Image via Wikipedia In eighty-degree heat, my son graduates with an associate’s degree. He moves on to a four-year school.We move on to find our chairs.We sit. Nearby, a baby cries.Make that ten babies. At the podium, the speaker is a board chair.I’m bored in a chair. Same thing, sort of. In the audience, a… Continue reading
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Lost in the Shuffle.
Image via Wikipedia Counter-clockwise, with a 4/4 beat. Life does the two-step.
Office Noir: Grim and Grimmer, Part Deux.
A FASHION STATEMENT. Image via Wikipedia GRIM Sneezes. GRIMMER God bless you. GRIM So, now you’re working for him? GRIMMER Who? GRIM God. You just told him to bless me. GRIMMER It’s an expression. GRIM It’s an admission of narcissistic arrogance. GRIMMER I am the furthest thing from arrogant. I’m the rug that everyone walks… Continue reading
Asperger is not a Cheese.
Image via Wikipedia The name Asperger always reminded me of Limburger, the smelly cheese. Yes, Asperger’s Syndrome also stinks but in other . . . let me count the ways. Socially, developmentally, organizationally, motivationally. Sick of the Ly’s yet? That’s okay, because I’m done with the intro and moving into the heart of the cheese,… Continue reading
We’re a Nation of Mutts.
Please stick with me on this because I’m going to be pulling a lot of this blurbage out of my ass. I know. Not a pretty image, but I have to get this out, because frankly, it’s constipating. Woody Guthrie said it best with the song, This land is your land, this land is my… Continue reading
Next Exit Past Asylum Street.
Image by Robert Dalgleish Copithorne via Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertcopithorne/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 On the road, Mom, Dad, and son head to college admissions. We’re watching all the signs. Just passed Asylum Street. A warning. On the shoulder, a discarded sneaker left standing.Farther down the road, another sneaker on its side. Where are the feet? I… Continue reading
Polish Spam.
I received an email this morning, which I am categorizing as “spam scam scum.” Emails from evildoers, who have somehow escaped the access of evil, sneaked into Rwanda, or in this case Poland, and send emails to the most vulnerable — the broke or unemployed. Hopefully, most people are savvy enough to realize the devastating… Continue reading
Migrating Lawn Gnomes, Grass Goblins or Lawn Pets?
I first learned about the problem of migrating lawn gnomes from Reforming Geek, who mentioned it in her recent post Of Winds and Wings and Bluebonnets! Thank you, RF, for your tireless, selfless efforts to warn gardening junkies like me of the hazards that lurk in our gardens. THE LAWN GNOME: THREAT. You’ve seen them crouching… Continue reading
Spam Facebook Friends.
Mr Successful.Antonietta Willa. Ross Dalang. Curtis Mignon.Bettyann Kimberley to smelly132. Shaquita Arnette. Jon C. Lan Shirely. Hyper Jadulz.Bra. Marquita Skye.Zola Nereida. Hiram BODREA.A Friend. Maddie Gwendolyn. Melvina Linsey. Suzann Sixta. Maud Lean. Chiquita Cindi.Alyssa Jacquetta. Flora Adella. Cammy Chelsey. Learn how to seduce anyone you want! Someone in your town has a crush on you. Important… Continue reading
Office Noir: Grim and Grimmer.
Image by The U.S. National Archives via Flickr GRIMI’m so busy answering phones I don’t have time to complain. I’m not happy unless I complain. I have to let the outsiders know that I’m a martyr. But, it’s too easy to use the front door. There’s got to be another way out of here. GRIMMER… Continue reading