Author Archives: Alice
Is Your Garage Door Boring?
Yeah, this is another email. But it intrigued me. I mean, I’ve never seen one of these anywhere except on the internet, but if I had a garage door, I’d be interested. Check it out:
Fwd: Old Men!!!
>Skinny Dipping > >A ‘funny’ for your enjoyment. > >An elderly man in Florida had owned a large farm for several years. >He had a large pond in the back, fixed up nicely: Picnic tables, >horseshoe courts, a volleyball court, and some apple and peach trees. > >The pond was properly shaped and fixed up for swimming. >One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond and look it >over, as he hadn’t been there in awhile. […]
160- Fishtank
So tense waiting in the doctor’s office, fearing results. Do they really think the fish will soothe? Stare anyway. Goldfish, catfish, silver dollar. Hey! Is that a guppy? Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
Desperate Measures
Jack: Jill, Darlin’, what are you doing with that? Jill: Can’t you tell? Next time Gin and Tonic come running by… Jack: You aren’t going to cage them, are you? Jill: No, no. It isn’t for them…. Jill: It’s for me. Today’s theme is Cage(d) Previously in Jack and Jill: The Run Down Be sure to visit the home page.
Suzie’s House 205 : Seek and Ye Shall Find
It wasn’t there. How could it not be there? Ben knew good and well that he left his flash drive – the secret one he bought with his own money without telling anyone about – should be wedged between the back leg of his desk and the wall. So where was it?
55 – Go To Bed
No, you can’t eat, you’ve already brushed your teeth. Fine, then, have a glass of water. Quit playing in the sink. You were supposed to be in bed hours ago. No, you can’t leave the light on. All right, I’ll leave the hall light on, for now. Will you quit pounding on that pillow? Go to sleep, Dad. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted […]
13 Of The Boy’s Favorite Words and Phrases
Having no idea what to post for this week’s Thursday, I asked The Boy for help. This is what I got. 1. Perfabilastic – perfect, fantastic etc put together. 2. Brutal 3. Metal 4. Nukingfutz – which I still think is a swear word regardless of what he has to say. 5. Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow. 6. It’s better to burn out than to fade away. 7. I don’t think about the future, it […]
Fwd: Hydraulics, Guts and a Good Operator…]
> > Guttsy operator. > > This is pretty cool, great demonstration, wonder where the safety guy was?? > This tower was built to show off the physical power of the excavator.
Suzie’s House 204: A Day in the Life of a Boarding House Owner
Suzie shoved the business end of her canister vacuum under Gene’s bed, and bumped something. Bending over, she flipped back the covers to see an amplifier. An amp? When did he get that? From where? She certainly hadn’t bought him one. Getting down on her knees, she looked a bit further to see if he’d somehow come by an electric guitar to go with the amp, but besides a mountain of wadded school assignments mixed with old wrappers and miscellaneous […]
13 Things My Kids Have Said.
My kids keep me entertained. Check out some of the things they’ve said in the last three or four months. 1. The Girl: The tongue is what happens when you don’t have any bones. 2. The Girl: My head just had a train wreck. No, I mean my train of thought went off the tracks. 3. The Girl: I have come to poke you. *poke* I succeeded. *walk away*. 4. The Girl: I’m kidding. No. Now I realize that I […]
Tag!
Frieda got me. She swooped in with the Tag meme. 1st~four places I go To the bathroom. To the kitchen To school To the grocery store (Yeah, I’m quite the party gal) 2nd~four favorite books The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Trevor’s Song by Susan Helene Good Girls Do by Cathie Linz Steal Tomorrow by Ann Pino 3rd~four favorite TV shows or movies Buffy, Vampire Slayer RED Jacky Chan Adventures Inuyasha 4th~four recommendations Don’t mix bay leaves and barley. They […]
