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A Haunted House. And A Ghost Wearing Combat Boots.
In honor of Halloween, I’ll now tell the ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY of how I lived in a HAUNTED HOUSE. Don’t worry. This ghost/spirit/whatever was friendly and wasn’t accompanied by the usual creepy music. But first, have you ever wondered why, in scary movies, the hero/heroine always opens the exact door that he/she knows contains the […]
Naked People All Over My House
October 13, 2010
A friend came over the other day and asked me why I had naked people all over my house. Because I am unusually observant about my surroundings, I answered “Huh?” and the friend said, “Look around. You have a naked people in every room.” I checked the bedroom and the bathroom, but my husband Dan […]
An Uncommon Cold
October 12, 2010
I have a cold/virus/bacterial infection/whatever. No biggie. It’s not like I’m sick a lot. The last illness was about five lbs ago. I went to the doctor after whatever I had was building up for about five days. This consisted of: Be fine during the day and throughout the night. Wake up feeling like a […]
Mama Grizzlies, Animal and Otherwise
October 5, 2010
The October 4 issue of Newsweek has an article titled “Hear Them Growl,” about the political female Grizzlies. Life in the Boomer Lanc decided to get to the bottom of this, doing some mighty deep research for about 15 minutes on Google and on the National Geographic site. Aside from the time that a bear […]
Looking A Gift Horse in the Mouth
September 29, 2010
When my husband Dan was in Greece this past month, he saw a friend of his who was visiting there from his home in Germany. He and his wife stayed with us last year and I still affectionately refer to them as “The Guests From Hell.” The wife gave Dan two sets of long-handled spoons […]
Why I Don’t Collect Things
September 27, 2010
The members of my family were always avid collectors. My grandfather, in addition to collecting wives, used to bring discarded items home from abandoned properties that were undergoing renovation. He was a paperhanger, and he never saw an old item (or a young woman) he didn’t like. My grandmother (actually my step-grandmother and his second […]
Why I Don't Collect Things
September 27, 2010
The members of my family were always avid collectors. My grandfather, in addition to collecting wives, used to bring discarded items home from abandoned properties that were undergoing renovation. He was a paperhanger, and he never saw an old item (or a young woman) he didn’t like. My grandmother (actually my step-grandmother and his second […]
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