Think Outside The Box -WAY Outside The Box

  
On Day Six I start to think outside the box.
 
A few days ago a co-worker of mine walked by my desk and commented on the Christmas Music that was playing on my radio.
He said something to the effect that he was not in the holiday Spirit and whenever he hears  Christmas music he just wants [...]

When This You See- Think Of Me

Nurse Myra sent this clip to me.
She said that when she hears it she thinks of me.
I love to write about the weird, the odd and the macabre
 so
I am feeling very special right now.
Muchas Hugs N.M
amm

Tom Waits
Mule Variations (1999)
What’s He Building?
What’s he building in there?What the hell is he building
In there?
He [...]

You Have To Make Your Own Good Time

 
I kept hearing that it might snow.
So of course it is NOT snowing.
I was not happy until I found a solution for my problem at

  The Wish Jar

But then …Hey Now…I look out the window and see my cat Kolchak watching something…

I discover that somehow
I totally bent nature to my will.
Actually
I guess Kolchak did [...]

An Invitation

( message from Heather Blakey, owner of the Soul Food Cafe and Creator of the Soul Food Cafe Advent Calendar )
It is December and the year is coming to a close. Long standing members
will be familiar with the traditional Advent Calendars.
101 Nights At Soul Food
 is a brand new blog, incorporating my
posts on Wandering the Halls [...]

Travails With A Skeleton

 

“Wanderers eastward, wanderers west,
Know you why you cannot rest?
‘Tis that every mother’s son
Travails with a skeleton.
a.e. housman
“the immortal part”

Those Were The Days

 

 
Remember when cameras used flash bulbs and when you only had to wait a day to get your pictures developed?
Those were some wild times alright.

Stories From The South Portal

 before you ask- yes this is a true story
a.m.
There is a Crows Nest above my door at work.
The nest is about four years old and in those four years a family of Crows takes it over.
Let me ask you a question:
Do you know what happens when you get to close too close to their nest?
Let’s [...]

What Do President Barack Obama and David Tennant Have In Common?

Okay.
It’s a tough question.

I asked my husband this question.
I said: ” Luis, guess what David Tennant and Barack Obama have in common”
He says, ” you. “
Okay, that was a good answer but in this case it was wrong.
Funny.
But wrong.
Here is the real answer:
In the survey of 9-11-year-olds by the National College for the Leadership of [...]

Will The Real Joe Wilson Please Stand Up?

Here in Washington State…
and for those of you who are not in the know, this is the Washington waaayyyy on the west coast.
I know,
when you say Washington it causes confusion and people think you’re talking about DC.
So let me make this clear so that what you are about to read will make sense.
We’re on the [...]

With Obstruction In Their Hearts and Minds

The thing to remember about Health Care Reform is that it IS about real people.
So it’s important to listen to real voices
like Ronnie Rays.

The Ballad of Tony and Sam
by
Ronnie Ray Jenkins
Tony worked, the factory floor; it was fifteen years last week
They cut his job on Friday, now he barely makes ends meet.
Now Tony is [...]