Merrill Markoe's Blog, page 16

Well, this has been a weird Holiday season for me so far. My brother got in to a car wreck so I went to Cincinnati for a few days to help out, etc. Upon arriving home yesterday,  I was perusing my local papers to see what if anything had happened while my back was turned, and came upon this very festive holiday greeting from the local septic tank pumper. My heart was instantly warmed because how cold hearted do you have to be to not find yourself moved, at this time of year, by the emotional ...

My first two nominees:

1. Sarah Palin. No explanation needed. She defines the category.

2. Rainbow Twizzlers

I bought a pack of these yesterday because I love Twizzlers. And I love rainbows. But, as they say here on the internet: Fail. Whatever flavor that is in the red ones (a flavor I like to think of as RED) is the only acceptable Twizzler . The purple is especially wrong.  While I was taste testing the other colors, I thought to myself "Pretty. But horrible." Then I thought of Sarah Palin...

Bob Dylan has a new Christmas album out. Here is a link. Click on this:(  I'll Be Home for Christmas) and let's listen to him sing "I'll be Home for Christmas" together as I tell you the heartwarming story of what Bob's version of the song means to me.

Lets begin with Exhibit A. (left)

But first a little back story: I live in lovely Malibu by the sea; fabled in story and song.  I have a nice, kind of modest A framey home, but my neighborhood  also contains some private residences that look...

Perhaps you have also been fretting over the health care reform bill in its many and mysterious myriad mutations. I started out excited, especially about the public option and the idea of presenting a counter-punch  to those miserable insurance company behemoths,  their continually rising rates and their hideous unknowable opt-outs for pre-existing conditions etc. Then the public option started to blink on and off like a bunch of quantum dots and  the rest of the bill became more or less...

The place was never an institution of hiring learning or anything but lately they started posting signs indicating they are selling additional services. Tonight I bothered to read the signs more closely. I don't know what Hydrolipo Sculpting, Carboxy Therapy or Lymph Drainage are… But Mesotherapy for FACT REDUCTION? Sorry. I don't want to seem judgmental.But judging from the looks of things around there, I doubt that its a good idea.

Its the happ-happ-happiest time of the year for me. This is the time of the year where  all my union memberships finally pay off each time Fed Ex shows up unannounced in my driveway  to bestow upon me unexpected 'for your consideration' movie screeners. And generally the movies are all the ones I already put on my netflix queue;  the weird or smart indie films that were well reviewed and had light attendance. Yes, each screener comes complete with  an accompanying threatening message which...

Its the happ-happ-happiest time of the year for me. This is the time of the year where  all my union memberships finally pay off each time Fed Ex shows up unannounced in my driveway  to bestow upon me unexpected 'for your consideration' movie screeners. And generally the movies are all the ones I already put on my netflix queue;  the weird or smart indie films that were well reviewed and had light attendance. Yes, each screener comes complete with  an accompanying threatening message which...

Its the happ-happ-happiest time of the year for me. This is the time of the year where  all my union memberships finally pay off each time Fed Ex shows up unannounced in my driveway  to bestow upon me unexpected 'for your consideration' movie screeners. And generally the movies are all the ones I already put on my netflix queue;  the weird or smart indie films that were well reviewed and had light attendance. Seriously; its the greatest getting them for free. And last year this approach paid ...

Happy Thanksgiving from meand also from the good people of Mauritania, whose National Anthem I have borrowed.

It may have nothing to do with Thanksgiving, but you have to admit: THAT is an impressive sounding National Anthem.

This is a page on which I hope you, the person who knows an annoying narcissist, will contribute a little something. I am seeking a collection of great memorable quotes by the narcissist in your life. I want the quote that makes your head spin and your mouth hang open with its egomaniacal cluelessness; The quote that you fish out to tell your uncomprehending friends at dinner parties in order to better describe the problem you have had with this person.

To get the ball rolling I will give a...