Clay Morrow Pisses Off a Muppet

Maybe it's the massive viewing of all things Muppet that has been going on in our house these days.  Maybe it's the holiday season but while catching up on Season 4 of 'Sons of Anarchy', what? That doesn't sound like Christmas to you?  I began to see a noticeable resemblance between SOA's club President, Clay Morrow and The Riverbottom Nightmare Band's lead singer, Chuck.Clay, Chuck's pissed because you're totally stealing his look. And Piney, Chuck wants his patch back.  Rock on, Riverbottom Nightmare Band! … [Read more...]

Five Minutes with Wendy Williams

They say everyone gets their fifteen minutes of fame. I got about five this week at the Wendy Williams "After Show". It's something new that Wendy is doing and a few other bloggers have already visited her behind the scenes, post-show. From the minute I got the email I kept wondering, "What?! Why me?" Before I knew it, H and I were NYC bound. Then in an instant we were at the studio sitting in the audience of a live taping of the Wendy Williams show. From the warm-up filled with fantastic, blasting music, being doused with piles of fake snow and guests like Jonah Hill and singer, Common (Seriously! That was like a dream guest to see and watch him perform live! I was so freakin' excited!!) it was so much fun I didn't even feel nervous about the pending interview. Then I was being taken to … [Read more...]

It’s Wendy Williams Time

If you are reading this then it might be too late. I might have already made my television debut.  That's right.  I'm slated to be a guest on the "after" Wendy Williams show.  Not be confused with the actual, live version that is seen daily or made fun of almost weekly by Joel McHale.  If you are like most people then you are saying this, "What the heck is Wendy Williams?!" At least that is what I got out here in the 'burbs of Virginia.  Seriously.  Does no one else watch The Soup or read Entertainment Weekly?  Well, this is Wendy- Ok, that is just one of my favorite Wendy clips.To me that is why I love Wendy and why some people just don't get her.  Here's what I'll be doing. … [Read more...]

My Breaking Bad Addiction

You know you are addicted to Breaking Bad when,You yell things out like, "Yeah! Science!" for no reason.You begin to think that you could totally get away with wearing a pork pie hat.You start ending your sentences with the word, "yo". As in, "I'll get you your bottle in a minute, yo!"Tuco starts to seem like a better business partner than Gus. Hotel front desk bells give you the creeps. They may also incite ridiculous bouts of anger and thoughts of spittle. Just me? Hm....You start checking people's boots for silver-tipped skulls. Finally, you realize that your Breaking Bad addiction is like a real addiction. No one watches this show in groups, this show is for watching solo or with only one other person. Though I personally think that a game where everyone takes a drink each time Jesse … [Read more...]

A Bit of a Rant on the Secret Lives of a Soccer Mom

Cross-posted and archived from DC Metro Moms. Original post date March 6, 2008.  Does anyone even remember this show from TLC?  Maybe I am looking into it too deep. Maybe I want more information and I should just relax because after all it is only television and it is a reality show. However, I recently watched TLC's newest venture, The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom (SLSM), and found that the show left me with a bunch questions. Questions that were left unanswered. The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom is the latest in reality shows. It takes one stay at home mom and gives her a week to secretly see what her life would have been like if she had chosen to go back to work instead of staying home with the kids full time. OK, first off? You can't go back. There is no ramping off the career … [Read more...]

Maybe Toothpicks Will Work?

There is a scene in 'The Way We Were' where K-k-k-katie finds Hubble asleep on a bar stool in the midst of a roaring party.  I can relate.  These days I seem to fall asleep no matter where I am or what I'm doing.  For example:Maryland played Virginia Tech on Saturday.  It was a tied game all the way through. I tweeted to other like-minded bloggers to my hearts content and was really into the game.  It went into DOUBLE OVERTIME and just in the last minute.  Well, I don't know what happened.  The phone slipped from my hands as I lay down on the couch and just like that I missed the end of the game. I woke up minutes later to see the score on the screen.  Maryland had won but I had missed it.  All that excitement and I couldn't stay … [Read more...]

Your Mom’s a Dork

While making dinner the other night I was simultaneously finally getting around to watching the HBO mini-series about John Adams.  Just into the first disc and rummaging through the pantry TD caught me off guard.  Coming to my side, she asked, "Momma?  Momma! What is wrong?  Why are you crying?"  I looked at her as I wiped a tear away and took a deep, cleansing breath and said, "Oh it's nothing, TD.  Your Mom is just a giant dork. A giant dork who gets really into history. The Revolution, the sacrafice, the birth of our nation, all of it."  I sighed again as I thought about how our world has changed since Adams time.  Tom Wilkinson plays Ben Franklin and he states, "It is no small thing to build a new world."Is that what we are doing once … [Read more...]

Rudolph Gets the Axe

The holiday season is upon us.  Cards are arriving in the mailbox, we have broken out the advent wreath, candles and calendar.  I'm dreaming of not just a white Christmas and sugar plum fairies but homemade marshmallows, snickerdoodles, fudge, peppermint bark....mmm peppermint bark...marshmallow goodness... Wait. Where was I?  I was busy wiping my saliva off my keyboard before I shorted out my laptop.I truly love this time of year for quite a few reasons.  I like shopping, I like giving, the songs, that special glow from the lights.  Home Alone.  The Muppet Christmas Carol.  Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas.  I love them all.  They never fail to put me in the mood of the season.  Notice something missing though? That would be … [Read more...]

Drunk

"What's drunk?" TD asked startling me. While she had been upstairs napping I was taking advantage of the quiet time to get in an episode or two of 'Freaks and Geeks'. Apparently she had been in stealth mode and watching the show with me for a bit. Wonderful, I thought. She's three and already I'm having the conversation with her about drinking. I tried my best to explain that being drunk is when grown-ups sometimes drink too much wine or beer. It isn't good for them and we should never, ever get into cars with drunk people. EVER. To go into more detail than that would have been over her head. Right?She looked at me, smiled and said, "Daddy has too much beer and then he is drunk! Then I have too much juice and then I am drunk!" Thank goodness school is done for the year because I … [Read more...]