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mostly personal anecdotes where I sometimes try to be humorous

(maybe not always, Not everytime, but sometimes)

  • 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…

  • Pathfinder

    I think it’s safe to say that I’m not a decent movie reviewer; I just don’t have the vocabulary or even the thought pattern that could produce a well thought out critique. In fact, I know I offend my friends when I’ve seen some highly praised art house film and I come out saying, “I…

  • Tried to Bump Off Sam: How Was YOUR Weekend?

    Last Thursday, I almost completely lost it – Sam, our adorable little beagle, ate a big bag of trail mix. In truth, Sam eats anything that has any hint of flavor – the only exceptions are: pills, broccoli and socks – if it’s not pills or broccoli or socks, which oh please, don’t insult her…

  • Who is Dawn?

    When I post on the Big Blue Mess I assume a certain level of geekery from my handful of readers and I completely forget that there are those of you who haven’t got a clue what I’m talking about. While I try to remember to include links, a few things get through the cracks and…

  • Box Dawn

    Come to think of it, I do have a story from the convention. I conned everyone into attending the Dawn Look-Alike contest, which I had remembered as being highly entertaining from two years before when Anthony Daniels (C3PO) hosted. When we got there, we’d just come from a lovely dinner, which originally was just going…

  • Sam

    Sam Back Home Originally uploaded by Big Blue Mess I picked up Sam first thing yesterday morning. As soon as she was moved from the kennel to the vet area in back, I heard her baying up a storm; she was so excited. She burst out of their area, pink bow flopping excitedly and ran…

  • So Say We All!

    I don’t have a lot of “stories” from Dragon Con. Sure, there was the gal that made it her personal mission to scream at all 70,000 attendees as they made their way up the stairs at the Marriott. She was delightful – had a great set of lungs – and when I say “lungs”, I…

  • Kendra vs. The Angry Little Troll

    P8300162Originally uploaded by thekie Here’s Kendra’s shot where she upset the angry little troll that guarded Edward James Olmos. What you miss by just the picture is the woman hollering at Kendra to knock it off; it was priceless. On a side note – the other celebrities who didn’t want to have their photos taken…

  • April’s A-Twitter About Dragon Con

    We got back from DragonCon today – for a quick glimpse at a few of the happenings, check out April’s Twitter. Just a quick “who we ran into”: Chatted up Jerry Doyle who was lamenting the Hilton’s bar not being open at 11:30am. Stood next to James Hong at our hotel’s buffet; all I could…

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