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Masshole! I knew it! Double Double Animal!
I thought he was stealing BudLite.
yeah, it bugs me too!
I used to make a mean brownie myself, back in the day.
Hey Doug, I'm an Air Force brat myself & our grandparents living here is what reeled us into the duke city when Dad retired in '62 or '63. He was a POW for 4 years, captured in the Philippines.
My husband (at the time) & I had POW/MIA bracelets i...
I'm with Lita. Sorry, Masshole, but my one thrilling experience with In-N-Out ended with me on the bathroom floor & nobody getting any sleep that night!! I'm stickin with Lota!!
I'm with Grumpy! Been here several times today.
no flu shot for me. I am terrified of needles. I had a flu shot once when they first became the rage & promptly got sick. I am intellectually willing to concede the fact that I was most likely getting sick to begin with when I got the shot but you...
Profile Information
- Where I Live:
- northeast heights, albuquerque, new mexico
- About Me:
- i'm an old hippie chick. my son says i'm stuck in the sixties but i'd like to think i've grown a little (and not just physically!) over the years and learned a few things.
- Favorite Thing(s) About Albuquerque:
- the sky, the colors, my friends and family
- Relationship Status:
- In a Relationship
- What I'm Reading:
- as of today, the last few weeks:
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
A Big Storm Knocked It Over by Laurie Colwin
The Promise of Rest by Reynolds Price
Proust Was A Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer
Church of the Dog by Kaya McLaren
Nov 4, 2008
Murder at the Bad Girl's Bar & Grill by N.M.Kelby
Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich
Nov 11
Whale Watch by N.M. Kelby
Sail by James Patterson
Jan 26, 2009
All My Friends Are Going to
be Strangers by Larry McMurtry
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
Winter's Tales by Jonathan Winters
The Mercy Rule by Perri Klass
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
February 10
While I Was Gone by Sue Miller
Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion
The Twelfth Angel by Og Mandino
Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe
April 1, 2009
I've been rereading some of the above & a few new one's too
That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Prolux
Delorean by John Delorean
as of late
august 2009
The Appeal by John Grisham
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
The Wonderness of a Broken heart by Katie Singer
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
A Spy in the House of Love by Anais Nin
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Night of the Gun by David Carr
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- What I'm Listening To:
- again, anything and everything, especially da blues!! also love gospel; country; it's all the same rockin sounds in my little world. i love to boogie.
been listening to Lucinda Williams' latest, Little Honey. Also,natch, Taj's latest, Maestro.
went to see Amy Ray in Santa Fe 2/23/09 - she blew us away!
thank you dave
thank you for lovin & sharing the blues, dave denny, i'm wonderin what you're doin now.
Nov 20, 2008
Dave's memorial was a very moving event for me, as I'm sure it was to all of the other folks there. It was very cool to look around the crowded El Ray & see the size of the crowd. They were each there for one reason & one reason only - they loved Dave!
What a gap he is going to leave in the ABQ music scene! Not to mention the personal side of the loss I feel. I recon I'll miss him forever. I never saw Dave in a crappy mood. I never saw him not excited when he watched some music. The first time I met him was on a blue cruise way out in the middle of the ocean;, a long way from our desert & a guy wanders past me wearing a Sultans t-shirt. Being the owner of such a shirt myself as well as a shameless Sultans groupie I am somewhat ashamed to admit that i tackled the guy demanding to know all of the details re: the shirt. I let him up when he convinced me he was Dave Denny, THE Dave Denny, no shit. the author of many a musical travel for me, the total voice of the blues here in abq, a true idol & the only thing that came out of my mouth (yes, the one i would kiss my mother with if she were still kissable) was " Ohh mah gawd, I thought you were tall & white with some kind of blond hair". gawd, I felt like an idiot. An invisible idiot, if I could just pull it off. But, no, There we were face-to-face. He laughed & told me "everybody does". What a kind & gentle individual he was.
His is a big big loss.
Nov 20, 2008
Dave's memorial was a very moving event for me, as I'm sure it was to all of the other folks there. It was very cool to look around the crowded El Ray & see the size of the crowd. They were each there for one reason & one reason only - they loved Dave!
What a gap he is going to leave in the ABQ music scene! Not to mention the personal side of the loss I feel. I recon I'll miss him forever. I never saw Dave in a crappy mood. I never saw him not excited when he watched some music. The first time I met him was on a blue cruise way out in the middle of the ocean;, a long way from our desert & a guy wanders past me wearing a Sultans t-shirt. Being the owner of such a shirt myself as well as a shameless Sultans groupie I am somewhat ashamed to admit that i tackled the guy demanding to know all of the details re: the shirt. I let him up when he convinced me he was Dave Denny, THE Dave Denny, no shit. the author of many a musical travel for me, the total voice of the blues here in abq, a true idol & the only thing that came out of my mouth (yes, the one i would kiss my mother with if she were still kissable) was " Ohh mah gawd, I thought you were tall & white with some kind of blond hair". gawd, I felt like an idiot. An invisible idiot, if I could just pull it off. But, no, There we were face-to-face. He laughed & told me "everybody does". What a kind & gentle individual he was.
His is a big big loss.
Cathyray's Blog
Bloggin . . . . got my chips cashed in
Ok. Apologies to The Dead.
It all started when I got the big idea that I would have my own personal blog page where I could rant about whatever I wanted, post pictures, comments, etc. So I did what I usually do & that is go hawg wild before investigating the endeavor. I consider instructions a sourc of last resort.
I'll try to keep it brief. I took the advice of Dale, Jr & went godaddy.com. Before I knew it I was the proud owner of not only one, but two domains. One of them was a spellin… Continue
It all started when I got the big idea that I would have my own personal blog page where I could rant about whatever I wanted, post pictures, comments, etc. So I did what I usually do & that is go hawg wild before investigating the endeavor. I consider instructions a sourc of last resort.
I'll try to keep it brief. I took the advice of Dale, Jr & went godaddy.com. Before I knew it I was the proud owner of not only one, but two domains. One of them was a spellin… Continue
Posted on March 5, 2009 at 11:10am — 2 Comments
The 10:30am Railrunner to Santa Fe
Yes! Yes! We were on it. And it was great! Sure, we did go r-e-a-l-l-y slow at one point, but the views were more than worth it. We weren't on any time limits or job deadlines so we didn't care. Commuters grumbled but did they really expect to get there on time the first day? The very first trip of the day was worse than ours from what I understand.
The new snow really made the view incredible. We were just a few feet from the traffic on the slushy highway but it was like being in a different w… Continue
The new snow really made the view incredible. We were just a few feet from the traffic on the slushy highway but it was like being in a different w… Continue
Posted on December 18, 2008 at 1:30pm — 21 Comments
The long put off project
I want a grandbaby. That is no secret. Even folks that don't know me know I want a grandbaby. I see babies everywhere & want them. My eyes glaze over. I can't exactly explain it but it is like what I have seen other women go through when one day they see a baby somewhere & suddenly have to have a baby. Right then. Usually the women are a lot younger than I am but I suddenly truly understood what they had been saying. My good friend had a baby last year but that baby's grandmother hasn't… Continue
Posted on November 24, 2008 at 3:41pm — 4 Comments
Bad Mammy's Blues
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- At 9:41pm on September 11, 2009,
Señorita Ruth said… - heya! thanks for the comments. i'm glad i'm not the only one that suffers from the ailment of Not Enough Fun. who woulda thought?!
- At 11:35pm on September 1, 2009,
be well also said… - Greetings Don Schrader Fans and Friends!
Have you noticed that for the last few days we have been a "featured group"? See: http://www.dukecityfix.com/groups
I do not know how long it will last, but now would be a fitting time to share your Don Schrader stories by starting a new thread or responding to one that I got going.
I for one am hungry for Schrader stories.
Be Well.
- At 10:22am on August 16, 2009,
Doug R said… - Thanks Cathray! She got some of the facts wrong. We're not living with grandma but in her home. We decided to relocate to NM years ago and were working on the move. We expected to do it in 2012 not this soon. But with my grandmother's death,etc, here we are and thank god!!!! The rest of the article was good. I'm not that much of a hard ass but after working in the Silicon Valley they don't give you much time for anything but action.
How are you doing? I see that Tom is trying to put together another bowling event. I hope we get to see you again!!!
-Doug
- At 7:23pm on July 15, 2009,
Lesley Goddin said…
- I hear you. I had BCBS when I was self-employed several years ago. Costs kept escalating. Now I have it through my employer, though my employer has changed health insurance every year which often means I have to change docs every year (the plans supported Pres docs one year, Lovelace the next, etc.). So far BCBS is good, and I hope to get a doc I can keep for awhile. The stress of changing every year is insane.
- At 4:54pm on July 15, 2009,
- Huh, you have BCBS too? Wonder why she's not on my plan. I've got the Blue Card plan since my employer is in Mississippi, so maybe that's the difference. My top contender is Timothy Grenemeyer right now.
- At 4:43pm on July 15, 2009,
- Thank you! Unfortunately, I did another search on BCBS and she isn't listed. Grrrrr. But I've noticed a couple of other docs on DCF that look promising. Glad you have a doc you like that makes you feel listened to! That's so important!
- At 2:54pm on July 15, 2009,
- Alison, are you still a fan of Dr. Laura Stern? I have had a horrible experience (or 2 or 3) with my current doc and need to make a switch. She is one of those I am considering. What do you like about her? What if anything, DON'T you like? Thanks!
- At 8:55pm on June 16, 2009,
Dick Chingadero said… - Hey. I had lunch at the Range on Wyoming today. Do you know if Kyle did the mosaic work on the fireplace there? It was stunning.
How are (did?) you enjoy the Annie Prouxl books? I read a collection of short stories as research for my senior honors thesis this past semester and was blown away. She's certainly on the top of my favorites list.
- At 9:38am on June 8, 2009,
Grumpy said… - Wait a minute ... that's MY handle! I hope your friend is worthy of the moniker. Tattoo? I assume that would be a tattoo of Grumpy the dwarf? Personally I'm surprised I've made it this far in life without getting the Dopey tattoo, but that's another story.
- At 8:23pm on May 9, 2009,
Doug R said…
- Cathyray...thanks for the note about the Lebowskis. I'll catch up tomorrow - Sunday. April was worse than expected. Put 3,000 miles on a rental car and was gone for 10 days. Went all the way out to California at one point during the trip. It's taken me almost a week to catch up. I will be caught up for sure by the end of tomorrow. And then....I absolutely promise to be on the ball with the Fix and the Lebowski group. Whew! (ha ha)
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