the Wikipedia for a pretty large list to choose from...HERE. Dang, Wikipedia really does have everything...

They Say We Won't Make It Far, Unless We Drive There in a Car

I've had my car trouble lately, haven't I! Makes me want to throw up my hands and forget even owning an automobile. I'd love to actually, but public transportation sucks pretty hard here. And I do feel obligated to have a reliable vehicle for the kids' sake.
But say that you decide not to drive. You're going somewhere within a reasonable distance for a change! For this Choose and Defend Wednesday, tell us what you do to get from Point A to Point B when you can do it under your own power.

Do you...

Bike

Or do you....

Hike

You know what to do! Choose and Defend!