Taking a break

No Tuesday Titillation this week. My daughter and her husband are here for about 36 hours from San Francisco, and I don't want to take even one minute away from them.

I haven't seen them in person since December, but thanks to Skype we can at least hug our computer monitors and pretend. But real visits are sooooooo much better than virtual ones!

I'll be back on the blog on Wednesday some time.

Music Monday - Work Songs

Majorly Personal Meme - Last Part

From Sunday Stealing:

What are your plans for this weekend?
working in the yard, trimming 100+ feet of hedge - It is Labor Day Weekend and one needs to live up to the name.

Do you think someone might be thinking poorly about you? Why might that be?
Yes, because I don't care for Christmas (or other holiday) sweaters.

What features don't you have that you would like on your cell?
teletransport

How many people can comfortably sleep in your bed?
about 6 if they lie cross-ways

What are you hoping happens by the end of 2010?
That I'm with friends drinking champagne

What was the last video you watched on YouTube?
I used to hate the accordian, but sometimes it can be a great instrument.



Would you ever agree to an open relationship with someone?
Never.  I like relationships closed and especially behind closed doors.



Is there something that you could never give up?
liberty but trying to retain it keeps getting harder and harder

Would you, (or did you) prefer a small, intimate wedding reception, or a big-scale, over-the-top reception?
Mine cost $20, three minutes with a judge and then I went right back to work.

What’s bothering you right now?
a chigger bite on my hand that's driving me crazy

Do you hate anyone?
politicians among others. They're a bit like chigger bites.

What were you doing at 12 am last night?
resting my weary head

Was this summer a good one? How warm was it where you live?
Hot and steamy is great in a shower, in a film, or in a bedroom, but when it's 90 days of that kind of weather, it makes for a bad summer.

Is the last person you kissed before your current situation mad at you?
I can't even remember the last person I kissed before my "current situation" so I doubt it.

Can a man and woman be friends without having feelings for each other?
That's a stupid question; even enemies have feelings for each other.

Do you think long distance relationships work? If you’ve had one, tell us about it.
I have many long distance relationships - right Sixty, White Rabbit, Crockhead, Red Shoes, and Kirk? And that's just the guys.

Do you know why it’s called “Random Boredom“?
Because it's not deliberate

Do you think that it’s always the man’s responsibility to initiate sex?
Only if you're willing to wait.

Have you ever made love while you were in the same room with another couple?
No, but some have done it in front of me.

Tell us the best thing about your current or most recent S/O.

He is a gentleman and scholar in every sense of the word, and if you're not, check out this website: The Art of Manliness

Tell us the worst thing about your current or most recent S/O.

He hasn't been able to spend much time at home, but I'm not complaining because he's assisting his elderly father.

Hotel California Persian Version

Easy listening for a US holiday weekend. 

Photo Friday

The blog Shorpy has interesting old photos they have enhanced in remarkable clarity.  My blogging buddy White Rabbit discovered an interesting back story to one of his favorite photos from that site. 

I am lucky to have many very old photos of generations of family and of other unknown people whose photographs I've purchased at auctions, when sadly there was no family who wanted them.

The photograph below is one of those unknown people.  There is no date or name written on the back, and no photography studio name on the front.  I display this photo in my den, which I must admit, has a masculine aura of a hunting theme , mostly pheasants.  I like to imagine that those large birds in the photo were not simply props, but that this photo was taken to celebrate the young boy's expertise in gathering game for the dinner table.

Thursday Thoughts - Who will replace Steve Carrell?

Many of my readers are big fans of The Office TV show as I am.  The question now circling the Internets is who will replace Steve Carrell when he leaves the show at the end of this season?

Some are reporting that the producers would like Harvey Keitel.  I'm not a big fan of his, but so far the producers have hit 100% with the casting.

Here's my suggestion for a replacement:  Christopher Walken

He can play drama and comedy, is a great dancer, and can be entirely creepy.  I could imagine some great scripts with Walken and the Office character Creed. Walken has been terrific in comedy sketches on Saturday Night Live.

How about it folks?  Who do you nominate?

Wacky Wednesday Wisdom

"Underwear makes me uncomfortable and besides my parts have to breathe.”   Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow didn't like to wear underwear, not unlike many of today's movie stars.  She would have given Britney Spears a run for the money when it came to raucous, outrageous behavior. She died at age 26.   Here's a  link to a brief and interesting biography of Harlow.

Just in my lifetime, women's lingerie has undergone significant changes.  As a child of the 1950's and 1960's even I had to wear garter belts or girdles to support my stockings for junior high and high school dances.

A lady never wore a dress without a slip underneath to avoid any embarrassment of the transparency of one's skirt. 

As a young girl I had a beautiful multi-layer rainbow colored ruffled petticoat that kept my skirt sticking out at 45+ degree angles and was visible at the tips when I was seated.

Panties were the basic full coverage from waist to thigh bone and, if you were a lucky girl, were embroidered with the name of each day of the week. Cotton was for girls and when you became a woman you got to wear nylon panties.

The best thing about the 1960's was women started throwing away their restraining bras and girdles, as they threw out other conventions, and in response the lingerie manufacturers began redesigning underwear for comfort. Pantyhose replaced girdles and stockings, and Lycra and microfibers replaced latex rubber.

That is, until the thong became popular.  For years women did their best to keep their big panties from creeping into a wad between their butt cheeks, then low and behold, it became fashionable to stuff the material in there to begin with and not worry about it the rest of the day. Getting your knickers in a knot became voluntary.

Apparently women are getting tired of the strap in the crack.  The latest trend now is that granny panties are coming back, due mostly in part to the popularity of the Mad Men television series.

Granny panties are certainly more comfortable and the new fabrics help deter them from working their way to the space between the cheeks. But like all clothing, it doesn't make much difference what's on the outside, it's the person on the inside that counts.