Anniversary Song

 

“Portrait of a blogger” by Megan Pierce.  Gotta love the paisley tie shout-out!

 

Well readers, one year ago today I started this here blog (to be known years from now as Exhibit A in the “Joseph Roberts Mental Deterioration” hearings) and over these 200 some odd posts I have covered quite a myriad of topics.  I’ll spare you the re-cap post, as I did one recently for my 10,000th page view.  In the spirit of my very first post I thought I would start a new “series;”  I have been watching The New Adventures of Old Christine from the beginning as of late and the show is rife with blog ideas.  It’s a shame it didn’t last longer than it did—don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t a perfect sit-com—but Julia Louis-Dreyfus is more than consistently hilarious and for God’s sake it’s better than some of the other drivel on T.V. *cough* Two and a Half Men *cough*. 

Here is the first scene from the first episode with an explanation of its relevancy to follow.  Also, sorry for the mediocre video quality (it’s the best I could come by!)

 

So… how exactly does this correspond to my meager little dog and pony show here?  I don’t call myself and leave messages on an answering machine (most likely because I am of that generation that doesn’t even have house phones any more), but my computer and phone desktops are littered with post ideas… as if a digitized yellow post-it note is going to be the ginkgo biloba of blogging.  Hell, I have several posts already written up for future use just waiting for the day to be put up—summer solstice anyone?

Plus, working in the retail world I kinda commiserate with the gal… there are days when every single w.a.s.p.y. customer seems to have her la perla panties in a twist.

 

Artist: Eva Cassidy/ Album: Time After Time

Black Coffee

 

You know that saying about “eating your feelings?”  Well, I thought this morning I would do a bit of “sketching my feelings.”

Also, I’m pretty sure this woman used to work at Flim Flam in Ann Arbor.

 

Now true, I’m not a smoker, but if black and white cinema has taught us anything it’s that cigarettes make great dramatic props (well, not if the U.S. Postal Service has anything to say about it!)

 

Artist: Eileen Farrell/ Album: Eileen Farrell Sings Torch Songs

Conversation Piece

 

I got bored working on my Sudoku during the flight and decided to do a little bit of viral blog advertising (I guess that’s what you’d call it?)

You do NOT wanna mess with the AirTran flight crew from Atlanta to D.C.!

 

I seriously doubt that whomever sees this will have the requisite curiosity needed to later check out the blog, but it’d certainly be nice! (Also, it’s in the February issue and there’s only four more days left.  ACT NOW!!!)

Artist: Bernard Hermann/ Album: North by Northwest