HOUSEKEEPING

Okay, it seems I have some things to clean up around here. Just a few items that need some clarity according to my email and facebook inbox. Here goes …

1. Apparently those funny looking oranges weren't oranges. They were (and I guess are) tangelos – a fruit that is a combination of a tangerine and an angelo I suppose. Anyway, I guess they are supposed to look like that – "that" being boobies. My mistake and my apologies to oranges everywhere (and to the certain people to whom I stubbornly insisted I was right.)
2. I didn't like Gran Torino because it wasn't a good movie. And the only reason I was able to stay through the whole thing was because The Hub leaned over halfway through and said "just pretend it is a comedy … it will be a lot easier" and that worked. The most disturbing part of the movie for me wasn't even the movie, it was the reaction of everyone else in the theater all of whom seemed to frickin-frackin LOVE it. It was upsetting. I felt like I was on Candid Camera or part of an experiment like the one where the teacher asks a simple question and everyone answers it wrong on purpose to see what the one person (who isn't in on it) will do. And in the experiment, more times than not, the person who is right and KNOWS they are right actually answers wrong because everyone else is answering wrong. I was the poor sap who KNEW it was a bad movie and everyone else was just pretending to think it was a good movie. Either that or everyone in the theater was just excited to see a movie since they haven't seen once since Tora! Tora! Tora!
3. I'm the author and keeper of this blog. That means I'm the boss, Applesauce. If I deem a comment inappropriate, I will remove it. And I don't even have to have a reason. But since you asked, I do have reasons I will remove a comment
   1. SPAM. If the comment is spam it gets deleted – this goes without saying I think
   2. HATE. If your comment is hateful out it goes. I'm fine with disagreements. In fact, I encourage healthy debate but the moment you cross the line into hateful, you're outta here
   3. POTTY MOUTH. Hello Pot, this is Kettle, You're black. I know I know … sometimes I use some pretty strong language myself but again, this is my blog. If your comment contains a lot of profanity or, in fact, certain words, I may delete it … or I may just edit it and change your f-bomb to something much more benign like "fudge cookies"
   4. CAPS LOCKS. IF YOU CHOOSE TO COMMENT IN ALL CAPS REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU SAY YOU WILL BE DELETED AND ALSO MADE FUN OF RUTHLESSLY BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO BE SHOUTED AT CONTINUOUSLY IT'S ANNOYING. BY THE WAY, IT IS REALLY HARD TO READ A COMMENT IN ALL CAPS. AND YES, I YELLED THE ENTIRE TIME I TYPED THIS.
   5. Any other reason I come up with
4. I actually really like childless stepmoms. I am one, after all. And some two or three years later, I'm still dealing with the fallout from the original post where I apparently came down sort of hard on childless stepmoms. And while I sincerely apologize for hurting anyone's feelings I still stand by the spirit of that post – the attitude and the way you choose to think about a situation and how and how much you choose to focus on a situation has the greatest impact on how you feel about a situation. Also I can't help but point out the irony of someone calling me some of the most vile names I've ever been called while they point out they are not bitter or angry. Giggle. Okay.
5. I'm doing much better these days with my SAD situation (Seasonal Affective Disorder). And as we creep closer and closer to summer we are adding minutes and minutes of sunlight each day. And that makes me very very happy.
6. I don't know why I do the Puss Face. 90% of the time, it is unintentional. Although it is sort-of becoming a "thing" of mine.
7. My roller girl name, if I had one, would probably be Eva Destruction.

That should cover most bases for now.

 

Comments

[Wendy]

I love reading your blog. I now need to think of my roller girl name. Great. I will barely sleep tonight.

[Larry B. Meredith]

I love reading this as well.

I was in AZ from 8 Feb to 18 Feb and I saw the "The 3 Day" 30 minute info-mercial. You look great but I suspect the footage was a year or so old? Your hair was pretty short.

I cried some and if I wasn't already signed up for 2K9 Chicago, I would have called on the spot.

See you in August,

Larry B.