Let’s All Go to the Vet!
Today was supposed to be a day of no plans and otherwise a day to accomplish nothing.Well, there was perhaps a trip to Aldi tentatively planned, and perhaps a cleaning of the bathtub, a letter to write...
View ArticleNinth Blogiversary
Arteejee was started nine years ago today.In that time, and in entries yet to happen, I hope and am hoping that I’ve contributed and continue to contribute something to the great public debate on the...
View ArticleDoldrums Season – 2015
Winter.No snow to complain about and the temperatures have been mild.So why am I feeling so blah?Warrior Queen attributes her moodiness to seasonal affective disorder. Actually I didn’t realize...
View ArticleCommercial Break
I have had many opportunities lately to watch television while spending time with Oreo.She snuggles up against me on the sofa while I pet her and tell her sweet nothings.I tell her how pretty she is,...
View ArticleThe Return of Snort Bites (January 2015)
TALK SHOW INVENTOR JOE FRANKLIN DIESWell, he’s credited with inventing the television mainstay, but who can argue with his longevity?A contemporary of Ed Sullivan, his show began televising in 1950.For...
View ArticleThe Day After the Night Before
This morning in a burrow somewhere near Punxatawny PA, our favorite rodent might be having this dialogue with himself...“Oh my God!What the eff did I drink last night?Ow, my head.The last thing I...
View ArticleBrr! Valentine’s Day
It was a very cold winter weekend, even by normal midatlantic seaboard standards.New England was having another blizzard, while we here outside of Philadelphia experienced temperatures which we...
View ArticleCajun
I had a bad feeling yesterday about someone I knew.I initially got the feeling without any clue as to what had happened sometime in the afternoon.I went to the blog, On Transmigration, and read the...
View ArticleSeeping Through a Writer’s Block
I’m having the worst case of winter doldrums I can remember having.There’s a variety of reasons for this, which may or may not be ripe for future blog fodder.In the meantime, the following ruminations...
View ArticleEye Surgery …and Then!
It’s strange how we can go through days, weeks, months at a time without a single deviation from our routine.The sameness of our day to day happenings can devolve into boredom or even...
View ArticleAnne L. Gunther
It would sound cruel if I began a tribute to my mother who passed away one week ago today with a sense that I’m glad she’s gone.No, phrasing is everything.Instead, my feelings that I am grateful her...
View ArticleReligious Persecution in Indiana?
Why?Why would a state like Indiana, an area steeped in mid-western common sense values, pass a law reaffirming religious values?Have there been some incidents of religious persecution I had not heard...
View ArticleGod and Son
And now a sneak peak at the series premiere of the newest situation comedy from Fox…God and Son!(Studio applause.)Jesus: Good Morning, father!God: Good Morning Jesus! Happy Good Friday!Jesus: Thanks!...
View ArticleThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
At the end of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, all seemed right with the disparate group of British pensioners who now call India their home. Relationships ended - Douglas and Jean (Bill Nighy and...
View ArticleWarrior Queen – Ant Killer, or Springtime in Southeast Pennsylvania
The moderating temperatures have finally caught up with the calendar and we can now say that spring is here.(Wow!Now there’s an opening worthy of Fox News meteorologist John Bolaris. Maybe we should...
View ArticleGood News and Better News
I had my second cataract surgery this past week and (good news) I now have 20/20 vision again.Even greater news, I had my second cataract surgery this past week and nobody died.Okay, this may seem like...
View ArticleTrouble in the Old Neighborhood
My old neighborhood, Frankford, has been in the news every day for a week. A week ago today Amtrak Train #188 derailed as it rounded the curve at a place called Frankford Junction.It was the worst...
View ArticleThe Monday Morning Blessing
Where: Chez GuntherWhen: any and every Monday morningWarrior Queen arises; sunlight seeps through the curtains and crashes into her eyes.WQ: Damn! It’s Monday! I hate Mondays!*A sphere of bright...
View ArticlePrep Day Drinking Game
Hey kids!Remember those fun college days when you were gathered around the table with your friends on the weekends and you wanted to get drunk as fast as you could?Sure, we all do!At some point during...
View ArticleUpdate: Prep Day
I’ll keep this short, but suffice to say I survived another colonoscopy. This was my third since I turned 45.The standard thinking is to have one at age 50 and, if they don’t find anything,they don’t...
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