[Author’s note: Granted, there is an endless well of seasonal tunes, and this compilation is admittedly incomplete. I confess that it was written while I was sick and under the influence of a combination of over-the-counter cold medications. I laughed, I cried, I wrote. I hallucinated. James Stewart and I sat under my Christmas tree and rang jingle bells while yelling, “Get me. I’m givin’ out wings!” So this is the result.] --- Everyone has their favorite holiday songs. You are … [Read more...]
What Jesus Christ, Bill Murray and 9/11 have in common
December 17, 2012 By 19 Comments
Christmas is a fraud. Let me be clear about my feelings concerning this cash-grab of a holiday right now. From my understanding of the olden days, the Christian church needed to offset Pagan rituals that occurred at this time of year and came up with a date that featured a lovely, squeaky-clean hero baby that didn't drink, smoke or spit on public sidewalks. --- Over the years, national and local retailers have been screaming like banshees about the need to buy early and often, and Black Friday … [Read more...]
Did it pass the test? R & R get their money’s worth from Netflix.
January 9, 2012 By 6 Comments
Husband and wife, mother and father, and now Buntology film critics? Check out the first installment of Rod and Rochelle's latest feature, in which they watch and review obscure Netflix movies so you don't have to. Rochelle: Rod and I have very different tastes in movies. He’s more the action, kill, lots of noise and aliens type, and I like suspense, mystery and romance. My favorite movie is Bridges of Madison County (a moment of silence please...) while his is Live Free or Die Hard. … [Read more...]
How to survive 30 years of marriage
September 28, 2011 By 8 Comments
My husband and I just celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. Being married for 30 years is significantly more impressive than 25 years, although the 25th anniversary is typically the one that gets the big party and all the attention. It’s a whole new decade of marriage. It’s like turning the big 3-0 as compared to 25. Since I got married at 26, the "married me" years now clearly outnumber the "not married me" years. This is just one more sign of being middle aged that occurs to … [Read more...]
Rochelle takes Target.
August 11, 2011 By 7 Comments
I hate shopping. [editor's note: no really- she hates it.] And I especially hate it on a beautiful summer day when I could be doing a whole lot of anything else. Nevertheless, sometimes you have to go buy a few things, and in North Adams if it isn’t Wal-Mart or The Dollar Tree then it’s a trip to Target. My husband and I like to call these outings a "date." This is supposed to make us feel happy and in love instead of miserable and filled with dread as we consider if we have … [Read more...]
The Unemployment Diary – Part 5 – First you say it, then you do it.
June 24, 2011 By 4 Comments
It was waiting downstairs. As you probably have learned from hard-won experience, dear reader, the things that blindside you and alter the course of your life (and not in a good way), the horrific things, don’t come accompanied by a dramatic swell of orchestral music and terse lines of movie script. There aren’t any vampires coming in through the windows at 1 a.m. No, the horrors pop up unheralded on a sunny, ordinary Wednesday morning out of a clear blue sky. I actually felt good … [Read more...]
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