More Random Jambaylaya—but way less caustic than yesterday. TG. And speaking of caustic, today I read about Matt Taibbi’s smackdown of CBS foreign correspondent Lara Logan and her ridiculous criticism of a Rolling Stone reporter. He was the guy who wrote what General McChrystal said. It was the truth. America deserves the truth. Good [...]
Random Jambalaya Updates – Rant Factor on a Scale of 1 to 5: = 5! I’ve been thinking about my blog yesterday about Geneen Roth’s book, Women, Food, and God. It was not a positive review. But I think my points are valid. In fact, the more I think about that book, the more it [...]
I can’t remember how I originally heard about Geneen Roth, author of the best-seller and Oprah-approved book: Women, Food, and God. She lived in Santa Cruz for awhile (near where I live)—where she began her crusade to help food-obsessed women, along with herself. Geneen now lives in Marin County—same as Anne Lamott, a friend (and [...]
I have “a friend.” Let’s call her Penelope. She has a new boyfriend. Let’s call him Richard. It’s a new relationship—about eight months. They’re both mature adults—terrific people. She’s divorced; he’s widowed. Their kids are grown. They’re from the same age group and same educational/professional level. They hail from the same area and have (more [...]
[Note: This is Part 2 of my Toy Story 3 Review. Part 1 is yesterday's blog.] Before espousing what I think are the themes of Toy Story 3, first a little plot summary. Toy Story 3 is told from the point of view of Woody (For anyone not familiar with these amazing animated movies, Woody [...]
“Holy Mole Guacamole!” says Hamm the Piggy Bank in the movie. And that sums up Pixar’s latest (and perhaps greatest?) creative effort.The reviews have been (almost) unanimously spectacular: 180 positive reviews on Rotten Tomato; 3 negative. (Who were those people? Space aliens? Cruella de Vil, Scrooge, and Lucifer?) I concur with the masses. It may [...]
As the last POTUS, the Shrub, has said, let history judge his administration. For me in sizing up the success of the Obama presidency, if the ONLY thing he accomplishes during his term is fixing the “fatherhood situation” in America, then I’ll put him in the “Good President” pile. Improving father-children relationships would make a [...]
This is my 250th Blog! And do you know what that means, boy and girls? It means time for NEW SHOES (for ME, not you). I have started a tradition of rewarding myself for every 50 blogs I post in the form of shoes. (See my blog on 4/24/10.) This is one tradition I seriously [...]
The Father’s Day holiday is 100 years old today. It was inspired by Sonora Smart Dodd, in honor of her father, William Smart of Spokane, WA. When his wife died in childbirth, he raised Sonora and her five younger brothers by himself. He must have done a great job—as Sonora began a drive to recognize [...]
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When I was a little kid (P.P.D.—pre-parent’s divorce), our babysitter was Mrs. Story. My Mom required a regular babysitter almost every day so she could flitter around town or do whatever she did. Mrs. Story was like an older and not-nice/not-funny version of Nanny McPhee. Even without a snaggle tooth, she was scary. She wore [...]
