Um. You know, I can hear you. You're saying to yourself "Good God she's going to go on about her dead sister again. Yeah, yeah, we know already. You have a sister and she's dead. That doesn't make you special. This isn't a meme that's going to go viral Surly. Give… Read full post »

I don't know much about playing cards. I can play a mean game of Go Fish!, but for the most part the extent of my knowledge and experience playing card games is limited to pushing buttons on a video poker machine. However, it should be noted that I did pay for… Read full post »

Okay. So really. I just don't get it. I don't get this whole Kardashian thing. I really don't. I've tried to watch their shows, but for the life of me I can't find a single redeeming thing about them. They are forever bickering, whinging, or talking absolute drivel. That is… Read full post »

So the other night Dave and I went to see Elvis Costello perform. This was a much awaited and anticipated night out. After all it was Elvis, the man who Dave fully understands I will leave his sorry ass for at the drop of a guitar pick. There's just… Read full post »

Years ago my cousin Daniela would say "You're such an adult!" with the same accusatory tone that you'd say "You're such an asshole!" Being an adult was the worst possible thing of which she could conceive. For the most part I would have to agree with her. Being an adult… Read full post »

So, as most of y'all know I work from home. No, I'm not some middle aged guy in my underwear doing telemarketing out of my mother's basement you smart ass. I work in a nice home office in my pajamas and fuzzy slippers with labretards snoring at my feet. To give… Read full post »

So, as I was laying on the massage table at the Korean bathhouse this afternoon, I started thinking about my friend Molly's father. No, not in that dirty "happy finish" kind of way you're thinking. Sheesh. You people really need to get cable TV. Lord. It's Sunday. I need to bitch… Read full post »

This is a story I wrote after the passing of a friend that I was subsequently asked to read at her memorial service.  Stella, affectionately known as Christopher Robin amongst her friends for her often childlike innocence, was a professional athlete who in her twenties held the world record for… Read full post »

I remember watching one of those news shows, like 48 Hours or Dateline, where they were talking about a pair of brothers who were being reunited after 50 years or something like that, and the whole time I kept thinking “How does that happen? How do you get estranged from a… Read full post »

I like a bargain just as much as the next person. I'm not an extreme coupon kinda gal like my friend Jodi who can go to the market, buy $200 worth of stuff and walk out with the store owing her money. She also tends to leave in her wake a… Read full post »

Well first let me get the pleasantries out of the way and wish you a Happy New Year. Let's all pause for a moment while we pretend that this greeting actually carried real emotion and that either one of us has a vested interest in how the other's year is going… Read full post »

Argh. I gotta tell ya, people have been gettin' on my last nerve lately. Well, sure people are always doing what they can to annoy me, and for the most part I'm all about turn the other cheek and ignoring them. Okay, well I'll admit that some days I want to… Read full post »

Sorry, I know I've been a bit remiss about keeping you up-to-date and generally providing you with my brilliant insights. I have a life you know, and I'm terribly sorry you don't. We should probably work on that. Email me. We'll make a plan and hopefully spare the world from having… Read full post »

 On October 5th, 2007, barely a month after the death of my sister Parrish, my family lost another beloved member. My aunt Melantha's second husband, my uncle Co… Read full post »

 (Author's note: This post was originally posted on 09/09/2009. It is being reposted on the anniversary of my sister's passing.)

 Parrish 'n' Me

 As I have mentioned in previous posts, my sister Parrish passed away from brain cancer two years ago.  Two years ago today i… Read full post »

Yup. Yes sirree. I've got to own it. I'm a bigot. Sure, I can bet that because I own an antique Aunt Jemima cookie jar you're assuming I'm prejudiced against people of other races. Boy you sure are a narrow minded bunch of people, aren't you? Don't make me remind you… Read full post »

"So, I have something to tell you about something that happened with Gus."

Okay. So let me just start off by putting a little warning label on this post. Don't Google the term "bestiality". You won't like the results if you do. (That being said, there will be no NSFW… Read full post »

Ooooh! I bet I just got your blood a boiling with that title, now didn't I? You saw them there fightin' words and decided you were gonna come on over here and put old Surly in her place. Gone too far this time haven't I? It's one thing to be mockin'… Read full post »

You might be inclined to think of this post as a pity party, and if so, consider this your invitation. Pull up a chair and get yourself a drink from the punchbowl. It's been spiked.

Apparently I'm supposed to be doing this ageing thing with some modicum of grace and… Read full post »

Hello, it's me. I've thought about us for a long, long time. Maybe I think too much but something's wrong... Yeah, could someone please tell Todd Rundgren to stop signing in my head? I sent him a tweet the other day, but the bastard is still going off in my head.… Read full post »

I think about death with fair frequency. Not in the Sylvia Plath head in the oven while wearing a twin-set and pearls way, but more about the practicalities of the thing. Having the odd semi-truck barrelling past you on a bike tends to make your life flash by your eyes and… Read full post »

The beauty of the internet is that whole worlds can open before you with a single click of a mouse. Even for veterans like myself, there's always the chance to find a new avenue to turn down, a new site to peruse, and a new thing to confound me. Take last… Read full post »