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Monday, September 26, 2016
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Hit List
These are some words and phrases for the *suggestion box. This is a list that's always evolving.
*As in, I suggest they be retired for now.
Sales & Marketing
Spring has sprung.
Fun in the sun.
Doorbuster.
Blowout.
"It's in our DNA."
"We're very excited to announce..."
digital marketing
Everyone Else
It is what it is.
It's all about the ________.
Ya gotta love _______.
...sooner rather than later.
Isn't it ironic. (I feel like I shouldn't have to say this.)
Especially Women
"I just wanted to..." / "Can I just get..."
"I'm sorry to..."...
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Stars Shining Bright Above You
Stand By Me
Look, I get why everyone is gleefully clicking and sharing and tagging me. Did you see? You gotta see. I get it. In my circle I'm known to be a flag-waving, card-carrying, true-blue Generation X pop culture maven, my latchkey kid, TV-addled brain way overloaded with massive volumes of useless trivia in such subjects as Schoolhouse Rock, Spandex, when to use gel versus mousse, Madonna, Ronald Reagan's policies, the right way to make...
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Monday, September 12, 2016
Saturday, September 10, 2016
If It Weren't For My Horse
There should be a word for what happens to your brain when you overhear a stranger say something so incomprehensible that it lodges in there, like a sliver of dumbness you can't extract.
You and this person pass each other on your way through your lives, they drop an enigmatic nugget on you and keep right on going, and then you think of that person. Like, forever...
SIMONS SAYS...
I'm not in shoe-buying mode.
I'm in Nothing-buying mode. I don't earn what I used to before the what-have-you in 2014 when my brain broke.
Now every penny is saved for the necessities.
So why do I even pause at the window of my favorite shoe store.
I should not do that.
Simons Shoe...
Saturday, September 3, 2016
The Lobster (Movie Review)
The Lobster is a dark utopia/dystopia movie from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz. If you've seen it, or don't plan to ever see it but you have a keen interest in what it's all about, this is for you. If you haven't seen it but it's on your to-do list, click away, because this is full of spoilers.
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Thursday, September 1, 2016
Happy Birthday, Yvonne
Yvonne de Carlo was not only beautiful, she was also a dancer, singer,
and she played the harp.
I was so in love with her when I was little.
Happy birthday, Missus....
Black Lives Matter
Look, it's not up for debate. No "buts." Black Lives Matter. I cannot believe it's really necessary to explain that this awareness-driven slogan is not meant to imply "Only Black Lives Matter." That's not what it means at all. To take it as such is, frankly, a weird reaction and I have a few questions for you later. But first, let me be clear. Black Lives Matter means Black Lives Mattter Too.
THIS IS A NATIONAL CRISIS
We're in a crisis...
