Archive for November, 2009

waiting for your car to be serviced

November 21st, 2009

Back in the day, waiting for your car to be serviced was nothing but a headache.  They would tell you 45 minutes and an hour an half later, you’d still be waiting.  How many times could you thumb through US Magazine?   Then car dealers got a little smarter.  They added TV’s in the waiting area.  [...]

aging parents, eye surgery and martinis

November 16th, 2009

Here’s a shot of me and my mother.    Joan Garry and Joan Garry.  Yes, we both have the same names.  And the same hats too.
My mother had emergency eye surgery this weekend and  I won’t bury the lead. She is doing quite nicely.
This photo was taken by a nurse right after my mother had put [...]

the perfect solution for garage clutter

November 9th, 2009

It is just amazing how cluttered a garage can become.  One minute it is so neat and tidy and you are sweeping out the last two leaves, marveling at your handiwork.  Then it seems like only days later that you are heaving things (big things) into the garage without even looking.  And then in just [...]

books for all sorts of families at the scholastic book fair. almost

November 5th, 2009

I love this book.  Because it is an age appropriate book about two males who raise a baby together.  And because it is a true story.  It really happened at the Central Park Zoo.  Roy and Silo were inseparable as a couple for six years at the zoo.  They wanted to raise a baby so [...]

maine’s catholic churches take up special collection to fight gay marriage

November 1st, 2009

Look.  I know I am no longer welcome in this club.   And while I think this photo is hilarious, it does not evoke fond memories of my devotion to Catholicism.    As I believe I have mentioned before, it only really stands as evidence that I did wear a dress once and that I did get [...]


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