PREPARATIONS, PREPARATIONS...

WE'RE BUSY READYING OUR KITCHEN FOR

INFOMANIAC'S BIGGEST COMPETITION YET!

I'VE EMPLOYED A CRACK TEAM, EAGER TO ABIDE MY EVERY WHIM.

THE DESMOND TEST KITCHENS MUST BE SPOTLESS!

HOLY SHIT

TODAY, DURING A BRIEF ONCE-OVER AT HALF-PRICE BOOKS,

I CAME UPON A BIBLE IN THE CLEARANCE SECTION, SHELVED IN NON-FICTION.

TRULY ANNOYED, I QUICKLY MOVED IT TO FICTION.

THE PERFECT YOM KIPPUR ANTIDOTE

ROSH HASHANAH 2012

THERE ARE MANY CUSTOMS FOREVER LINKED TO THE JEWISH NEW YEAR.

OUR WONDERFUL FRIEND, MJ, SHABBOS GOY TO THE STARS 

JUST BLEW HER SHOFAR OVER AT INFOMANIAC-ish. 

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ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE DELIGHTFUL CUSTOMS IS ONE WE DO HERE.

IT'S QUITE OLD, ITS ROOTS FOUND IN ANTIQUITY...

BEFORE DINNER, WE HIGH JUMP OVER THE BLAZING BRISKET.

The normadesmond CrAftY KorNeR

ALL ATTENDEES WILL BRING THEIR OWN BRUSHES.

CANVASES WILL BE PROVIDED.

THOUGHT of the MOMENT

SO MUCH TO DO

IN ANTICIPATION OF INFOMANIAC'S COOKING CONTEST

I'VE HIRED A GIRL TO COME IN AND GIVE THE PLACE A GOOD SCRUBBING.

OBITUARY

LET'S HOPE NONE OF US EVER HAS A BEA BYRNE ON THEIR TAIL.

MJ's HOLIDAY MEMORIES-II

WINNERS RECEIVED TROPHIES AND THEIR OWN BOTTLES.

MJ's HOLIDAY MEMORIES

SUMMER, 2012  HOLIDAY SNAPSHOTS- FIRST IN A SERIES

HOKEY-POKEY, APRES LUNCH

AND SO GO THE PHYLLISES

OY VEY, 

DOES SHE NEED TO START 

LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER?

PHYLLIS THAXTER

Phyllis Thaxter, 92, an actress who had an active film career in the 1940s and '50s and capped it with her portrayal of Clark Kent's mother in the 1978 version of "Superman," died Tuesday at her home in Orlando, Fla., said her daughter, actress Skye Aubrey. She had Alzheimer's disease.

SPLISH SPLASH

REMEMBER THIS?

REMEMBER HOW SHE HAD THAT SECOND SET OF TEETH

THAT EMERGED TO MUNCH?

WELL THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PLUNK YOUR ASS 

DOWN ON A TOTO SELF-CLEANING TOILET SEAT!

YES, YOU LIFT THE SEAT AND LIGHT, FLUFFY FEATHERS 

DRIFT ABOUT, DOING THEIR BEST TO THROW YOU OFF.

PLUNK THAT FAT ASS DOWN AND YOU HEAR A FAINT SPRITZING SOUND, AS WELL AS SENSING SOMETHING MOVING CLOSER TO GROUND ZERO.

TURN YOUR HEAD TO THE RIGHT AND PRECISELY SELECT THE CLEANSING

ACTION THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU. THERE'S GENTLE AND ITS COUNTERPART. AND THAT THING YOU HEARD INCH IT'S WAY TOWARDS YOUR TANG DOES JUST WHAT IT PROMISES. THEN SELECT DRY. THAT'S RIGHT, IT BLOWS IT DRY. I COULDN'T FIND A KNOB FOR GEL OR DETANGLER ON THIS MODEL.

NOT SURE HOW LADIES MANAGE TO PRY THEMSELVES OFF

THIS LOVE MACHINE.

MYSTERY GUEST REVEALED

Here's our little mystery guest with his sister, Dad and Mom. 

That's right, he's little Joey Luft, Judy and Sid's youngest. 

I hunted around a bit to see what I could find out about him. Not much. I'm sure there are readers who know all there is to know. I found a message board that did lots of speculating about him....fetal alcohol syndrome, drug abuse......it couldn't have been easy.

Thanks everyone for playing along! You're just dolls, all of you!

NOT TO BE MEAN...

...but I must give Helen a hand. Imagine all she accomplished...

and with that face.

Though a stupid movie, I recall enjoying "Sex and the Single Girl" back when I saw it in the middle ages. I imagined how aroused Helen must've been at the premiere, gazing up at the sublime Natalie Wood playing her. I also imagined that after that movie, all Helen ever saw when she looked into a mirror was Natalie.