An incomplete list of songs titled "Jolene"
by My Husband
1. "Jolene" by Bob Dylan
2. "Jolene" by Cake
3. "Jolene" by Cory Branan
4. "Jolene" by Dolly Parton
5. "Jolene" by Janis Ian
6. "Jolene" by Jeremy Fisher
7. "Jolene" by Ray LaMontagne
Friday, August 28, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
A List for a Friend Complaining about Turning 37
Here is a list just for you of awesome 37-year-olds:
1. Julia Child did not go to cooking school until she was 37.
2. Loretta in Moonstruck is 37 when she meets & falls in love with Ronnie Cammareri.
3. This weekend Rubens Barrichello won the European Formula 1 gran prix this weekend - his 282nd race, beating 18 drivers younger than he, and one very bad 38 year old driver.
1. Julia Child did not go to cooking school until she was 37.
2. Loretta in Moonstruck is 37 when she meets & falls in love with Ronnie Cammareri.
3. This weekend Rubens Barrichello won the European Formula 1 gran prix this weekend - his 282nd race, beating 18 drivers younger than he, and one very bad 38 year old driver.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Pizza at the Hi-Tone
Here's what we tried of the Hi-Tone's lunch special: $9 all you can eat pizza plus a salad & drink.
- margherita
- chicken mozzarella
- Italian
- pepperoni
- barbecue
- hot wing
- cheese
- cheeseburger
Friday, August 14, 2009
So Many Things I Can't Believe Today
- I can't believe the Memphis Chamber used to have Memphis/Shelby County demographics on their website, and now you have to pay for them.
- I can't believe I saw a young woman walking down the street wearing a midriff shirt.
- I can't believe that right after I saw that young woman in the midriff shirt, I saw another one wearing suspenders.
- I can't believe charities call businesses to ask for money, especially non-profit businesses.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
John Hughes-est Characters
(based only on the ones I just watched)
- Best Villian: James Spader as Steff in "Pretty in Pink"
- Least Sense of Humor: Molly Ringwald as Andie in "Pretty in Pink"
- Most Miscast: Lea Thompson as the Great Beauty Amanda Jones in "Some Kind of Wonderful"
- Funniest: Anthony Michael Hall as Farmer Ted in "Sixteen Candles"
- Hottest: Michael Schoeffling as Jake Ryan in "Sixteen Candles"
- Saddest: Alan Ruck as Cameron in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
- Wearing the Most Makeup: Eric Stoltz as Keith at the end of "Some Kind of Wonderful"
- Best Supporting: Tie between Harry Dean Stanton and Annie Potts in "Pretty in Pink"
- Still Most in Love With: Andrew McCarthy as Blane in "Pretty in Pink"
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Memorable Birthdays
1. When I turned 4 we had cake with my brother's friend from 2 houses down, Adam, and my 2 cousins who lived next door, Amy & Jenny. The cake had one of those shaped sugar decorations in the shape of Snow White, and I was making everyone laugh with jokes about eating her head. It's my first memory of making my peers laugh.
2. On my 5th birthday, we lived with my Aunt Jeannie. I remember a bike (tricycle?) with a basket on the front being wheeled into Jeannie's kitchen. More than the bike, I remember that the basket was full of books.
3. My brother Richard and I spent a few weeks with our grandparents in Naperville, IL, the summer I turned 10, and we met up with our parents & little sister Katherine in St. Louis on my 10th birthday. We went to church (it was on a Sunday that year, too), we went to the St. Louis zoo, and saw the arch, which freaked me out. It seemed unreal, and at 10-years old I had a Buddhist moment in which I realized that everything was illusory or impermanent. Then we went to the Spaghetti Factory for dinner!
4. During my teen years I always requested the same birthday meal: shrimp and twice-baked potatoes, yellow cake with chocolate frosting, and my Mother always complied beautifully. She makes the best cake.
5. Around my 17th birthday I'd made vague plans to do something one night with my best friend Robin, who was nice enough to come and pick me up, though because she was really late I gave her a hard time about it all the way back to her house. Back to her house, where a surprise party was waiting for me! I felt bad about giving her a hard time about being late, but not so bad that I didn't totally enjoy myself.
6. When I turned 20, Toby surprised me with a trip to New Orleans. I'd never really been anywhere on my own, as an "adult", and it was the first of over 50 trips we've taken together over almost 18 years.
7. On my 23rd birthday Toby gave me a "promise to get married when we're both ready" ring.
8. For some reason I remember everything we did the day of my 25th birthday, which culminated in a dinner with friends featuring rabbit as the main course.
9. When I turned 30 I wanted something special, but I didn't, and I didn't know what it might be that I might want if I really did want something special. But it didn't matter, because my best friend Heather took care of everything and threw me a surprise party.
10. The 30's, so far, all run together, much like the teen years, but there have certainly been some fun times, like a bunch of friends gathering at Abyssinia Ethiopian Restaurant, going to visit my sister right around my birthday and having her homemade frosting, and all of the rounds of "Happy Birthday" sung to me at bookclub.
11. So far today I've had a lovely Sunday morning with Toby, read a little, painted a little, and had a pimento cheese sandwich for lunch.
2. On my 5th birthday, we lived with my Aunt Jeannie. I remember a bike (tricycle?) with a basket on the front being wheeled into Jeannie's kitchen. More than the bike, I remember that the basket was full of books.
3. My brother Richard and I spent a few weeks with our grandparents in Naperville, IL, the summer I turned 10, and we met up with our parents & little sister Katherine in St. Louis on my 10th birthday. We went to church (it was on a Sunday that year, too), we went to the St. Louis zoo, and saw the arch, which freaked me out. It seemed unreal, and at 10-years old I had a Buddhist moment in which I realized that everything was illusory or impermanent. Then we went to the Spaghetti Factory for dinner!
4. During my teen years I always requested the same birthday meal: shrimp and twice-baked potatoes, yellow cake with chocolate frosting, and my Mother always complied beautifully. She makes the best cake.
5. Around my 17th birthday I'd made vague plans to do something one night with my best friend Robin, who was nice enough to come and pick me up, though because she was really late I gave her a hard time about it all the way back to her house. Back to her house, where a surprise party was waiting for me! I felt bad about giving her a hard time about being late, but not so bad that I didn't totally enjoy myself.
6. When I turned 20, Toby surprised me with a trip to New Orleans. I'd never really been anywhere on my own, as an "adult", and it was the first of over 50 trips we've taken together over almost 18 years.
7. On my 23rd birthday Toby gave me a "promise to get married when we're both ready" ring.
8. For some reason I remember everything we did the day of my 25th birthday, which culminated in a dinner with friends featuring rabbit as the main course.
9. When I turned 30 I wanted something special, but I didn't, and I didn't know what it might be that I might want if I really did want something special. But it didn't matter, because my best friend Heather took care of everything and threw me a surprise party.
10. The 30's, so far, all run together, much like the teen years, but there have certainly been some fun times, like a bunch of friends gathering at Abyssinia Ethiopian Restaurant, going to visit my sister right around my birthday and having her homemade frosting, and all of the rounds of "Happy Birthday" sung to me at bookclub.
11. So far today I've had a lovely Sunday morning with Toby, read a little, painted a little, and had a pimento cheese sandwich for lunch.
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