The Shattered Prayer

Most people have the Mercury Retrograde blues right now, but I gotta say, I’m in the pink. So far this retrograde has seemed determined to screw everyone else in my favor (knock wood). It has been most bounteous, all praise to His Divine Trickiness. I didn’t stick’is pics up on my blog fer nuthin’.
I […]

I thought we’d put Morrissey in the blender, so why am I quoting him in the title? Because lately its been true. Every day I wake up feeling like its still the weekend. There’s a certain ennui that has blanketed the past few days. Its been like sunday, and though Sundays are great, they’re great […]

THOU still unlavish’d brine of queerness,
Thou poster-child of Violence and grown Lime,
Silver hysteric, who canst thus express
A flowing tail more weeklly than old slime:
What lean-felched legend haunts about thy grape
Of dainties or morals, or of borg,
In Testes or the danes in the arcade?
What […]

Can you believe I have a pimple? Does my skin not know how old I am. I’m long past pimple age. Of course, even during adolescence, I never had pimples. I suppose I’m now being punished for having had good teenage skin, when everyone else was suffering.
Oddly enough, I felt left out because of it. […]

Yes thats right, the summer solstice is our birthday. And this is the space where all the SPians can leave birthday greetings for me, Prince William, Jane Russell, Koichi Mashimo, Juliette Lewis, Benazir Bhutto, Berk Breathed and no less than two porn stars, Alicia Alighatti and Sindee Coxx.
Bill and I plan to celebrate our birthdays […]

Well, I woke up this morning when my ‘cup runneth over’ if you know what I mean. When I speak of ‘cup’, I’m talking about my moon cup. I have a habit of waking up seconds before a real mess is made, which is - for a change - a good habit to have. […]

Today I was thinking about what music I wanted played at my funeral. Don’t ask me why I was thinking that, I just was. No, I’m not dwelling on death or goin’ all emo on yah (), it was more a musical thought than a death one.
And let me say, Christian Slater has gone […]

I love aubergine (thats eggplants to us American types, but frankly I don’t care what its called. Its tasty.) And I felt it was time for another recipe, so here goes:
1 medium eggplant1 cup breadcrumbs2 garlic cloves, crushed1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped2 teaspoons ground cumin1/2 teaspoon hot paprika2 tablespoons lemon […]

Request for political opinions = most unpopular post ever.
New emoticons = This post rocks!
I guess I’ve learned my lesson about asking people for opinions on the presidential campaign. So, what inane topic can I post today?
Early this morning I was awakened by a thunderstorm. What a wonderful thing to be awakened by. I listened […]

I’ve added some new emoticons for the SPians. I realise many of you have been smiley-impaired in the past, so this should make things easier.
All you need to do is put the word for the emoticon between two colons. Here is a list of words you can use. I was going to post […]

Damn, ask for an opinion on politics, and everybody goes quiet. And not just quiet, but absent. And I’m not just talking about regular readers, I’m talking about everybody. Traffic has plummeted so low I’d almost think I’ve been banned from Google.
But I haven’t.
Maybe its just one of those freak low traffic days. […]

So, who do we like for 2008? I’ll bet Mojo is voting for Mitt Romney. And R the P is a long-time supporter of Newt Gingrich, though I also know he’s a real admirer of how Giuliani made Times Square so lovely and Disney-esque.
I do believe I’ve just slandered my friends. Its grounds for […]

Man, all this quietude on the Shattered Prayer is getting disconcerting. Though I realise R the P and Mojo (quite possibly the two biggest mouths on SP) are making ready for a parental visit. Hey, if R the P’s parents are lucky, they might see some rain while they’re up there. I’m sure its been […]

Its just my mind, interpreting headlines again before my eyes finish reading them. So “Fight hate. Be counted!” Became “Fight. Hate. Be counted.” Finally an interesting political adjuration. Then there was “Real SexEd saves lives”, which my lighting fast (but not razor-sharp) mind interpreted as “Real Sex Slaves!”. I thought it was porn-spam.
Once again, […]

Didja know that if there is something sitting on your laptop lid, and you lift the lid, whatever is on top will fall off? Strange but true, nothing can remain sitting on a laptop lid while the lid is in the upright position. At this time of the morning, lessons are learned slowly.
This is […]