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Yes..I had to have these.

I went so far as to look at the color selection in the 4 pack and ordered the usual colors for us. Cindy Lou Who gets UT orange..Jeri Lee gets purple for the Saints..Su gets lime cause he likes that color and I get raspberry..the hooker version of hot pink..LMAO.

Do we eat a lot of cupcakes..well duh !

I mean really..it's 100 friggan degrees outside and guess who had to make cupcakes for HIS office..yeah..and for once it was the recipe that I won't even be in the kitchen during production..

Yes..the dreaded secret ingredient can o pork an beans recipe...the very idea makes me go BLEECH !

Have what ever kind of cupcake floats your boat today !

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

the bitchy waiter: Lesson #352: Don't Exaggerate to Your Waiter

the bitchy waiter: Lesson #352: Don't Exaggerate to Your Waiter: "Customers are notorious for exaggerating their situation to make it seem like it is much worse than it really is. For example, when someone ..."

Go ahead and read this post, I'll wait.

Okay then.

If you are not laughing out loud, you have found this blog by mistake , and are automatically given dispensation if it is in fact your first time.

If you are not laughing out loud and it is not your first time, take heed. I doubt you will find anything to amuse you here so toddle on your merry way then.

Now that the riff-raff and the touristas are gone, let's continue.

I love Bitchy Waiter so much that if he was not gay and I was not sterile, I would willingly have his babies..sorry Honey..it is what it is.

And I can relate to the exageration there. I deal with this every mother loving day.I get this from clients all MOFO day long.

For example:

1. " But I've left numerous messages for so and so and their assistant and no one has called me back ."

Answer: " No sir or madame you have not .Calling back in one minute after I have put you through indicates quite plainly that you left no message...you simply hung up and called back again.

We have caller ID and I do recognize your number....again.

Variation # 1 : " I have left numerous messages for ( insert department name here) and no one has called me back ."

Answer : See above

Variation # 2 " I really need to talk to ( insert name here ) about an urgent matter."

Answer : " Of course you did . The fact that it is somewhere between noon and 1 pm is no excuse for some poor hapless employee to have any sort of expectation of an actual lunch hour , regardless of any Labor Law that mandates one shall be afforded the employee.

2. " I just spoke to so and so and they told me to come on in. "

Answer : " Oh really ? I had no idea that the court rules had changed and that the Judge now allows cell calls to be both made and responded to ."

Variation # 1 " I just spoke to so and so and they told me to come on in "

Answer : " Oh praise Jeebus, they must have gotten the transporter beam repaired. Even though so and so is actually in ( Insert some place not here ) ..I am sure that he or she will hustle right back at break neck speed to see to all of your needs.

3. " My appointment with so and so is at 10 am."

Answer: " Since it's only 11:15, I am sure you can be seen straight away since you JUST got here."

Yeah..There is a reason that at times I still think of the clients as customers and not clients...They behave no better at my place of work than they do at Bitchy's.

At least tomorrow is Friday !

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

Beauty Au Natural: A Bare Escentuals Gossamer & Gloss Set Giveaway!

Beauty Au Natural: A Bare Escentuals Gossamer & Gloss Set Giveaway!: "Woohoo! Time to celebrate hitting over 600 facebook fan page 'likes' with a giveaway. There will be 3 separate giveaways. Each will have i..."

What the heck..I'm a BE junkie as it is.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

I Want This Pretty Please With Sugar On It And Sprinkles And Unicorns Shooting Rainbows Out Of Their Collective Asses

First of all , please skip merrily over to the following website..and no..it is NOT about food.

You're welcome.

http://www.graemesfantasybookreview.com/ and look at the post for today's date.

This is a part of the reason that I have been on the fence on the e reader thingy toy from hell ( You've never seen me spend money in a book store so don't even try to imagine the warp speed I hit with e-tailing..you'd go blind and have permanent reproductive problems Sparky..trust me on this one .)

True that we have literally run out of room at the Casa for books. True that we collect a lot of authors . True that we buy hardbound.

And thusly, for any future purchases, the e reader slowly and surely lured my purist, pristine ( shut up , I can hear you ) thoughts away from the nubile textures of the latest Del Rey or Tor sans dustcover towards the smooth grid like shininess of an e-reader.

And yet...I am one of those who would savor the collected reproduced collection of all things Flash Gordon..the color..the layout...the smell of the ink.

These are things that you just cannot appreciate from an e-reader. Much like my beloved Beatrix Potter or Boris Vallejo..it just ain't the same.

I miss the lushness of a lot of the old Sunday funnies..the Terry and The Pirates, Brenda Starr, Steve Canyon and all the rest.

All we have left are the Phantom and Prince Valiant and I will actually cry when those are no longer in actual print.

Once again, Science Fiction and Fantasy get no respect except from a few.

The Proud.

The Openly Geek.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

Blueberry Breakfast Cake: King Arthur Flour

Blueberry Breakfast Cake: King Arthur Flour

Since there is nothing really to yap about at the moment other than the same thing ...the heat here, I thought I'd post this recipe.

Yeah , like I'm about to turn on the oven when it's 102 degrees outside BEFORE calculating the heat index...ummmm.....not so much .

Regardless, I am such a huge fan of King Arthur I should get paid by them . SU knows this and is a convert to the point that he noticed on a recent episode of " Cupcake Wars" that they were using KA..." Look honey...King Arthur !". I know that it is more than the usual but it is really worth it.

They have a good website and while personally I find some of their mixes to be pricey such as the donuts , but again that's just me. They have a very good selection of better quality cocoa , baking chocolate and extracts plus a sh*t load of baking gear I wanna play with ~ THAT kinda stuff ~ so check them out. On the baking gear , they are along the same price line as Cooking.com and the FoodNetwork..but..again..overpriced on things like their parchment paper. I mean really..Reynolds has a perfectly lovely roll of the stuff and any one..even my cats can manage to tear off a half sheet...

They are by the way employee owned and operated and one of the oldest if not the oldest continually operational flour mills in the New England area.

Damn...now I want to schlep to Kroger for Blueberries.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

You Did Not Learn The Last Time , Did You ?

Well SCI FI..you did it again , didn't you ?

You in your infinite wisdom cancelled another well written and articulate show.

Aren't you a proud little channel !

Not satisfied to keep wrasslin and Wolverine 2.0( Marcel's Quantum Kitchen and masterbation festival ) , now some hapless , illiterate, knuckle dragging, inbred , flat earther decided to first shit can " Caprica" and now " Eureka ".

I will give you that some of the shows that you cancelled were marginal at best in the writing ( Flash Gordon anyone ?) but they were for their night and time slot entertaining.

Do you wonder that legions of fans mourn the loss of "Firefly " and valiantly watch " Castle" which is also well written ?

I hold out hope for " Alphas" and pray to the gods above that you leave " Sanctuary" and " Haven " unmolested.

I also have hope to have some kind of garden left at the end of this Texas nightmare of a summer but regardless.....WHY ?

It's no wonder that TNT and USA network are kicking your collective asses on almost any given night.

Oh and in closing....DUDES : YOUR MADE IN HOUSE MOVIES SUCK WORSE THAN PLANET 9.

GRRRR !

I remain a very disappointed viewer and for the full measure of my disdain , please refer to my post regarding " Caprica" .

BITE ME !

Aunty Pol

RIP Uncle Harry Lazenby

I am one of those folk who look up family obits.

Weird, I know , but SU and I both learned alot that neither one of us knew. Imagine being shot down in WWII and having a graft from a primate to heal an injury...and having to get permission from whomever for a German doctor to perform the operation. It boggles the imagination.

SU 's uncle Harry passed a few days ago and SU is like I am.

I can remember all of my cousins names on mothers side because there are only nine of us. Grandma and Grandpa only had three kids and they each had three kids. On my Dad's side, I am sorry to say that I can't recall but six of my nine cousins..Aunt Marion was a GOOD Catholic after all.

My late mother in law was what we call of the second set. Her father lost his wife and had kids to raise...so he married again. I believe there were originally eleven children of whom nine survived.

Since Harry has passed at the age of 90 or so, there is only Earl, Neal and Aunt Ruth left.

Aunt Ruth and Uncle Harry look strikingly the same..spooky.

Yes..you do get to the age where ..you know the rest of the bit here.

Eleven children..yipers !

Have a good week.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

Favorite Fudge Birthday Cake: it just doesn’t get any better than this. | King Arthur Flour – Baking Banter

Favorite Fudge Birthday Cake: it just doesn’t get any better than this. King Arthur Flour – Baking Banter

Oh sweet Baby Jesus..kill me Naow !

Have a great week.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

I Am Not Sure If I Should Laugh Or Flee In Terror !

Sistah sent me an e mail earlier in the week and it had the above shoes in it. At first , I thought that it was some new graphic design because she and I do find some stuff to send each other that is ....well..unique is the only word that comes even close to how our minds work.

Oh no...these are actual designs.

And I almost fell over when I read that .

HOLY SHIT !

Now , all y'all know that I love all things shoe-ish. I was going to use the word foot wear but that brings to mind the fuglies that only Our Ladies Of Sensible Footwear would wear...and before I go any further...This is not a slam against any of my lesbian gal pals...they ALL know better than that . There is just some gene missing in some gals ( gay or straight or bi ) that allows them to avoid at all costs , the ugly ass shoes that our world is polluted with.

Even I am going " WTF ? How in the world do you walk in them ?"

And people give me a hard time about my 3 inch platform open toed sandals that I wear every day...oh yes I do !

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

Happy Friday ~ Bruce Of The Day !~

Happy Friday everyone !

I ran across the above photo on another blog where it was announced that BRUCE will have a role in Sam Raimi's film about the Wizard Of Oz. Any fan will surely tell you that if Raimi is doing a film, Bruce is in it.

So there you go .

Oddly enough , I have to admit that I was more than a tad disappointed over last nights episode.

Stop reading here if you haven't seen it..go get a beverage or make a sammich or whatever.

Otay.

As usual lately, Sam has found some damsel in distress who needs their help. It OF COURSE involves a kid, it is resolved post haste ( as usual the kid at no point goes " Um .........Mom or Dad (as the case applies )...."WTF ?" ) and Madeline gets to dispense some of her patent pending parental advice while making non too subtle verbal confessions in front of Michael and the client ( Very Professional BTW gang) of her trials and tribulations as a abused spouse and subsequent stint as a single parent.

Dear Writing Type Persons who work on this show :

WE GET IT . THE WESTINS HAVE GD ISSUES ! MICHAEL AND HIS MOTHER ARE WORKING THROUGH IT !

E F'G nuff !

You have turned a mature and initially well crafted character into a yenta . Nag , Nag , Nag.....

Because the conversations and revelations between Michael and Madeline were infrequent and incomplete , they were all the more interesting.

The writers in this instance have lost the gift of brevity and it has become more frequently a case where the viewer ( Moi) ends up rolling her eyes as the passive aggressive convo chews far too much scenery.

The episodes scenario is about some hapless asshat who answers a help wanted ad via the net and discovers that someone , possibly his future employer is intending to kill him ( DERP ! Great Benefits package ! ) is JUST TOO STUPID FOR WORDS.

The meeting place is some off the beaten path and of course there is a BOMB ( DERP ) .

Personally , I was more interested in the hatted ones dog, Mr. Pickles.

Michael Westin's character does best when there is a clear adversary to chase...and by chase I mean take more than one episode to do it in.

I am hoping that this is just an aberration and not the case of a show that after starting out so well is n running out of steam....or ideas ..or decent writing and editing .

Some one needs to call Chuck Findley and straighten this shit out !

Have a great weekend !

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

It All Makes Sense To Me Naow !

We hear and obey , oh mighty Over Lords.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

Guess What Today Is.....

It's National Watermelon Day so go grab some watermelon and chill.

Says the woman who lives in a city with the current actual temperature of 108 degrees.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

Confessions Of A Cheater

I cheated.

Twice.

On....my hairdresser !

There should be a scarlet C for cheater on my forehead.....red/orange based red and not blue please as I am a red head.

I found that it had become increasingly impossible to get across to 1 Allen to get my hair attended to for the last few months . This crap started a while back and it irked me..no I take that back.

It f'g pissed me off.

Carmen Miranda has a habit of figuring out when I am going , and booking right before or after me.

Ok..this doesn't seem drastic I know , but we work in the same department at the same type of job and there is the issue of covering the desk.

You see, we are both receptionists at our law firm , I on one floor and she on the other....I am the senior, but in reality that means little if anything.

AND..Carmen has a truly nasty habit of taking off with little or no notice or consideration for anyone else's lives , appointments or schedules.

I ignored this and or tried to work with this as long as I could because I made a fatal error in niceness.

I recommended my hairdresser to her.

Therefore we are both dependent on the hairdressers schedule.

Other than the time that I spend on my nails and hair, there is no time that I feel that I can call my own with a 45 hour work week and the house and the yard and the rest of my life.

And yes, SU helps around the house ..more than his share at times but when the OCD kicks in and I am stressed out, it sort of piles up on me so I do treasure the time that I have and can carve out for myself.

I though that ok.....I need to find some place close to my side of town where I can go on the weekends as needed to get the do /cut~color done.

Simple enough , right ?

No so much.

I went to Cindy Lou Who's gal for a cut and color. I thought I was being clever with this move because I wouldn't need to scramble with reduced lunches to make the time up , thus retaining my 5 hours of OT per week..and after almost 30 years, my time and a half per the OT hour ain't too shabby...in theory this should have all worked.

In theory, I have no crows feet either !

Now , I do understand that the first time is tricksy, and I was very ok with that.

It's only hair after all.

I am at the age where it's not coming in silver..oh noes.

It's coming in white.

And I HAVE TO HAVE MY RED HAIR !

Until it all comes in white..RED HAIR PLEASE !

Ok..caps off.

The color lifted within the first 10 days or so around the hairline and I knew that there was a risk of that ...first time 'n all.

The cut...ok...but again..first time yada yada .

I got my hair color redone a week ago Saturday....and this time it started to lift within 3 days.

And I paid money for this angst.

Remember..what have we learned from this blog ?

" If Aunty Pol's not happy....NO ONE is ."

So....since I have had 5 messages from the other gals who also go to my hairdresser pondering where I have gotten myself to...I did the adult thing.

I went over and briefly explained " schedule issues" yada yada to my gal....she was with a client after all and polite folk do not horn in on anothers time in the chair...at least that's the way that I was raised.

I will go at the end of the month or so, sheepishly to atone for my wanton, wandering ways.

Carmen will just have to deal with the time that I am gone the way I accommodate her .

At least my color won't lift after 3 damn days.

Lesson learned...NEVER, EVER CHEAT ON A GOOD HAIRDRESSER.

Ciao.

Aunty Pol..with the side walls...dagnabbit !

A Genuine Hero

I don't care how she voted.

The simple fact that she came back , after EVERYTHING that she has been through to vote on the national debt issue is a testament to who she is , and how much she cares about doing the job she was elected to and this country.

You are a hero Gabrielle Giffords.

Blessed Be.

Aunty Pol

Go Here- Trust Your Aunty- Do It Now

It's Back !

Anyone who knows me knows that I watch some really odd shit.

I am an unabashed fan of " Project Runway".

I love it..I own that.

I love to read various recaps, the snarkier the better and I am a true blue fan of "Television Without Pity".

More often than not , their recaps are better than the actual show.

Read any " Smallville " recap and you will wee what I mean.

Go here to read the recaplett of season 9 of " Project Runway" .

www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/project_runway/come_as_you_are.php

You're welcome.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

Match dot com

Pretty much how it went 23 years ago.

Screw Match dot com....and EHarmony for good measure.

Had to do it honey..honest..the cats made me do it...oh look..there's the pig..wheee.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

If It's Monday , It's John Barrowman Time !

Mr. Davies, Mr. Davies ....You sir are beginning to make no sense at all.

Thus far Team Torchwood is on the lam so to speak. They know that they are going to be searched for , monitored and observed.

They know that they cannot use ATM's and or credit cards if they want to hide their trail.

Please explain to me where they are getting all the changes of wardrobe ?

As shown above , intrepid Esther is now in jeans with a huge ass bag slung over her shoulders.

Later in the episode, our girl Gwen is all dolled up in a black dress, a necklace I would kill for and ditto for the shoes. Previously, as she infiltrated PhiCor, she was in another gorgeous pant suit doing her best Girl from Uncle .

These folks are on the run so exactly when did they get the chance to run to Nordstroms ?

And furthermore....When the hell did they get the chance to steal the mother of all station wagons ?

Jack and Rex don 't seem to have the same shopping opportunities as the ladies though Rex did rock a mighty snazzy sweater as he told Intrepid Esther to pack up all of the toys .

Onward.

C. Thomas Howell was one mighty fine cynical hit dude but his allusions to whom ever was running the show above Phicor made me a bit nuts.

Okay, I will give respect to the fact that the parades of " Soul Less Ones" and their masks did look an awful lot like the Cybermen...but..." They've been here forever.."....

WHO ?

The Daleks for Christs sake ?

Yes the idea of segregation was a bit hard to watch and yes...Rhys should know better than to trust anything the government says at this point....Rhys...hasn't Torchwood taught you anything yet ?

If this 4'th episode was supposed to be some sort of a bridge or filler...um...

NO..not so much.

Quit treating Intrepid Esther as being too stupid to function..she was the one who initially saw the Torchwood link.

You have confused her concern over her family with flat out stupidity....and yet no one yelled at Rex for seeing his father.

Even if he denied to Intrepid Esther that he had any family in the LA area...it will come out..or at least it should.

The only thing that I can figure out is that with all the heavy handed references to family for Gwen , Rex and Esther..this is an 800 lb. gorilla reminder that Jack sacrificed his grandson to save them all.

THUD .

Have a great week.

Aunty Pol.

Pondering

This icon was gleefully "borrowed " from Miss Anne's blog " Calamity Anne's Adventures "..so thanks dear for the freebie!

SU and I became a crime statistic in 2000.

Our home was robbed while we were at work , but thankfully no one was hurt and people went to jail.

The system works y'all.

We realized that out oldest cat, Munchkin aka Nee Nee Puddins was in the area of the initial break in and as a result we were unable to find her for a solid five hours.

Clever thing that she is, she found a bolt hole under the water bed behind the captains drawers..under the bed itself.

I never knew that there was an open space like that not being a designer of said water beds and all.

For the longest time and I mean years here, she would not venture out from her safe room except to slip a few feet down the hall to the kids bathroom aka the guest bath to hit the boxes located artfully in the bathtub behind the shower curtain.

Slowly but surely she began to venture out on Saturday night as I instituted "Caturday" also known as Mommy throws the nip down on their rug and they can par-tay.

Time and additions went on and she began to venture out for wet food at the communal dipping out of the " For Bast's sake WOMAN...FEED US NAOW".

Lately, she has begun to slip up on the arm of my chair for noogies and skritches and generally plonking after the required three turns in my lap.

If I am occupado, she will go over to the sofa where Daddy is laid out and plotz on him....

Damn dear...only took ya 11 years.

Welcome back Puddins..we missed ya.

Have great day.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

The Great Debate

I'm going to go out on a limb here.
I may lose some readers.

Fine.

What ever.

The local radio station that SU and I listen to every morning has weekly moral dilemma questions..absurd..yes I know but they can and do make you think.

The question was:

" Is the trend towards businesses banning children in their establishments good or bad ?"

I first heard of this when Malaysia Air created this policy for it's ( I believe) first class passengers.

Ruh Roh .

My first thought was that this was a ill advised and short sighted move by a company that virtually ensured that they would lose money.

My second thought was " Their business...their policy."

I dismissed it as a quirk because I could only imagine the outcry if such a move as ever contemplated in this country.

Frank and Myrtle Fertile would scream blue bloody blazes that their spawn were of course the very model of propriety and modest behavior and thus exempted from this barbaric policy.

Ironically, the radio listeners response was , from what I could tell, in FAVOR or this kind of policy.

The polar exact opposite of what I had anticipated.

DOH !

Now before I go any further, I must disclose that SU and I are NOT parents.

On the surface, a policy like this say in a fine dining establishment makes sense . No one wants to spend upwards of $100.00 or more for a dinner only to be driven insane by the rants of a toddler and the oblivion of the parents as their crotch spawn traipse gaily up and down the aisle.

Reality check:

MOST parents rarely get to go out for a grownup meal with real linens and a wine list for the first few years so the last thing that they are going to do is drag said spawn with them.

Other places were mentioned..movie theaters ( a real big ass bitch of yours truly) , stores and so on..and this is where it gets iffy.

I disagree with this idea.

Lather .

Rinse .

Repeat.

I disagree with this idea.

If the little tax deductions are acting up and or out, let's be honest and lay the blame smack dab where it belongs :

On the shoulders of the adults that are raising them.

I won't limit this to the parents, I include Grandparents, older siblings, aunts , uncles, godparents and any other adult that has an active participation in the rearing of the tax deduction.

Children learn by observation and example. One of the biggest culprits is television followed closely by movies. Kids see t.v shows featuring smart aleck, mouthy, rude, obnoxious behavior that is either not dealt with or recognized as inappropriate by the adults in the show and more often than not , this same behavior is praised or rewarded as clever, precious and endearing.

BULLSHIT !

A brat is a brat is a brat.

If you want your child to learn how to behave at least in public, TEACH THEM !

Take them to a restaurant at the appropriate age and show them how to be thoughtful of others and polite to those they are dining with.

If they begin to glide into entitled because I am a child mode, give them a quiet warning to cut that shit out or face the consequences.

If you don't know what consequences are , look it up !

Follow through.

If all else fails, pay the bill....TIP the waitress or waiter and leave.

Other patrons WILL thank you.

You cannot teach a child without an actual experience and any other concept is short sighted and just plain ignorant.

My parents made it abundantly clear that if our deportment ( another word sorely underused in modern society by the way ) was lacking or embarrassing in public..there would be consequences ..and they followed through.

On more than one occasion I have had to step up in public with friends and a rare stranger and stop their responsibility from injury to themselves or others.

I have no problem doing this in my own home.

My house , my rules.

I am not bothered by being the wicked witch or the bad guy at all.

I am not a hard ass or overly mean about it, I simply expect in my own home at least a degree of manners.

Thankfully, my great niece is being raised with parents that understand and agree with me on this because I would not ever hesitate for an instant to apply the same standard to Dakota as I have discussed in this post.

It is what it is, I am what I am.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

Twitterpation

I had to laugh at this .

I don't tweet very often because I actually forget that I have an account until someone alerts me to a new post from someone I follow, like Wil Wheaton...yes....I am one of those. He is hilarious by the way and was very good on " Eureka " last night...so there you are .

Anyway, I also got an alert that I have a new follower and I really laughed because it's been a few months since I posted on the T ...so baroo ?

Ne being me, I went over to check out the new follower..and to me this is weird.

"User Account Suspended " .

Now the e mail alert came in just over an hour ago so one might assume that it was quite recent..or as I suspect , it is like a text . I have found more often than not that if I text Jeri , it may be literally hours before delivery..so we know to follow up with a call if it's a time thing....Or Frye is delivering it via Planet Express.

What does one have to do exactly to get suspended from Twitter...use 142 characters ?

Bad grammar ?

I guess I need to either follow /be active on twitter or stop wondering about all of this because it will give the gerbil on the wheel a migraine.

Oh and I am kittymom6 on Twitter..the avatar/icon is the same one as the one in the upper right hand side of this blog..green fairy and sitting cat..so if you holler at me I will reply...I am trying to be more active there because it's just f'g fun y'all.

Have a great day.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol