Out Again

Sorry, the flu I thought I’d beaten back with a stick has merely biding it’s time waiting for me around a blind corner with a sock full of quarters. I’ve been dragging myself out to deal with the work issues… Continue Reading

Happy, Happy Turkey Day!

(forgive the scheduling issue, all my fault) So I am writing this on Thanksgiving, in the throes of a turkey-induced food coma. I didn’t cook, but I did purchase a dinner that, in the true American Tradition of Gluttony® was… Continue Reading

Out Again

Well I can’t win for losing. The allergies I had last week gave way to the flu this week. Fever, chills, the whole nine yards. Oddly, everything smells heightened: the soup I made smelled like socks, and the Fumerie Turque… Continue Reading

Scented Candles

I have to admit that I am a late convert to the idea of scented candles. Of for that matter of candles at all. I have a bit of phobia about open flames, since so many house fires are started… Continue Reading

I Got Plenty of Nothin’

Okay, it’s been a week. The temps in LA were pretty darned high (mid nineties at the beach and well over 100 inland) and there was even some high humidity from a hurricane in Baja. In short, it’s been nasty.… Continue Reading

Off Topic: Health Matters

Okay, so I was set up to write a review but got taken out by the news that a good friend of mine was suddenly taken ill. Which was weird because we had just been at a get together at… Continue Reading

Off Topic: Preservation

Well. I had planned on reviewing the newest from Uncle Serge, but my friendly neighborhood summer cold decided to place a visit again, so that’s obviously not going to happen. So I am going way off topic. The topic for… Continue Reading