Suzine

...And A Bottle of Rum

I'm off to Chattanooga, TN this weekend for the burial of my uncle's ashes. He passed away from cancer several weeks ago. I come from a family of doers -- it's the best way for us to express that we care. I just hope that we're able to help my aunt Jane. She's such an amazing woman. I'll have to devote an entire blog entry to how cool a person she is.

Uncle Bernie was a true unique. The best story I have takes place in Toledo, Ohio where my family attended the wedding of my cousin. The reception was a dry reception, and my family is, well, not a dry family. One by one, we filled our glasses a third of the way with soda and then moved slowly to the parking lot, where Uncle Bernie filled the rest with rum from a bottle in the trunk of the car. After a few trips, the smell of rum began to waft up from our table and drift across the entire reception. Eventually we began to waft up and drift across the reception. It was a phenomenal time. Here's to you, Bernie...

Fish Balls

A friend sent me this website -- I LOVE it. Weight Watchers recipe cards, circa 1974

Wendy McClure, who authors this site is just funny, hands down.  She's coming out with a book at the end of April called 'I'm Not the New Me.' Check it out at Amazon.com if you can. The commentary on the props is a must read.

I haven't posted to my blog for awhile. I would make some excuse that it's because I've been busy, but I got struck with some performance anxiety again. Everytime I went to write something, I didn't think it was interesting, so I stopped. Going to try and stop doing that.

My current frustration right now is my car.  I bought an Audi on ebay a year ago after my Saturn died in a hit-and-run car accident with a guy who looked just like John Ashcroft (though, don't most people who are evil?). I was scared about buying a high end car -- that I'd end up at the mechanics every two weeks, so I asked every Audi owner I could find about whether they thought they were high maintenance. All recommended them. Apparently the one piece of advice they didn't give was "they fall apart after four years." What year Audi did I buy? Yep -- a 2000. So, it's crap. The alignment is so off that when I let go of the wheel the car naturally gravitates to a 90 degree turn to the right. Bits drop off all the time. I'm now in that mode where I'm analyzing every car I pass on the highway trying to decide where to head next. Maybe Honda, maybe Prius (I'm definitely over paying $40 a week for gas. Beer, yes. Gas, no). All suggestions are welcome...

Music of the day: Big Band & Swing Channel on AOL Radio.