louise on the left (coast)

Yesterday, right before drifting off the sleep came a report on CNN .... Paula Dean was hit in the face with a ham. -- I sat up in bed. -- Did I really hear that right? Is this a David Letterman sketch? Didn't I hear this sort-of thing before? Yes, apparently she was handing out free hams and someone decided to throw one back to her. Oops! But, why did this still sound so familiar to me? Ah, yes...Then I remembered when Kathy Griffin, of My Life on the D-List, when she also whipped Paula in the face with "a switch." No, really. In the face. She did that. I'm not kidding. Y'all just have to stop hitting Paula in the face all the time.

What?!   OMG!  How did I not know my favorite female comic was coming to town?  I have got to get a ticket to see her! So, how come this vanilla, married mother of two adores the outspoken, wicked Kathy Griffin so much?     Because Kathy's brave and funny and not afraid of taking on the school yard bully, that's why.  In this case, the school yard bully happens to be the shameful legislation known as "Prop 8."   In case you missed it before, I had the honor of guest blogging for The Bilerico Report regarding a particular  episode of Kathy Griffin's show  "My Life On The D-List" which aired, July 27th, on Bravo, (Episode 8, Season 5) when she took on a more serious tone than usual.   That particular show started off with a declaration of war on the California Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of Prop 8 and followed her as she marched to Sacramento on the eve of California Supreme Court's decision on ...

Kill me now, please.

In honor of those born today (and tomorrow) I celebrate you in song and germ warfare. Happy Birthday! -- to George, Jennie & Susan!

I had a vaccine, but I guess when everyone around you has it, you're going to get it, anyway.  I mean, it was an act of the purest optimism to think that I would avoid the flu given that the day I got vaccinated both my husband and daughter came down with it. It took 6 days for the bug to work it's magic on me, and now I've got it. Today, I went in and tested positive for H1N1, even though I didn't have a fever at the time. For some reason this seemed to surprise the doctor.  I don't know why, I explained the three other people I live with also have it. So, within one week and it got every one of us. I still think the vaccine is useful, but apparently it takes a long time for it to kick in.  In the end, it didn't help me much after all. By the time I was home today from the clinic I'd hit 102 and was sneezing more than I ever have in my life. Oh, well.  Thank God for TCM and motrin and kleenex and great nurses in this ward. By they wa...

I didn't come up with the title of this even if they were posted in the time of Swine Flu. Click here to view an amazing collection   of vintage Halloween photographs from over the years.   They're a remarkable assortment of images some of which have a very Diane Arbus quality to them. Thanks to  stevechasmar  and his amazing work on Flickr Halloween in the Time of Cholera

------------------------------------------------------------------------ By the way, I realize it's a bit off topic, but speaking of chickens and girls, I'd like to introduce Koo-Koo . And remember, in Koo Koo 's world, the sky never falls very far from the coop.