SuperLowBudge 2: Electric Boogaloo

Diary of a Low Budget Superhero is a BLOGCAST now.  Mostly.  Update November 2018: That was a terrible idea. ...

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Rose Marie: 1923–2017

You guys, Rose Marie died.  I admit that I shed a tear or two tonight. I was way too young to "get" the Dick Van Dyke show when it was in re-runs on TV. But years later I found a connection with it, when I went off to college in New Rochelle.  I loved Sally, and I guess she was my first glimpse into "a TV writer," and she was a WOMAN. YES! Man, she was cool. So yeah, I got a little emotional when I heard of this fine funny lady's passing....

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Throwback Thursday: July 21, 2015

"Look, having nuclear—my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT—good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart—you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world—it’s true!—but when you're a conservative Republican they try—oh,...

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Merry Christmas to you, and a Happy New Year!

I hope all you readers will remember to be generous to those less fortunate than yourselves. And now, Merry Christmas to you, and a Happy New Year! ...

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That Christmas Feeling

Nobody sings Christmas like this cowboy. Except maybe the next cowboy. That Christmas Feeling Glen Campbel...

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Mummy and Child

Mummy and Child (two-doll set) is for sale! Email for info. ...

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SNOOP!

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Top Stories at 10:57pm (EST)

VOX  Democrat Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Special Election TIME Doug Jones Just Won the Alabama Sentate Election. Here's What Happens Next CNN An absolutely insane exchange between Jake Tapper and a Roy Moore spokesman FOX NEWS Sylvester Stallone steps down from directing 'Creed 2.' Seems about right. Looks like everyone is playing their roles to script. Goodnight, everyone. Let's take a rest. ♥...

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Thrift Stories: The Existential Angst Edition

I keep an ongoing photo essay depicting thrift store items that bear a person's name painted, printed or inscribed. ...

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Do you think he'll talk to us?!

Tig Notaro Boyish Girl Interrupted ...

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Thrift Stories: Caption Contest Edition

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Three O'Clock and All's Well

Snow Bear#AllstonRockCity...

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Apostrophic

Nobody caught this?...

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Throwback Thursday: 2000'ish

Casey climbed everything.He was a fun cat. 🤶...

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The New Social Contract. Where do I sign?

"What I wish would occur, in my own fantasy land of imaginings, would be for the Occupy/Bernie Sanders/Jill Stein sects, to unite with the Black Lives Matter members and supporters, along with Native American and environmental land protectionists, and all join forces with the (let’s call them) more centrist, “traditionally” progressive Democratic party forces, realizing that each of their essential, individual goals – some as urgent as repeated,...

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They just don't get it, do they.

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Get Him Out

Patagonia ...

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Holiday Party Planning Tips

with Joan Crawford. "...I always add a splash of vodka to everything...

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Throwback Thursday: 2003

Photo: T Max I met my husband on stage, but I fell in love with him online.  He had me at  "James Dean... smelling of whiskey and coke  and some breakfast sausage." AOL AIM INSTANT MESSENGE...

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"...see because cloaking was a Romulan technology..."

Telling Joe about the online discussion I'm in, started by a dude who finds parallel between Star Trek TNG and Harry Potter. Mostly based on the Starfleet uniform colors and Hogwarts houses, the fun ideas being raised are, for example, that the Hogwarts green (Slytherin) aligns with the Romulans. I explained, "By that logic, a Slytherin must have originally charmed the Invisibility cloak---" That's as far as I got before Joe's eyebrows did the...

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I'd buy greeting cards from the Hallmark Fugelsang Collection.

I wrote some. 💝 Get in line early for the iRony collection for Capitalism Month before they sell out. Browse the Just Sayin' cards for the new year, perfect to send people you told to fuck off at Thanksgiving. [The un-Valentine collection has been discontinued  because everything is ruined.] 👉👈...

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Throwback Thursday: 1974

I had this blue dress when I was four. I hated that dress so hard, I needed all five senses to hate it with, and maybe another half a sense I made up during a tantrum. The color reminded me of something gag-reflexingly bad, but I don't remember what that was, exactly. I wonder if maybe I associated the sky blue hue with those "wedding almonds" that my grandma Maggie always had, for some reason, in a bowl in her house. Revolting, yet I had to...

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The verb you're looking for is EXACT.

VerifiedPolitics.com You don't extract revenge.  You exact revenge. RELATED:  A friendsent me a lead on a job: Editor of a thing.  I'm a great Editor, of lots of different kinds of things. Rate of pay? $12.50/hour. Do you want everyone to make fun of your content? Because that's what's gonna happen if you think  making it better  is only worth  $12.50  an hour. Just...whatever, at this point. I'm going...

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Rape Culture Infographic

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DONALD TRUMP: AMERICAN TRAGEDY

For decades, women had been risking their careers and reputations coming forward to tell their stories about being cornered and assaulted by Donald Trump, the tacky New York luxury real estate guy turned TV show host. When the Access Hollywood tape was made public in October 2016, Donald Trump was caught bragging about his self-appointed right to sexually assault any woman that he happened to find attractive. I was like, "People are seriously...

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And now for the weather

It is currently "brrrrr" degrees, with a wind chill that makes it feel like "fuck this."...

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Asking

Ya know, if I had like, $7000, my whole entire life would be different. I wonder what it was like centuries ago when there were patrons supporting artists. Should I finish The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer? I keep thinking magical thoughts. Like, "Maybe seven thousand people will give me a dollar." That's how it works, right, Amanda? I only read the first part. Okay, I only read the cover. At the bookstore and I didn't buy the book....

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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”  Mae West&nbs...

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:: SIGNAL BOOST ::

Will Andrew Smales please check in?    It me! "lexikahn"! From the thing!  ...

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did trump really say

It's a problem. He's a problem.He is not the solution to literally anything. None of this is okay....

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Happy Birthday, Oscar

Isn't he wonderful. ...

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Alice Stuart - Hard Time Killin' Floor

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Peak Gen X: Leonard Kosnowski Summons Schoolhouse Rock

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Throwback Thursday: 1990'ish

I posted the following snarkful on Facebook in 2012: "Eddie clearly didn't get the memo that all club officers needed to show up for pictures wearing horrifying sweaters."  I don't have my college yearbook, in fact I'd never even seen one. But Lisa brought hers to our 20th reunion in 2012, and this picture was in it -- the drama club officers. It's Edwardyne, me and Amy. Eddie was also my Junior Sister through a buddy program CNR came...

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Barbie Screamhouse

I need some sort of online store that isn't crowded with a million makers. ...

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Throwback Thursday: Early 90s

Photo: Allison Q Blatt So last week's big clean/organize/purge event?  When I totally cleaned my studio?Photos were found.  So many photos, tucked into boxes and hiding in bags.They came sliding out from between book pages. So now I have a pile of pictures, some I haven't seen in ages.For today, here's one of mewith Hub (then-boyfriend) and his college friend Geoff.Hub organized a group trip to a car race.We liked the F1 and Indy...

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Recipe: Garden Pizza

Yesterday Joe posted on Facebook about the pizza I made for dinner. People were all "wow!" over how good it looks. But really no need to "wow" this one, guys! Quick pizza is so easy if somebody else makes the dough, and my grocery store happens to have a great ready made pizza dough in the deli section. I wrote up a Quick Version of a garden pizza, and further down there's a more detailed explanation if you've literally never thought about making...

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Peak Gen X: It's Blossom 'n Mistah Crushaaaah!

Well done. 💖...

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Octoberdose

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Rose Marie is on Twitter and She Is A Delight

This photo of Rose Marie is everything tonight. Advise following Rose Marie on Twitter. What a great lady. @RoseMarie4Real...

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