Olga(75) to Helen(77) Let's Run Over the Homeless Guy and other Useful Info

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It's true.  Back in 2008 two elderly women were convicted of running over and killing a homeless man for his life insurance.  How did they know he had life insurance you may query?  They took the policy out on him.  They took the policy out, put him in an apartment for two years (the minimum I guess you have to live to get awarded the policy), then they got him drunk and drugged up, dumped him in an alley, backed up and gunned the SUV, and ran over him and killed him.  Unfortunately, as bright as these two ladies might appear to be, when they ran over the gentleman, they damaged the undercarriage of their SUV and called a tow truck.  Darwin awards anyone?  They will spend the rest of their lives in prison. Read more...

Buck Naked and Some Really Did Look Like George Costanza (Shrinkage!)

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I was looking at a map of Nantucket...please, no.  Don't do it.  Their once was a girl from Nantucket, who said, if you want you can...Stop!  There are too many variations for that ending.  Buuuutt, while looking at the map, I noticed there was a "fat ladies beach" and a "nude beach".  Whiiiicchhhh brings back memories of our Windstar Cruise which had a stop in Mykonos.  There were three couples in our group.  We were and still are dear friends.  One of the guys had, without the rest of us knowing about it, via guide books scoped out the nudest beaches on Mykonos. Read more...

FRSO: F**k- Room Service-Shower-Out: Book review for The Kings of Cool and Savages

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Savages came out in 2010.  Don Winslow, the author, said he got so many questions about the main characters in Savages that he just had to write a prequel. The Kings of Cool, which was published in 2012, was to satisfy his reading public but because he also already "knew their backstories." 

The first chapter of The Kings of Cool is "F**k me."  The first chapter of Savages is "F**k you."  That's it.  Those are two chapters.  In both novels, Winslow uses, as I would call it, stream of consciousness writing.  As it comes into his head, that's the way he writes it.  Two words for two chapters?  Puts a real powerhouse in those words.  The writing is interspersed with screen play dialog: Read more...

Absinthe the Truth

Back in the late '80's when I was a newbie sales rep for a major cruise line, I flew to San Antonio.  When I got off of the plane, I went to the rest room. I had on a long, peasant style skirt.  I exited the rest room...you know where this is going don't you?  It took a full 4-5 minutes, with all kinds of people deplaning before a woman rushed up to me and told me my skirt was stuck in my panties.  Soooo, that meant my rear was in view for 4-5 minutes.  I can understand why a guy wouldn't tell me.  But why that long for another woman?  Because some people just would rather not bring it to your attention. Why?  Because it might embarrass me?  Come on.  You either know someone who is like that OR you YOURSELF is like that. Read more...