fear and loathing in the dentist chair |
Without a doubt, the world presently is in one big worrisome mess. Still, it's those small fears and tiny paranoia that sets the pace of life.
Like waking in the middle of the night to eight tiny inse...
Posted by Eliot on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:49:00 PST |
bloody mary morning |
Credit for inventing the Bloody Mary varies as much as the multitude of ways you can concoct the fireball eyeopener often offered at brunch. It's said that the bartender at Harry's Bar in 1920's...
Posted by Eliot on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:02:00 PST |
rub you the right way |
Get off the bottle and dry out. No, not booze. Bar-be-Que. Most of us weekend backyard barbecue warriors expound on the virtues of the grill, the wood, the coal and all the other mystic manly mayhem o...
Posted by Eliot on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:31:00 PST |
The Magic Mushroom |
Hieroglyphics found in a tomb some 4600 years ago, give or take a day, implied that Egyptians thought the mushroom to be The Plant of Immortality. The fungi's distinct flavor was so tasty that the big...
Posted by Eliot on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:56:00 PST |
some kinda good onion |
What's the difference between an onion and George W. Bush?
If you cut up an onion, you will cry.
Slice up a medium sized sweet Vidalia onion into rings. Slice up 3 big toes of fresh garlic. H...
Posted by Eliot on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:19:00 PST |
Some Kinda Good Tuna |
A few years ago my friend Ronnie V. had a heart attack. After the surgery, I talked to his girlfriend and asked "how was he doing?" She said, "Aw, darling, they pulled a French fry po-boy ...
Posted by Eliot on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:14:00 PST |
stormy weather |
My grandma and your grandma sittin on the bayou,
My grandma said to your grandma,
I evacuate tomorrow
Ike-go, Ike-go Ike-go far far away.
Don't let no hurricane come this way,
So at home...
Posted by Eliot on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:46:00 PST |
Wheel Chairs in the Rain |
My mother was dying in the most inconvenient manner. Slowly in a nursing home at $6,500 a month. Life's conundrums are no fun. This one was particularly painful. Love of parent. Wanting ...
Posted by Eliot on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:24:00 PST |
some kinda good VII |
Ok, it was an impulse buy. We all do it. Cars, coats, the over the top bottle of wine, etc. I set my sights much lower and with very little sensibilty which graces any other spot shopper I purchased a...
Posted by Eliot on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:01:00 PST |
you can take the drinker out of New Orleans but.... |
You can take the drinker out of New Orleans but not the New Orleans out of the drinker.
Case in point:
In the early weeks after Katrina and the Great Marinade, I was forced to dwell and drink in Hous...
Posted by Eliot on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:25:00 PST |
