YOU'RE A WINNER BABY

 

SEE THAT ADORABLE CORGI STANDING BY THAT NUMBER 1? 

YUP, GABBY NOT ONLY GARNERED BEST OF BREED, SHE THEN WENT ON TO WIN THE HERDING GROUP! 

SHE FOUND HERSELF IN THE BEST IN SHOW LINE-UP! 

A LOVELY DALMATION SNATCHED THE BIS CROWN, BUT GABBY'S PRETTY FANTASTIC.

 

OBITUARY!

 

THOUGH I'VE BEEN REMISS IN MY AMASSING AMAZING OBITUARIES, 

THIS ONE CAME TO MY ATTENTION TODAY AND I MUST SHARE IT. 

(Actually, it's just the first paragraph that's kinda jaw-dropping)

A Zidelian Mystery

 Some of you, maybe all three, will recall my bloggy homage to Esther Zidel, a woman I knew, a bit. After she left this world some of her scrapbooks and drawings were rescued from the trash heap and given to me. I sensed this "trash" needed saving and I did my best over there. It's been so long since I've done anything bloggy, I can't even manage to do a simple link to Esther. Pathetic.

I was just sent a photo consisting of a trio of Esther works I've never seen. The sender asked me if I could identify the subjects.

The dude in the center is undoubtedly Robert Taylor (does anyone remember Robert Taylor??) 

The mademoiselle on top gives me an Olivia deHavilland vibe, but then I look again and I kind of see her sister. In other words, I'm not sure.

And the bottom dame baffles.

ANY GUESSES??

KNIT HAPPENS

 SO AFTER THE MISTRESS THREATENED TO TURN HER REALM INTO A KNITTING FACTORY, I WENT LOOKING FOR SOME KNITTING TERMS SO THAT I MIGHT HAVE SOME CLEVER RIPOSTE FOR HER.

I GOOGLED AND I CLICKED AND IT BROUGHT ME TO THE PAGE BELOW 

AND ALL I COULD DO WAS SMILE. 

I FOUND, NORMAN!

LYPSINKA!!!

 

JUST WATCHED A NEW LYPSINKA SHOW, 'TOXIC FEMININITY"

IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT JUST WHO & WHAT SHE'S SYNCING TO. I'M NOT HERE TO GIVE ALL THAT AWAY,  JUST TO SHARE A COINCIDENCE.

THERE'S ONE SEGMENT OF THE SHOW WHERE THE LYP IS DOING A LOUELLA PARSONS SHTICK. I KNEW IMMEDIATELY THAT IT WAS FAMILIAR, BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS I COULD GET, SO I GOOGLED. AS I SCROLLED DOWN THE OFFERINGS I CAME UPON A POST FROM THE INFAMOUS DELORES DELAGO TOWERS! JON, THE PROLIFIC GATEKEEPER SLAPPED MY OPAQUE MEMORIES CLEAR (THINK CHER, "SNAP OUT OF IT")  REMINDING ME OF A POST I'D MADE IN 2012(!) ABOUT THE  FABULOUS TC JONES.

THE LINK OF THE SHOW INFERS IT'LL BE UP/FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME.

VIDEO: HERE

YESTERDAY

 

WALKED OUT OF WALGREENS AND THIS PRESENTED ITSELF

(and he drives a Cadillac)

SO, TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK

 

THIS HAPPENED TODAY AND I'D LOVE TO KNOW YOUR OPINION.

WENT INTO DUNKIN' DONUTS TO GET AN ICED COFFEE. I HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING ICED COFFEE AT PLACES LIKE THIS, McDONALD'S AS WELL, WHEN IT COMES TO ANSWERING THE QUESTION, DO YOU WANT CREAM IN THAT?

YES, I LIKE CREAM, SOME CREAM, NOT TOO MUCH CREAM. THESE FAST FOOD JOINTS LOVE TO MAKE THE COFFEE 1/2 COFFEE, 1/2 CREAM. BLECHH.

IT'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM TRYING TO DESCRIBE WHAT I WANT.

TODAY AS I ORDERED MY COFFEE AND THE CLERK ASKED ME THE CREAM QUESTION, IN THAT SPLIT SECOND I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO SAY, 

"I LIKE THE COFFEE THE COLOR OF BEYONCE." 

BUT THERE WAS A YOUNG GUY (A LOVELY SHADE OF MOCHA)  ALSO BEHIND THE COUNTER JUST STANDING THERE. IN THE NEXT SPLIT SECOND I SAID, 

"I LIKE MY COFFEE THE COLOR OF HIM."

WELL, THINGS TURNED QUITE FROSTY. I BEGAN TALKING NON-STOP, APOLOGIZING, SAYING I MEANT NOTHING DEMEANING ABOUT MY REMARK. ULTIMATELY, THIS YOUNG GUY JUST SAID TO ME THAT IT WAS A WEIRD THING TO SAY. 

I DON'T DISAGREE. BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS RACIST. WAS IT?

I'M GOING TO VISIT MY LOCAL BENJAMIN MOORE STORE, 

GET SOME COLOR SWATCHES & KEEP THOSE IN MY WALLET.

OH NO! I WAS JUST GOING TO POP OVER TO PEENEE'S BLOG TO SNATCH A PHOTO OF ONE OF HIS MOCHA BEAUTIES & PEENEE'S BLOG IS GONE!!

WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TOO???

THRIFT STORE SITINGS

 

I LOVED THAT THE SENDER'S NAME IS WAYNETTE.

RAQUEL WELCH

WITH NEWS OF RAQUEL'S PASSING, I WENT LOOKING FOR THIS WONDERFUL VIDEO THAT USED FOOTAGE OF HER (FROM SOMETHING, I'VE NO IDEA WHAT) SAYING EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO SAY ALMOST EVERY DAY.

NO DESCRIPTION NEEDED

 

NEW FACES of 2023

 

GOTTA LOVE HOW MADONNA'S 

WELL ON HER WAY TO PEGGY LEE.

BIG MOUTH

 I KNOW I'M LATE TO THE GAME, BUT HAVE 

Y'ALL WATCHED BIG MOUTH ON NETFLIX??

OBITUARIES!

 

WELL,  LISA MARIE DIED AND THAT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT DEATH WHICH MADE ME MENTION MY OBITUARY POSTS WHICH MADE ME GO CHECK OUT MY LATEST STASH! I WAS QUITE SURPRISED TO FIND HOW MUCH I'VE GOT IN THAT FOLDER.

DISCLAIMER: AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, I MAY BE MAKING FUN OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE'S NAMES OR SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR FACE OR THEIR WRITTEN OBITUARY, BUT I AM IN NO WAY CELEBRATING THEIR DEMISE.

I HOPE THEY ALL LIVED FABULOUS LIVES, SUFFERED LITTLE AND HAD GLORIOUS JOURNEYS AS THEY ASCENDED TO THEIR GLORY. 

Imagine living to 67 and this is your best photo. 

When your name is a typo.

Wonder if that symbol was on her ID?

If you could see the dick my neighbor had you'd gasp.

What. A. Face.

Who among us hasn't . . . . 

Wish her folks would've given her 

a middle name like Donaldessa, or Donaldina.

YET ANOTHER STUPID CELEBRITY DEATH

I WISH I'D THOUGHT OF THIS, BUT LADY BUNNY BEAT ME TO IT.

 AND BY STUPID I MEAN THERE'S A TOO LONG LINE OF THESE FAMOUS PEOPLE, SOME CRAZILY TALENTED THAT DIE WAY TOO EARLY BECAUSE OF DUMB THINGS LIKE DRUGS AND DRINK. WHENEVER I SEE ANYTHING ABOUT WHITNEY HOUSTON I IMMEDIATELY GROWL, ANGRY THAT BITCH IS GONE. 

SHOULD PRINCE BE DEAD? 

I WON'T BOTHER TO LIST THEM ALL, YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

MAYBE IT'S TIME TO SEE WHAT OBITUARIES I'VE AMASSED?

December 24, 1959

 

This is our living room, captured with a black & white Polaroid. It's easy to surmise that there wasn't tons of money for lots of gifts. That bicycle was a hand-me-down from someone. I'm noticing it was a girl's bike. Hmm. 

We received some presents Christmas morning for a number of years as well as a few Chanukah gifts. I never really wondered why we were getting "Christmas" presents, hell, any day was a good day for presents! Turns out we were getting gifts on December 24th because that was our parents wedding anniversary, but we didn't know it! We were told Mum & Dad got married September 24th! 

Seems someone had been pregnant and a shotgun was involved.

                                                                                      

Notice what's on top of that Zenith television set. 

I still have that clock and vase. My sister has the menorah.