Bertha Venation
Bertha Venation's JournalA hilarious movie scene (no video)
I saw this image and thought of one of the best movie scenes ever.
George: You played a tomato for 30 seconds, they went a day over schedule 'cause you wouldn't siddown.
Michael: Yes. It wasn't logical.
George: You were a tomato!! A tomato doesn't have logic! A tomato can't move!
Michael: That's what I said! So if he can't move, how's he gonna sit down, George? I was a stand-up tomato: a juicy, sexy, beefsteak tomato. Nobody does vegetables like me! I did an evening of vegetables off-Broadway! I did the best tomato, the best cucumber... I did an endive salad that knocked the critics on their ass!
Just found out that my mother's best friend died in 1999.
My mother died in 1974, when I was 11 years old. Shortly thereafter, Sharon, my mother's best friend, showed up to take care of us. She had a husband (who was one of the biggest pricks I've ever known) and two young daughters. Eventually we all moved into a big house together.
I remember Sharon's method of making meat-stuffed manicotti was to stuff the shells before they were cooked. The result was skinny meat sticks inside big pasta tubes. I remember seeing her put ground beef on a salad and thinking that was weird. I remember her saying that she didn't dress provocatively because she wanted men to wonder what was under the clothes.
We weren't particularly close, but I think she did okay by us.
A few months ago her youngest daughter, Jody, and I became FB friends. Last night we had a chat session, and I found out that Sharon died in 1999 of a brain aneurysm, one week short of her 54th birthday.
I had always wondered about this family. I'm glad to learn that Jody has three kids, including a ten-year-old named Sharon.
need help identifying a wild animal -- no pics
I went outside at deepest dusk to put away the bird feeders. I caught some reflecting eyes from the tree line at the back of my property. I thought it was one of our cats, Smudgey, so I called to her. Whatever it was made a noise like this:
rrrrraaaAAAANGCHNKT!
Sorry. That is the best I can do. I hesitate to use the word "bark," but that's as close as I can come to the critter's sharp vocalization. It was most assuredly not a dog. I did my best to imitate it, and it answered back. We went back and forth for about five minutes, until the mosquitoes got to me and I came back into the house.
I have no idea what it is. We get possums, raccoons, foxes (though we haven't seen a fox in a long time, fucking developers), plus daytime critters like squirrels and deer. But I have never heard a sound like this critter tonight made.
Any ideas?
PS I live in Charles County in southern Maryland.
about grain-free kibble (cross-posted from Pets)
Do you feed your pets grain-free kibble?
I have a serious feeding problem in my house. Ten cats, and one is obese. We started her on a diet but the only way to do so is to feed the other kids the same. Just a few days later and we realize it's not working -- they're all hungry, not just O'Malley.
Someone suggested grain-free kibble as a way to get her to lose weight (because she compulsively eats kibble; that's why she's so big). And if we free-feed it the other kids won't be hungry.
Do you feed grain-free kibble? What is your pet's/pets' experience with it?
Thanks.
Do you feed your pets grain-free kibble?
I have a serious feeding problem in my house. Ten cats, and one is obese. We started her on a diet but the only way to do so is to feed the other kids the same. Just a few days later and we realize it's not working -- they're all hungry, not just O'Malley.
Someone suggested grain-free kibble as a way to get her to lose weight (because she compulsively eats kibble; that's why she's so big). And if we free-feed it the other kids won't be hungry.
Do you feed grain-free kibble? What is your pet's/pets' experience with it?
Thanks.
I'm fucked because I have no fucking short-term memory.
I was on Medifast but quit. Medifast automatically refills your order each month and, of course, debits your card/bank account.
Guess who just screwed herself out of 300 fucking dollars because she forgot to cancel?!!
How to get 30 women in the exact same spot within 15 seconds.
Hit a law firm building with lightning. 
It hit the rail of a balcony about 100 feet from where I am sitting at my desk. All we assistants and attorneys on this floor (yep, all women, at least on this floor) flocked. Two unfortunate souls were talking in the conference room where the balcony is, and they screamed. Can't blame them.
I love thunderstorms -- to an extent . . .
(let the off-color comments commence)
question about feeding a pounce of cats
We have ten cats. One of them is obese, and the only way to get her to lose weight is to put everyone on the same diet. We used to free-feed kibble; that's why she got so fat: she was constantly at the bowl. But now we're feeding each a half-can of wet food in the morning and a half-can in the late afternoon. No kibble. No free-feeding.
Tomorrow we're going to be gone until well after dark. They'll get their morning feeding, of course. What do you think: should we put out kibble for the day, or just feed them late when we get home?
Thanks.
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Name: Bertha. What else?Gender: Female
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
Home country: home, sweet home
Current location: Fountain Valley, CA
Member since: Wed Oct 15, 2003, 09:30 PM
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