Author Archives: Alice
Suzie’s House 144: Sharing the News
“Mom! I did it! I talked to Mrs. Audrey.” Ben whipped into the house about five times as fast as he was supposed to. He ran down the hall to the kitchen. “And she said yes!” Intstead of finding Mom there, he found Miranda, who was packing one of Mom’s travel boxes. The travel boxes looked like toy boxes about the size of a picnic basket. They were great for holding the food on camping trips and stuff.
Bah!
Fluffy sheep jumping white pickets in Facebook aps never end. The same white fence, the same white sheep. Copy, paste, friend and tweet Sending round and round messages of almost-connection. Warmth from a name made familiar by kind repetition lulling the sheep with illusions of solidity, making them think it is safe to jump.
13 Almost Words
For a while now Blogger has been using an interesting “captcha” code thingy. Instead of typing in totally random letters, you’re supposed to type in something that almost looks like a word. As bad as I am at spelling, some of these might even actually be words. For instance: 1. accoras – the boy swam accoras the river. 2. aggil – that acrobat is so aggil. 3. adder – (hey, this one’s real. Right?) 4. baemers – all those rich […]
A Brief History of Underwear
In honor of the episode of Suzie’s House in which Ben wears his underwear on his head to convince Gene he’s serious about an apology (you’d have to read it – both part one and part two – to understand) I’m going to focus on the history of the whitey tighty this week. I was going to start with the loincloth, since consensus has it that counts as the first ever men’s underwear. The idea was to take a long […]
The Meaning of Life
My Sister in Law died a few hours ago. I mentioned her several months ago. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer. It’s actually quite amazing that she managed to live even this long after the original prognoses. We weren’t particularly close. I’ll certainly miss her, and am feeling a kind of missed-step hollowness, but I won’t be shedding many tears. I won’t discuss the details of her life or death here. I would like to say she led a full […]
Fw: The Irish Bagpiper
As a bagpiper, I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man who had no family or friends. The funeral was to be held at a cemetery in the remote countryside and this man would be the first to be laid to rest there. As I was not familiar with the backwoods area, I became lost and being a typical man, did not stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late. […]
Santa’s Whiskers
This is a fun little bite-sized cookie. Don’t skip the chilling stage, though, or you’ll end up with flat ovals when you go to cut them. 1 c butter 1 c sugar 2 Tbs milk 1 tsp vanilla 2 1/2 c flour 1 c finely chopped red (and) or green candied cherries 1/2 c finely chopped pecans 1 c flaked coconut Beat butter for 30 seconds. Add sugar and beat till fluffy. Add milk and vanilla and beat. Stir in […]
Mouthing Off
Jack: I may not have worked out the way you did, but I’m still in great shape. See. Jill: You? In great shape? Pft!!! Jack: What do you mean by that? . (continued directly from last week and continuing on next week) Today’s theme is undesirable Previously in Jack and Jill Working Out Saturday photo scavenger hunt The rules for Photohunt can be found here. Be sure to visit the home page.
