You worry about how other people describe you. Are you "the heavyset girl"? Are you "larger"? "Overweight"? "Kinda big"? Are you, god forbid, "chunky"? You look at other fat people and wonder if you are as fat, more fat, or less fat than they are. You look at hugely obese people and feel superior to them, until you remember you may one day become them. You wonder if you look as uncomfortable in your own skin. You ...
Today a friend and I were discussing the toys and stuff that was around in the 70's and 80's. My old "chopper bike" I received from "Santa" in (1978, I believe) crossed my mind. Here it is in all it's glory. Well, this isn't my bike of course, but an image, the only one I could find, of one. I'm fairly certain "Santa" purchased my bike at Western Auto. It seemed all of our presents came ...
What's the deal with "Funky Winkerbean"? Granted, it's always been a Sunday comic I read last. I've always seen it as a humorous "Apartment 3-G", a funny "Mary Worth". Maybe I am showing my age. At any rate the Winkerbean strip used to be funny. Perhaps funny isn't the right word, but amusing and entertaining seem to fit. Now it's an aging Les, memories of a breast cancer death, a soldier with PTSD, and such. I'm not chopping ...
In my part of the world, Obama bumper-stickers are few and far between. I saw one today. It seems when I DO see one, the driver is always unkempt, greasy-looking and driving a "unique" vehicle. Today was no exception. This car was a wheezing Honda station-wagon. I can't possibly determine the year and model, but it looked late 80's, early 90's. The guy driving was in the left lane, cruising well below the speed-limit, and looked as if Wesson Oil was his primary ...
Been hearing about this bullcrap going on in Greece, and it makes me sick - the country of my ancestry is falling on its ass because of the same ideals that this Prez and Congress are working towards - the unions over there have ENTIRELY too much power if their strike can grind the whole damn country to a halt. The thing that worries me the most, is unlike the socialist attempt at revolution back in the 40's, the US and UK today are not the bastions of capitalism and liberty they once were that ...
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