Doing TimeDoing TimeA personal blog full of wry and self referential archnesses. Articles
Salvation On Tap
2008-01-31 14:15:00 While I myself do not believe in any form of a higher being, I respect a person’s right to do so. Hence, when someone denigrates a religious symbol, say like Sinead O’Connor tearing up a picture of the Pope on national television, I admit it, I cringe. I’ve been cringing most of the morning after ... More About: Atheism , Salvation , Monsters
Beauty & the Political Beast
2008-01-30 15:26:00 The Miss America pageant occurred over the weekend, and thank Dog, failed to drum up the appropriate amount of business despite its “racier” proceedings this year. Pageant officials are still scratching their heads and wondering why. Why? Maybe because women have wised up to the fact that despite a “platform issue”, when they see a woman ... More About: Beauty , Political , Beast
Calling in the Experts
2008-01-28 21:47:00 Anyone who has been a lifelong athlete knows what I’m talking about when I say we prioritize pain. We do. That nagging tingle in a muscle is largely ignored while we go on with our workout. That hitch in the ankle which feels like the joint could pop in a very not so nice way ... More About: Experts , Calling
I Something Huckabee
2008-01-26 15:37:00 The REVEREND Mike Huckabee this week fielded a question that asked for his thoughts on the economic stimulus package that passed in the house. He ruminated about whether borrowing more money from China to give to Americans so that they could go out and buy products made in China was a good idea. He wondered ... More About: Politics
Farewell Johnny
2008-01-26 15:23:00 Is there anything more disheartening than the death of a beloved blogger? By death, I mean one who has put down their proverbial pen and signed off for good. I am in mourning today for one such blog: the final farewell from John Mayer. Yes, that John mayer, whatever your opinion about his music, he ... More About: Johnny , Farewell
Meathead Extra Sauce
2008-01-25 04:09:00 It was packed at the gym tonight. Guys taking up every available piece of of equipment and yucking it up with their friends instead of getting down to business and giving other people a turn. You know, like any other day at the Y. So I’m waiting for this guy to finish at the bench press, ... More About: Extra , Sauce
So Here?s a Weird One
2008-01-24 03:55:00 In Amsterdam, there’s been a fight over a tree. Not just any tree, but THE tree that gave Anne Frank comfort and about whom she wrote of in her famous diary during her family’s enclosure in a house while hiding from the Nazis. The current drama is that the tree has got a disease. ... More About: Weird
35 Years of Choice
2008-01-23 01:59:00 Wow, it’s weird to think that Roe v. Wade is exactly as old as I am. I take for granted that there was a time when women couldn’t choose. We forget these things, when in fact, we really need to remember. Today to celebrate a landmark decision that recognized a woman’s autonomy of her own body, ... More About: Politics , Feminism , Choice , Years
Pass the Parsnips
2008-01-22 13:03:00 When I met Sailor Man, he had just returned to the States after living abroad in Japan for two years. Aside form having a rather odd accent (which I discovered was really an “Erie” accent), he also had peculiar eating habits resulting from being a vegetarian. I’m from Michigan where “vegetarians” are small game you ... More About: Pass
Naughty Puppy
2008-01-21 14:50:00 I know I have this freakishly bizarre obsession with Vladimir Putin , but I can’t help myself. He’s like this bulldog I used to have, Arnold, bad attitude and hated everyone, but he was so darned cute I couldn’t myself then either. I remember back in college, I would be sitting at my computer banging away ... More About: Politics , Puppy , Monsters
Big Bang
2008-01-20 14:22:00 I can’t help myself, this is just too hilarious and fact, after all, is stranger (and funnier) than fiction… Seriously, you would have thought someone would have the sense to take the battery out if this thing . “Hey there, big boy, is that a vibrator in that box or are you just trying to kill me?” ... More About: Bored , Bang , Big Bang
Twinless
2008-01-19 16:03:00 I have a cadre of old friends I keep up with via this handy invention called email. We rarely see each other, hell I haven’t seen some of them in person in over 9 years, but we keep each other informed on life’s banalities and that suffices until the next high school reunion. Included in this ... More About: Feminism
Over the Line
2008-01-18 14:42:00 Ho.Le.Crap! I couldn’t believe it when I read a news story this morning about a Wisconsin Right to Life group mailing over 40,000 plastic fetuses to local Racine residents to mark the anniversary of the legalization of abortion. What the ever livin’ hell was that about? One resident on the receiving end of these plastic political action ... More About: Line
Inspiritu
2008-01-17 14:04:00 Of all the reasons why someone does or does not vote for a candidate, the one reason that keeps popping up in blogs, on the tv, on the radio, everywhere! is whether or not a voter feels “inspired” by the candidate they are leaning towards. Some people like Mitt Romney’s managerial record but say he doesn’t ... More About: Politics , Monsters , Know Your Rights
Keep Holding Your Breath
2008-01-16 02:28:00 As an allergy and asthma sufferer, I would love a world without cigarette smoke. Of a population of 300 million in this country, only about 46 million smoke (roughly 16% of the population), so why we have to cater to a noxious and disgusting addiction is beyond me, but I have to say, an outright ... More About: Holding , Breath
Nature of the Beast
2008-01-15 04:20:00 Let me tell ya, It ain’t easy being red, particularly given my make and model. In case you don’t know, redheads come in two varieties: don’t eff with me jackass Power Reds and Hi, I’m a doormat can I get you some coffee? Shy and Retiring Auburns. don’t eff with me jackass Power Reds like ... More About: Nature , Beast , Nature of the Beast
!@#$% Airlines
2008-01-14 06:44:00 Left Friday. Flight took off on time, arrived on time. Two hour layover. Flight to final destination takes off on time and lands on time. What’s this? No bags! Can’t locate them. Go to your hotel and we’ll deliver them first thing in the morning! Bullshit they will. I finally got my bag as I ... More About: Airlines
For the Last Time
2008-01-11 12:36:00 Oh, crap, another female libido drug is currently being tested by medical facilities across the country. For Dog’s sake, people! When are researchers going to give up on this nonsense? Not every problem can be “fixed” by pharmaceuticals. Every time I hear about another one of these drugs being tested, it reminds me of this guy ... More About: Time
Horse, Cow, Duck
2008-01-10 13:11:00 I had this boss who lived in a bit of a fantasy world. Wicked smart lady, but her expectations and dreams aimed so high in certain cases, they tended to circle some where around the third moon of Jupiter. For instance: she wanted her PDA, Crackberry, Laptop, Desktop, and external email account to all magically ... More About: Duck , Horse
Got My Freak On
2008-01-09 17:10:00 As long as I can remember, I’ve always been a magnet for weirdos, psychos, hooligans, mental cases and generally bizarre encounters. Why that is, I can not answer, but the fact of the matter is if there is a complete whack-job in a 50 mile radius, chances are they are standing right next to me. I ... More About: Freak
Nyet, Nie, Nada, No How
2008-01-08 16:45:00 “Guess what?! Drew and I are getting married and I want you to-” “No.” “No?” “I’m happy for you, I love you, but no.” A big, fat, unequivocal “No”, mind you. I won’t do it and no amount of bribery, pleading, begging, crying or threats is going to make me a bridesmaid ever again in this lifetime. She should ... More About: Nada
Not Feelin the Love
2008-01-08 02:01:00 What the hell happened to the news over the weekend? I go onto my cnn.com today and it seems like they aren’t reporting anything else other than crimes against women. First up: a deranged ex-con in Georgia has more than likely murdered a young female hiker. Secondly, a guy in Texas called the police to report ... More About: Love
Watch Your Phraseology
2008-01-07 14:24:00 As anyone who reads this blog regularly might have discovered, the Saudi Arabian government is not high ranking on my list of favorite governmental entities. They are a bunch of rat-bastard, misogynistic, dictatorial, terrorist-sponsoring, afraid-of-the-vagina, troglodytes who should be ceased from existing on this planet. “Royal Family” my ass. Royal threat to all things good ... More About: Watch
She Still Gots It
2008-01-06 18:01:00 Puppy Dog is starting to venture out in the new neighborhood and get a sense of her new surroundings. It’s been too cold lately to take her for long walks, so she has been sequestered to our block where I closely monitor her and make sure she doesn’t stay out too long. She’s a made ...
Resolved
2008-01-05 22:15:00 A few months ago, I bought a beautiful, leather bound journal with hand-made paper pages, hand-sewn binding and an enormous brass latch on the front capable of seriously braining someone if I so choose. The thought at the time was that I would start the journal at the beginning of this year and put away ...
Word Up
2008-01-04 16:52:00 It amazes me as an Atheist how much of my life still gets entangled in the church and all things religious. I had a rather facinating adventure a month ago in the form of going bible shopping with a uber-Christian friend. She wanted to purchase a bible as a gift and I thought it would ... More About: Atheism , Word , Monsters
Johnny Come Weighties
2008-01-03 14:48:00 Oh, Doooooog, I hate this time year. Utterly freakin’ joyful that the holidays are over but then that segues to my least favorite season on the calendar: the season of New-Year-Resolution-Yahoos at my gym. I could go on with a nasty rant but I’m really tired after my workout and spending all my available ectoplasm on ... More About: Johnny , Erie
Letters from Beyond
2008-01-02 14:35:00 I’m applying for my Irish passport and retrieved the necessary documentation from my Aunt Mary over the holiday in Detroit. Along with the documents, I was given some very precious treasure: letters from my great-grandfather in Ireland written to my grandfather who had fled emigrated to Detroit during the Irish Civil War. More on that ... More About: Letters
Angels in the Belfry
2008-01-01 15:06:00 I got caught in traffic entirely too long behind one my biggest pet peeves: a person who believes in angels. A minivan from Ohio was blocking my lane and had angel stickers all over the damn place with the proclamation “I Believe in Angels !” in bright pink lettering taking up her entire back window. ... More About: Atheism , Feminism
Second Sight
More articles from this author:2007-12-31 17:31:00 I just returned from my Ophthalmologist’s office where they dilated my pupils. Damn, I forgot how much I hate that. My eyes are all buggy and it is going to prevent me from really enjoying the sunshine today when I take the Slobbermonster for a stroll. I had Lasik surgery last February and am completing ... More About: Sight 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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