Beth

  • Christmas 1975

    Christmas 1975Originally uploaded by Big Blue Mess I don’t remember many Christmas’ – just flitters of images – heading to my aunt’s house to be with the rest of the family – the children’s table at Grandbuddi’s – cranberry “sauce” making that sickening sucking sound as it fell out of the can – dressing up…

  • Where’s My Christmas Card?

    You’re not getting one. Sorry. The truth of the matter is that I went card shopping this year and bought the most amazing and unique couple of boxes of Christmas cards. They were COOL! You would have loved one. I would have even written: “Merry Christmas!” and depending on how well I knew you, I’d…

  • Scott Griffiths: November 27, 1946 – December 21, 2008

    Scott Griffiths: November 27, 1946 – December 21, 2008

  • Birthday Stroll 2008

    S7301639.JPGOriginally uploaded by AprilB As you know, I was born on Christmas… yes, I do still mean the actual day (just like I did last year). It’s not some sad plea for attention, I mean the 25th. Not Christmas the 27th or Christmas on January 3rd, but the day when our family happens to celebrate…

  • Confessions

    Guys, I’m going to need you all to sit down for this one. I’ve got something important to tell you that I just discovered about myself and I thought it would be better if it came from me (before you heard it from a friend) and that I told you all at the same time…

  • 211 Degrees of Oh Please: The Missing Degree

    I’ll be honest with you, I’m not very “woo woo” or “touchy feely” and I’m not an easy sell on force-fed self-help crap (it’s the force-fed part I’m against). Sure, I can admit that I’m being a little unfair (maybe a lot) since it seems to work for the masses, but for me most of…

  • Wal-Mart Frenzies

    For years now, Wal-Mart and I have had a sort of love-hate relationship. I remember in the 80’s when it was all the rage and I lived in my small town; it was the biggest (and only) store that seemed to be open on a Sunday – oh sure, there was Hastings, but Hastings didn’t…

  • Memories of Beth

    The wedding wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be; in fact, I guess it wasn’t even bad at all. I was expecting a monster truck rally, but instead was treated to a lovely traditional Greek Orthodox ceremony. Still, I would have preferred a monster truck rally – more stories. My best friend,…

  • New Understandings

    Scott posed the following question to his readers about a month ago: That brings up my question, is there something someone said to you, or that you heard at some point, that opened up your eyes and made it possible for you to achieve a new understanding or to change some behavior that was holding…

  • Sam Update: The Beginning of the CCL Saga

    Well, it’s the crack of dawn and I’m wide awake so instead of tossing and turning or drinking warm milk, I thought “what the hell, I’ll poke the Big Blue Mess”. Plus, warm milk just sounds gross. I mean, does that really make you fall asleep or does your body throw up a white flag…