So I was walking around, after lighting a candle, with one of those long-armed lighters deciding where best to lay it down. Not on the bed, not on the wood drawer unit, definitely not near those loose papers; the fear of starting an unlikely fire hazard moving through my brain at high speed. Finally, I settled on my glass top makeup table. No potential catastrophic issues there. A few days later, the lighter still lay there. And, as I set in motion the tasks of my usual morning ritual, I sat at the makeup table, hot rollers poking out…
I have been in love since September 1978. I was ten years old and fell head over heels for Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) in “Battlestar Galactica.” It was a love to last a lifetime – which anyone close to me can attest to. Even today, a quick glance around my desk will confirm the accuracy with a view of the vintage Starbuck action figure, a newfangled Starbuck doll, two “A-Team” Templeton Peck figures (one encased due to some terrible guy named Matt who burnt his face on New Years Eve 1989) and one of my many prized possessions from the Universal…
I’ve never been satisfied by middle of the road. Average, median, the grey area is just not where I find comfort. As you may have noticed, I prefer all in or all out. If you are going to commit yourself to something, make it worth your while, or why bother? Just can’t do things halfway; it’s not copacetic. Maybe it’s my self-diagnosed moderate to marked OCD? The best way to describe what manifests itself as my main symptom is an over-excessive need to keep going until everything is in its ideal place: An over…
I am not a huge cereal lover. I like it fine, but I was never a die hard, “can’t live without my Wheaties before starting the day” kind of girl. Growing up watching my brother consume 3-4 bowls each morning, like he had been starved for days or it might be the last time he would be given the magical opportunity to taste such a divine breakfast creation, I instead usually reached for Aunt Jemima’s cinnamon coffee cake. When I spent the night at Gigi’s and we had a bowl of Shredded Wheat or Grape Nuts…
All hail Scottish engineer John Logie Baird! Your lesson for today is that Mr. Baird invented the first mechanical television (followed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth who invented the first electronic television). Considering I didn’t know his name until recently, I am certain he doesn’t really get his due for the significance of his invention. How far we have come in my lifetime: From my early years of television viewing on the 5 channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, UHF Channel 19) broadcasting on our living room console TV to the 1300+ channels in the Spectrum cable channel guide lineup…