Another Weekend at My House

Hi there! I’m an idiot, and I’m good with that. How many of you can say that?

No need to respond. It’s just a rhetorical question. Ha ha ha … #iamfoolish

Now … last night, I must confess that I stayed up late reading the first chapter of this book by Stephen Leather.

And isn’t that an awesome post? I’ve become much more interested in Stephen Leather’s blog, since he stopped posting about ~~spam~~ ~~bad business propositions~~ things that are way to good to be true. Ha ha ha …

Or has he? Ha ha ha …

If only I’d had the chance to talk to more than his voice mail. If only life were fair, right? Ha ha ha …

And not only do you get to read about Stephen Leather’s books and stuff, but you get to see the time in London. Awesome!

But don’t be fooled by the mean-looking photo! Because Stephen sounds really awesome (on his voice mail). Ha ha ha …

If only ~~I’d done a better job of planning our trip~~ life were fair and I wasn’t an idiot, this could’ve been a totally different photo of Stephen Leather smiling at Harrogate.

Pretend that dude on the left is me.

It would have made such a totally awesome post. Approaching Stephen Leather for real! Ha ha ha …

Oh, well. Next time, when my sister and I go to Ireland and the UK. I hope!

And speaking of my sister, here’s what she posted on Facebook ~~ages~~ a month ago! Texts from Nancy Drew! Ha ha ha … awesome!

My sister’s Facebook avatar. For now.

This is totally awesome, but I’d have to write a whole ‘nuther post about that. Maybe on another blog. Who knows? I don’t make predictions or plan things too far in advance.

So NOT me.

Frankly, when you’ve nearly died enough times, you learn not to count on anything.

You learn just to say, “Thank you! I’m glad to be alive.” Ha ha ha …

So … this morning over breakfast, my husband brought up this band, Pussy Riot.

Clearly, those women are in a truly sucky situation. But are their voices stilled? No!!!

My husband is the kind of awesome guy who can appreciate this. And even makes a mean cappuccino! And dinner, even when he’s sick and in a bad mood. For all these things, I am truly grateful.

Now … here’s another topic my husband and I have discussed. What’s the point of living, if you can’t enjoy it? Isn’t life’s pleasures, including finding joy in our work and sharing that with others the whole point? Or is it?

Which brings me back to Woody Allen, Helen Keller and silver linings!

And this quote: “It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world.” — John Steinbeck

But wait! There’s more. A new edition of this awesome book by Joe Lansdale!

I’ll never look at Singer sewing machines the same way. Ha ha ha …

So … when I said I wanted to read Stephen Leather’s new book, I really meant it. Primarily because I’ve read THE BASEMENT and loved it!

Great work, Stephen. And points to you for knowing about Terry v. Ohio! A case my character, Sam, mentions in this book.

I’d brought a copy of the book on our trip to the UK for Stephen. But, alas, we couldn’t meet. And there I go being Shakespeare. Again! Ha ha ha …

But, I digress. Or do I? Ha ha ha …

Anyhow, here are some things I found on the Web, yesterday and today:

We saw most of this movie yesterday. You can listen to the whole freaking thing on YouTube! Wow!

It’s all about bad fathers who try to be better. And good sons who make bad choices. Or something like that.

What the Dickens? Paul Downie has blogged that he was one of the first authors to mention fish and chips! Wow!

Holy shit!!! That’s an evil-looking snake. This reminds me of another story about the time my brother saw a cougar on his porch. But I won’t go into all that. Not here and now.

Well done, Jenny Lawson! Who can blame you for killing that snake that might be Hitler.

Evil Hitler snake???

If Hitler were reincarnated, he might well come back as a snake. Of course, snakes can come in various forms.

Smile or evil grin?

But I digress. Again. Ha ha ha …

I still don’t believe in paying for reviews.

RIP, Neil Armstrong. Again.

“Hands Around the Library” Book Launch! This takes place right in my own (proverbial) backyard.

This article reminded me of my dead friend, Bill. Because he kept dancing there, even though he had cancer.

This is why you should dance while you can.

Here’s a real survivor story. But wait! She’s an American who uses the word “mobile.” What a phoney! At least, according to some people who won’t be named. Ha ha ha …

Gene Weingarten and I are in (almost) total agreement. Awesome! I’ve often blogged that DC is the last place on earth to find coolness. Hell, Marissa Payne was doing this before I was. On her now defunct blog, which I deemed a Blog of Note.

So … Gene, you may have missed the news that Marissa is a tastemaker. Deemed so by your own newspaper. Ha ha ha …

And I blogged about that here.

Gone, but not forgotten!

She’s also happy not to be dead. Which is very ~~horrible~~ ~~awesome~~ important.

Also, Gene, you totally forgot Duke Ellington! Seriously! For shame. Ha ha ha …

Kidding, of course.

Spike Lee is totally awesome! Always do the right thing. Twice. Ha ha ha …

Isn’t this a lovely story? But when I read it, I figured The Bloggess would probably laugh with Victor and say, “Amateurs!” Ha ha ha …

I hear ya loud and clear on that one, Jenny Lawson.

And if that makes no sense to you, you should read this book right now!

I read this book while on ~~vacation~~ holiday. And all I can say is “Thank you!”

I’ll have more to say here. Eventually. Where I just posted another review yesterday. Hurray for me us all, huh? Ha ha ha …

Crowdfunding works well for dancers! Way awesome.

Here’s a front page story for you. People doing things to be awesome!

Ellicott City has really been through the mill. Last year, it was floods and earthquakes. The cosmos keeps laughing, but so do we. Ha ha ha …

If you read nothing else, read Pricky City. I hear that! Ha ha ha …

And, ~~at last~~ finally, here’s a tune from Nik Nak’s Old Peculiar.

You go, girl!

Plus here’s an awesome quote:

“I suppose more than anything else I’d like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso. They know that life is not just a popularity contest.” — Sean Connery, born 25 August 1930

You said it, Sean!