Ramblings of Silver Blue

PoloRandy’s mom did indeed have a stroke, and will be having to go thorugh rehab and a nursing home. There’s a lot of details I’m leaving out; she has lost the sight in her right eye, she has marked right side weakness, etc. It’s taking it’s toll on eveyrone, so please keep us in your [...]

I was supposed to travel north to visit with a friend this wekeend, and due to circumstances out of my control, had to cancel the plans yesterday. It seems like it was actually the best thing to do because last night, PR’s mom, we think, had a stroke. He zoomed down there at 9 last [...]

Had someone who wrote in wanting me to post all the gory details that I’ve been not posting. I’d written a post “letting it all out”, as it were, and then realized that that wasn’t what I was about. It’s not what the blog is about. I post many things to the blog: jokes, recipes, [...]

(on the topic of relationships) “I’m not looking for my other half. I’m perfectly complete the way it is.”

….how much you hurt me, you woudln’t be able to sleep at night. You, who claim that I feel nothing, that I am nothing, are in fact, looking in a mirror. There’s a difference between crying on command and true pain in the soul. Never think that people can’t tell the difference.

Day by day, life gets back to normal, even if things will never be the same. Part of my life has been changed and I’m looking for a way not to bury the memory, but to make it less prevalent in my life. Self-preservation is the order of the day. Damn the torpedoes. Full speed [...]

and why I never plan on shopping there again. Tink and I decided, since it had been a rough day, to go to a place I rarely set foot in: CompUSA. Now, I call them GougeUSA because, years ago, I purchased 100 CDs from them and they were supposed to come with a $75 rebate. [...]

I’m feeling a little better. Here’s a Friday FloorFiller (Real Audio Required) It helped cheer me up. Maybe it might help you too.

“When I’m Gone” by Rockell When I’m gone, would you take good care of everything Will you keep wearing your wedding ring when I’m gone And when I’m gone, will you take down all the photographs Where we spent our warm and tender laughs When I’m gone Chorus: Will you miss me in the night [...]

I don’t feel like giving answers, nor details. But I do have some questions, after this week has passed where I didn’t, at times, think I’d get through. 1. Have you ever been in a situation where you KNEW that in order to protect yoruself and your very being that you had to get away? [...]

But I haven’t hung up the blog yet. I’ve got too much to say and I need a space to say it.

Would the last pearson to leave turn out the light? Thanks for everything. See you around.

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A while ago I purchased an external drive with LightScribe capabilities. That’s where you take a LightScribe compatible CD or DVD, record it, flip it over, and using the special label side, burn on the label. One downside: It takes 4 minutes to burn a 700 mb CD. To burn a full surface label (only [...]

No, I’m not talking about one of the seven deadly sins. I’m proud For someone else. Who? I’m proud for P. Why? Because this weekend is very special to him, and very important to him. P. has talked to God, listened to God talking to him, and decided that on the holiest of all weekends, [...]

From the 4/11/06 edition of The Daily Press, the newspaper for the Peninsula, Hampton Roads, Virginia: I assumed the American people would be outraged when the Republican Party stole a national election in the year 2000. I assumed the American people would be outraged when the Bush administration started a war that inflicts thousands of [...]

Leave your answers in the comments section or on your own blog with a trackback here! Today’s Theme: Tastes Like… 1. What’s your favourite fast food restaurant? 2. What’s your favourite sit down restaurant? 3. Your favourite dish to order out? 4. You’re trapped away from the outside world. Somehow, you have abundant (non-ending) supplies [...]

Are Americans so stupid as to resort to this? (CNN) — A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Monday on behalf of a 6-year-old Michigan boy whose mother died after he called 911 only to be scolded by an emergency operator for playing on the phone. Attorney Geoffrey Fieger said the family of Sherrill Lynn Turner, [...]

…but I don’t think I am. WTF, Monkeyboy? President Shrub has been going on and on ad nauseum about how the government needs to have secrets to protect the Security of the American people. 9/11. The War on Terror. Wiretapping. Anal Probes. But then, from everything that has come out in the news, he “authorized” [...]

Yes, I’ve been absent for some time from Ye Olde Blog. I make no apologies, excuses, or explanations. Suffice to say that life has been doling out large helpings of things that are best not experienced, and to keep from turning the blog into a major bitchfest, I stepped away. It’s what helped maintain what [...]

Lemon Pudding Cheesecake 1 1/2 cups crushed vanilla wafers (about 40 wafers) 3/4 cup plus 1 Tbsp. sugar divided 3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted 4 pkg. (8 oz each) Cream Cheese, softened 2 Tbsp flour 2 Tbsp. milk 1 cup Sour Cream 4 eggs 2 pkg. (4 serving size each) Lemon Flavor instant Pudding [...]

A very nice lady recently picked a new primary care physician. After two visits and exhaustive lab tests, he said that she was doing “fairly well” for her age. A little concerned about that comment, she couldn’t resist asking him, “Do you think I’ll live to be 80?” He asked, “Do you smoke tobacco or [...]

Gene Pitney has died. Known best for “A Town Without Pity,” “I’m Gonna Be Strong,” “Liberty Valance” and “24 Hours From Tulsa”, Gene also recorded a duet with Marc Almond (of Soft Cell fame) of his hit “Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart” in 1989 that renewed interest in his music and in recent years, [...]

This time with Potatoes!

“I could never run for President; I have a skeleton in my closet… oh, wait; no. I made soup.” –Creepy Susie