Author Archives: Alice
13 Things to do on St. Patrick’s
1. Pinch someone. 2. Get pinched. 3. Argue over shades of green. 4. Argue over whether or not pinching should be done at all. 5. Agree to let the whole thing drop. 6. Offer green beer. 7. Slip laxative into said beer. 8. Refuse to take a sip first. 9. Take a shower to wash laxative filled green beer from hair. 10. Offer leprechaun gold. 11. Unwrap it and eat the chocolate inside to prove it’s real, and not Ex-lax. […]
Ah Maria, How to Run a Court
In order to save Austria, Queen Maria Theressa had to take the job of “queen” much more seriously than her predecessors. For instance, she chose a wise courtier to teach her the ropes, and another to run her Imperial Court, stunning them both. As Count Tarouca found himself in the unenviable position of having to take charge of the Queen’s personal life, an equally important job needed doing. Running the Imperial Court. This became the job of Count Khevenhuller-Metsch. He […]
Computers
I can’t remember the last time I bought a computer. I’m guessing my desktop is about eight years old. Might only be six or seven, but I’m thinking eight. It’s a Dell running Windows XP. I’ve had the hard drive wiped once, and looked like I’d need to have it done again. We’re talking about geek work here. It would cost me easily over $100 to have it done. If it weren’t for some weird wiring involving the floppy drive […]
Association Meme
Let’s play a game! Have you ever played the word association game? In that game, someone will say a word, then the next person says the first word they think of. Each person who follows simply says what ever word comes to mind, based on the previous word. For instance: Person 1: red Person 2: bull Person 3: pasture Person 4: grass etc. For the meme, it would look more like this: Alice said: Go! Sacred Ruminations said: Forth and […]
Instant Smoothie
Short of buying it pre-made I can’t think of a quicker or easier way to get a smoothie. Combine aprox half a cup of plain yogurt with 2 Tablespoons of fruit syrup and one cup of milk.
Spiraling Out of Control
Jill: I knew I shouldn’t have gone to a new beauty parlor. Just look what she did to my hair! Today’s theme is spiral Previously in Jack and Jill Four In The rules for Photohunt can be found here. Be sure to visit the home page.
Suzie’s House 155: Throwing Lightning Bolts
It was the beginning of July when Ben caught up with me the first time. By then I’d already forgotten my agreement to read something he’d written. No doubt this was a good thing, as I’m sure I would have flinched when I saw him coming if I’d remembered. Not that I’m unwilling to do critiques, mind you. I have no problem at all doing critiques for my critique partners. These are seasoned veterans of writing – people I know […]
236/365 Sunrise II
Even with Daylight Savings Time, in a few weeks I won’t be getting up early enough to see the sunrise. Used to be I’d celebrate, but lately I’ve been enjoying the photo op.
Band Aide
Cutting corners, making do. Enough, but never extra. One day I cut myself. Reached for a Band Aide. Fancy, with shaped corners and special glue I have to remind myself It’s leftover, bought on sale, okay to use. I can stop looking and bleeding Counting the cost against the need. I deserve this Band Aide. Click on the image to go to hub at G-man’s blog.
