Middling: I Fall Down, Go BOOM
Being that "Anxiety Ridden" was my middle name back then, as a child watching Lassie, it was no surprise to anyone that my favourite part of show was the end credits, featuring Lassie only (a forward...
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"HAPPINESS IS NOTa circusclown rolling around in a big tractortire so that his arms and legs form 'spokes.' Happiness is when he stops." --Jack HandeyHAPPYJack HandeyFRIDAY!. . . . .Don't hate me...
View ArticleSparkleFarkel's Lenten Fasting Tip No. 164
So unlike me to post a picture like this, I know. But I believe-it-or-notty actually do have my "days," and this is just happens to be one of them. (Image originally downloaded HERE.)164. Listen up....
View ArticleNever Hit a Piñata That has Hornets Coming Out of It
WARNING:ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK.Billy after his eighth glass of PEG-3350 & Electrolytes solution took hold, Tuesday eveningIF YOU THINKthere's nothing worse than biting into a delicious chocolate...
View ArticleIt is Never Easy to Say Goodbye
IT IS WITHthe heaviest heart I have ever known that I am very, very sadly farewell-until-we-meet-againing my cherished kittybink-friend and member of the family,Poco. Perhaps being able to recognize...
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Poco Cocoa July 31, 1995 - March 29, 2013"YOU KNOW THAT PLACEbetween sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming? That's where I will always love you. That's where I'll be...
View ArticleWhen It Rains, It Tsunamies
My words to finallylive by:When it comes to family,....... THREE WORDSI should have said a long, looong time ago:I. Give. Up.Happy Easter my a**-ly yours,SparkleFarkle~~~~~*P.S. Jesus Christ has risen...
View ArticleYou Gotta Know Your Medicine and When to Take It
POINT BEING: I know mine, and I will be full-strength downing it at 8 PM sharp.(The Walking Dead season finale is tonight!). . .IMAGE CREDIT: twitpic
View ArticleIt Would Have Been One Hula of a Good Time
BECAUSE THEY ALWAYSseemed to have something nice to say about everybody and had incredible lower torso moves to boot (or would that be "bootie"?), here'swhat I wanted to be when I grew up, on a...
View ArticleHow 'Bout a Special Day We Can Celebrate Whenever It Strikes Our Fancy?
IN OTHER WORDS,HAPPY"Let There Be Jack Handey FridaysThat Fall on Any Old Day of the WeekandLet It Begin with Me"DAY!I need Momsy and her toxic "antics" like I need a hole in the head.(Image credit:...
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ONE WORD:Jackpot!!!. . .Tell me, why, oh, why can't all men be Jimmy Fallon?CONGRATULATIONS on getting the Tonight Show seat, Mr. Fallon. It couldn't have gone to a nicer guy!Rest in peace, my Mollo,...
View ArticleIt is Easier to Love Than to Live
“THE SOUND OF FRESH rainrun-offsplashing from the roof reminded me of the sound of urinesplashing into a filthy Texaco latrine.”–Jack HandeyHAPPY Let There Be Jack Handey Fridays That Fall on Any Old...
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Annette FunicelloOctober 22, 1942 - April 8, 2013❤May her soul rest in peace.❤PHOTO CREDIT: Image of Annette, Babes in Toyland, which is one of my favourite photographs of her, that of which she...
View ArticleThere's No Place Like Gnome, Or Is There? Yes There is, Namely Poco
TODAY IS my birthday. I am now one hundred years old, which is beside the point, because last night I said, "To Hell with my birthday, I miss my cat Poco and I want her back, even if it's only in the...
View ArticleI Couldn't Help But Smile, TWICE
For the brewed to perfectiony cup of kindness poured me this morning, I say a GREAT...
View ArticleDeep, Deep, Deep Into the Waters of His Domain Where Woman May Follow Only at...
REMEMBER THIS TV show? I loved how Marlin Perkins had no problem taking Jim Fowler's lifeinto his own hands on a weekly basis. Now that, my friend, is good television!"Borrowing" in a BIG wayfrom The...
View ArticleHere's Wishing You a Merry, Little "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" Kind of Day!
When I walk past an automatic door and it opens for me, I worry that if I don't go in I'll hurt its feelings. "Oh, um, I'm sorry, I was just...um...I guess I can hang out for a little while." (P.S....
View ArticleFor What It's Worth, Because, This Time, You'd Be Surprised!
Overheard yesterday in the baking aisle at the gr0cery store:ONE GUY TO ANOTHER GUY: "DON'T say 'nutmeats.'"IMAGE CREDIT: walnut innards courtesy of 123rf
View Article"I Still Want Me a Cowboy. Is That So Wrong?" --SparkleFarkel Fierstein
DEAR[And so what if he’s nearsighted?At this point in my life, I sure as hell can't be choosy.Honestly, what do you take me for? I'm not that shallow.] “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are,”Here’s me...
View ArticleEelings, Nothing More Than Eelings
(I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY: Alone in a "It was a dark and stormy night..." kind of darkdarkened movie theater, a long time after childhood (1980), I would choke on my popcorn when William...
View ArticleThis One Doesn't Deserve a Title
“INSTEAD OF A TRAP door, what about a trap wind0w? The guy looks out it, and if he leans too far, he falls out. Wa!t. I guess that's like a regular wind0w.”--Jack Handey. . . . .HAPPY SECOND HELPINGof...
View Article(sings to the tune of "Let There Be Peace on Earth") Let There Be Men on...
Pictured: Principal Sister Mary My Name is Talking Tina and You're Going to Be Sorry and her cohorts, the Guilt Pushers, breaking in the hoop they would later have me jumping through 24/7 (That's...
View ArticleCar 54 St. Blaise, Where are You?!
[WARNING: If talk about feline pica AKA cat furballing gets to you, then you don't want to be reading this--regarless of the fact that it's not even about pusses who swallow their own hair and what...
View ArticleWanna Hear Angel Voices? Sure You Do! (Come On, Because What Could It Hurt?)
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