Ramblings of Silver Blue

My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a nearby table. My wife asks, “Do you know her?” “Yes,” I sighed, “She’s my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after [...]

Since she’s STILL older than me, I felt the need to get her a gift.

What a cluster the traffic has been around here; I guess with the weather being so beautiful, people are taking off work and going to the beach. Not a bad idea, even if we haven’t hit the end of April yet. When the sun’s out and the temps are up, you know people want to [...]

G’Evening, everyone. I’m finally getting a chance to kick back and relax after a day at work, an upper body workout at the gym (yes, I actually did it, and YES I am very sore), then I came home and bonked myself. Hell’s Half-Acre needed mowed, and since I refuse to pay someone $45 every [...]

One of the problems that a few people in my life have had since I started the Body For Life program is that I don’t have as much free time to throw around as I used to. Why? Because I’m putting myself first, for once. In fact, tonight, a full month ahead of my plan, [...]

Happy Monday to you all. It’s… WARM outside (58) and yesterday was absolutely beautiful weather wise. Of course, that means pollen has kicked up in a huge way, causing allergies to go off the meter. We’ll survive, heavily medicated, of course. Not too much going on this morning, aside from my trying to wake up [...]

A free day that I basically used as such. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to do much, due to other obligations. As it were, Tink, her mom, PR & I went and celebrated at Peking restaurant, which still has the best Chinese food in the Hampton Roads area. Of course, I ate too much, and I’m [...]

Rejected title: Some people just don’t get it, do they? I think it’s interesting how some people are so focused on themselves that they can’t see beyond the end of their arm. Instead of thinking about what they can do for others, in small ways, it’s all about them, or requires such a grand stand [...]

Afternoon everyone. How’s your weekend going? What a strange and wonderful day it’s been. Since we’ve last chatted, I’ve biked four miles, walked five miles, grocery shopped for the next week, made a wonderful smelling marinated chicken and vegetable salad (yeah, I actually used red wine vinegar, so I know Tink and PR are going [...]

I figured since I was up already, I may as well do a post on the blog; not that I didn’t want to do one last night, but between going to the ‘rents to do my workout, coming home and cooking dinner, and then talking to a friend, I really was wiped out. So, apologies [...]

I won the Outstanding Staff Member of the year 2006-2007!!!! I knew I was in the running for it, but I’m floored to actually have been selected. Talk about a wonderful way to end the week!

The Former Sister Mary Hasta has tagged anyone who hasn’t done this meme, and that would be me. So, without further delay, six weird things about me. 1. I can make a parody of just about any song … on the fly. Some of my parodies even rival Weird Al’s best. No, I’m not kidding. [...]

It was two years to the day, yesterday, that I posted “New Medicines for Women” from Moonglow, and then yesterday, posted the same joke again (only with the visual conclusion) as forwarded by DMA1 without even knowing it. It showed up in my “Flashback” and that’s the only way I knew. Guess if it’s funny, [...]

Finally Friday Edition! Huzzah!!! Lots of things going on today — Tink and family are off to Busch Gardens for the day (it is 45 degrees now, on the way to the mid-to-upper 60s, so it looks like it’s gong to be a good day for them), while the rest of use are headed out [...]

Yes, I just posted a password protected post. No, I am not giving anyone the password, so don’t even ask for it. I needed to get some things out of my system that were building up before they exploded. I’m better now, so everything’s going to be alright. Went over to the ‘rents house this [...]

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DAMNITOL Take 2 and the rest of the world can go to hell for up to 8 full hours. EMPTYNESTROGEN Suppository that eliminates melancholy and loneliness by reminding you of how awful they were as teenagers and how you couldn’t wait till they moved out. ST. MOMMA’S WORT Plant extract that treats mom’s depression by [...]

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Abbreviated edition this morning, I regret, but I have to make breakfast and … well, there’s no better, more important way to start your day, right? I must admit when I heard that the latest American Idol to be voted off the island and had to leave the house immediately without continuing the race (how’s [...]

You can be anybody that you want to be, you can love whomever you will… Talk about a day that is the physical embodiment of a card I gave a friend for his birthday: “In one bright, blue moment when you knew you could fly…” I can’t explain how things are falling into place, but [...]

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Venomous Kate has words of wisdom regarding the current state of suckage in blogging: Mrs. Jones taught us in third grade that paragraphs should begin with a topical sentence, continue with a few supporting details, then culminate with a conclusive/transitory sentence. Dear Mrs. Jones also had seventeen cats and died a lonely death without ever [...]

A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them. After a while, they came to [...]

Hump Day edition. Boy am I glad the week’s half over — it’s that much closer to the weekend, bay-bee! As promised (I’m trying to make it less time between the promise and the delivery on the promise), here’s a photo of me in the shirt I haven’t been able to get into since 2002, [...]