What Makes Me Laugh

Here’s how it went down. Me: At the keyboard, hands curved, ready to strike a key. Doug: Electric guitar hanging from his strap, flipping through music. Doug: “You want to play some Stevie?” Me (Thinking): Oh, Stevie Ray Vaughn. Famous blues guitarist. Died in a helicopter crash. From Austin, Texas. 36 years old. Me: “Yeah, [...]

This morning a friend texted me to say Merry Christmas and that she read David Sedaris’s essay “Six to Eight Black Men” to her younger brother today. This is my favorite holiday essay (surpassing even Santaland Diaries) and I cannot read it aloud without stopping to cry with laughter. Here’s a taste of the essay, [...]

Dear Whisper Yellow, It was love at first sight. There we were. In the hardware store. I was looking at Butter Cream, wondering if she was the one when I saw you and all thoughts of Butter Cream flew from my head. I knew, deep down, that you were the one for me. We brought [...]

Doug and I have been vacationing with seniors in Florida, and it was an eye-opening trip. What keeps us young at heart and spry of limbs was on full-display at The Villages, a retirement community where Doug’s father now resides. Let’s take the St. Patty’s Day parade, which not only sported the usual golf carts [...]

Yesterday I got an unexpected call from my massage therapist. “Hey, I’m looking for Doug. He hasn’t shown up for his appointment yet and I can’t reach him on his phone. I’m just wondering if he’s lost.” Lost? In Livingston? This was theoretically possible since it was his first appointment with her, but I thought I had provided [...]

My friend Amy posted this on her facebook page and I had to steal it. She says it’s her favorite commercial of all time and I have to agree. This post is dedicated to my father, who is the ultimate cowboy cat herder in our family, especially when my mom is out of town. Truly, [...]

I’m giving up watching male figure skating for Lent. It’s really not fair to make fun of them. Honestly, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel (not that I even think shooting fish in a barrel would be that easy, let alone fun to do, but you know what I mean). But before I purge, [...]

After we watched the Winter Olympic opening ceremonies last night, I could hear Doug chuckling spontaneously for a couple of hours. He wasn’t laughing about the technical failures of the torch lighting (anyone who has ever had a powerpoint presentation fail on them right before the presentation feels sorry for all involved). He wasn’t laughing [...]

I’m a little road weary from the trip and sore from the run (I silently scream at the sight of stairs) but I couldn’t wait to share the Vegas blow-by-blow since it’s so good. I’m doling out by day, so check back for the new installments. Sorry there’s no pic for the first day – [...]

If you are baffled by the title of this post, then you have some learnin’ to do about sports in the frozen land of the north. It’s the 97th Superbowl of Canada this weekend (otherwise known as the Grey Cup), and the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Montreal Alouettes (I know, I know, only Canadian teams would [...]