Cursor is throbbing at me, binging, binging, binging... and yes I know it is silent, but if it wasn't...

What sound would your cursor make; ding-a-ling, buzz or a chirp or something else entirely?
I checked by turning my speaker on, and even though it continues to throb while it waits impatiently for me to write something anything… it bounces in what time signature?
All right it is a steady beat.
Could it be one quarter time?
It’s been years since I took a piano lesson and that was only for five years eons ago!
Have any of you also noticed this thingy creating a more than simple but unique syntax of its very own?
Imagination can run rampant when one has so much time on ones hands, hmm?
Is it just me, or if you let it; does it annoy you too?
Most of you probably never thought about it either way, eh? (For our Canadian chums whom have come back to their southern homes to roost for their allotted six months)
But you must admit, if you stare at it for a while, without moving it on from the direction it appears to prefer, left to right, how odd?
No, go with me here… why not right to left? Does it only speak one language? No of course not, it is multi-lingual!
Sure it goes where it is placed though, as long as, as we all know that it doesn’t freeze up, hmm?
Whew, been there done that… not a pleasant thought.
Had to shut the whole thing down and let it take a rest for a bit.
Some times it is more serious than that…have been known to turn off my surge protector too and start the whole shebang up again, wow is that not scary!
So I suppose, even though its constant pounding on and off it is somewhat reassuring that it is there, working, doing what it should be doing…hmm?
AHH… a sigh of relief is how we should compensate for its annoying silent beeping that could be responsible for this headache that seems to be coming on…

Tune in next time when we might discuss why on this green earth why it was given the name, CURSOR?
Hmm, that’s it, it is cursing at us all under its breath that is if it has a breath?
But alas, we all know that is impossible for it to have… or is it?
One never knows does one?
LOL!

On that another Tobi Fable based on silliness, meaning without thought or rhyme or reasoning… allow me to be the first to wish you all a very happy good night and ask you to kindly count all your blessings and share all your overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?

Variants in word usage are an automatic distraction...

Did that get your attention?
Opening lines in non-fiction and fiction are what grabs you into reading on…
And as a writing hack, myself, I do wonder how I can attract your notice to continue to be interested in whatever I have to spew nightly here.

Famous first lines or in any placement in a story can be monumental in this field that I so boldly tread on with high expectations on how to inform, entertain or just keep you away from any trouble that you might have considered without me here to steer you clear with my very pleasant but sub-worthy, trite attempts of being interesting diversions, ha!

Sci-Fi has some of the best grabber lines ever, as well as the murder mystery genre, and personally I must admit that I prefer the latter. Why I even tried my hand at writing them!

What makes you not put down a book?
Of course, we all know that great writing can be the cause of that happy malady! What is the formula for that?
It could also be a competitor with your significant other’s undivided attention who possibly has not reached the same feelings of love for the written word. I am proud to say though, in our case, Hubby’s and mine, it is usually a dual reading match that we enjoy in matching chairs I must admit creating nirvana, corny, hmm? No, simplicity at its finest!

But of recent months, my eyes have made me not such a great companion reader… I do so hope that when my favorite authors’ books are released and arrive ala our local library that I will be able to try a bit harder to regain the patience to do that which I so much miss and love, read.
My righty eye, as you all know is a goner, and lefty is finicky to say the least and so when he miss behaves he makes sticking to the page of desire quite a challenge. Well, I have been waiting long enough and when those novels arrive there I will make an enormous effort to accomplish such a little thing I imagine for most. Large print is fine, but for some unknown reason books on tape I have not had the patience to attempt… Geez I know they are easy, just put them in whatever device you have to and listen; how hard can that be?
Well, as we all know as I have mentioned before I have a listening problem, and a slight hearing problem… I have jest that my heroine, Helen Keller is channeling me…if only!
She overcame so much and went on to accomplish so much in her life!
Children should read her story, ‘The Miracle Worker’, and would never complain again for little things that are wrong, oh wait I read her story when about twelve years old and saw the Patti Duke movie version not much after, and here I still complain nightly… What can I say; except that sharing is also a form of helping others…? BIG SMILE HERE!
Compassion is putting yourself in another person’s place and that is something that we all need to be reminded of at all different times in our lives to keep on going!
So why not read about someone who did it in spite of not having the ease of choice but eventually conquered all her limitations with intelligence and grace and lived a fulfilling and sharing life, and in the end she became a teacher, a very noble profession.

On that pleasant thought in these hard times allow me to be the first to wish you all a very happy good night and to ask you to kindly count all your blessings and to share all your overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?

Great ideas, common sense and more oxymoron...

Here’s a ‘great idea’ on how to save money this holiday season… DON’T SHOP, in other words, “don’t spend any money…,” a wild concept, hmm? I know it’s an old way of handling an age old problem, specifically being short on funds… but a tried and true method to resolve it, hmm?
I know that I am too late already, with Black Friday and Small Business Saturday done with and now being on the cusp of Cyber Monday, but go with me here…
Why not, for next year plan ahead and spread out purchases over the year by saving up first, not on layaway but in a saving’s account and then budgeting yourself and sticking to that budget.
Whatever happened to those holiday clubs, you know the ones... Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza what-have-you, all good; if I recall. Or put the money away on your own away, in a pretend account separate from your bank account that is accessible if an emergency arises by dividing your own checking into savings and checking on paper and not touching the money you move over in your own record, got that?
I hate to think with all those sales over the last few days that too many will find themselves in financial difficulty once again…really are our memories that short!
Think of me as being just a polite intervention here, okay?
Don’t answer; I know what you’re thinking…. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS LADY!
But I mean well… sure I do...what other motivation could I have? Since this advice is free too!

Gosh, that’s me all over the place, an interfering witch (actually the rhyming one is me) that I am… any-who moving on…
Question, if common sense is so common why do so few people have it?
If thinking is a process, what do we do to get there?
And we all know that an oxymoron is best explained by the words; ‘jumbo shrimp’ or ‘wise fool’ or ‘legal murder’ that all are contradictory words used for some odd reason together. More here for your enjoyment/amusement: http://www.oxymoronlist.com/

My processes are working at times and at other times not so much… but I digress… what makes you wonder why?
George Carlin the comedian was another person to be listened to, for me he made me wonder and why I should wonder…
Below are some of his pearls of interesting wit and wisdom: thanks to Brainy Quote.com.
“George Carlin Quotes:

Always do whatever's next.
George Carlin

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.
George Carlin

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
George Carlin

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.
George Carlin

Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.
George Carlin”

Read more if you so wish: just copy and paste: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/george_carlin.html#ixzz1ex44AZr5

On this much to think/laugh about allow me to be the very first to wish you all a very happy good night and to ask you all to kindly count all your blessings and share all your overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?

Time goes on and so must we...

Before the Common Era, BCE is now which is what the old B.C. was, and CE is the Common Era, which we live in now that used to be A.D. are you following this?
Learning never ends does it?
And boy, I was under the impression that I was living in 2011 A.D., Geez who knows when this all changed to that above mentioned Politically Correct, PC, time period?
Being out of the loop can be annoying and frustrating, but most of all when someone uses the phrase, word or what-have-you, it creates a dumb factor expression on my mug that I have noticed gets harder to hide as I get older.
It’s not the fact that I am getting any dumber, oh maybe, but in truth I must have forgotten more than most college kids have learned to date! But, you know the more that gets into that brain through actually listening or osmosis or whatever, it appears to be, at times, to be more difficult to access, have you noticed that? Sort of like misplacing your keys, get it? You know where they are, somewhere, but not exactly.
I seem to recall this starts earlier than most would think, before age thirty.
But who knows, I do know somewhere in that space between my ears that we euphemistically call my ‘noggin’ ala brain encasement, hmm?
Intriguing how things become anew for us to learn sometimes the TV news may carry it on all the channels and herald it to the whole wide world but then, like this thing above, it’s more demure in its pronouncement, why it must have been taught in a whisper, since I never ever heard of it before!
Oh sure, you all probably knew that already, right?

See, being at home so much you would think this gal has way too much time on her hands, which I do, but how I spend it is not as fruitful as it probably could be.
I should if not as tired as I am, did you know I awoke at 4:44 A.M. this morning?
And I am up most all night long still, I suppose that thyroid medicine will be a few more weeks before it kicks in, and yes I read it is supposed to help with that problem as a few others like my incredible appetite and weight gaining issues…
Waiting, and so with all this time that I have, besides looking up things that I periodically find a miniscule interest in, nah its bigger than that… I was looking up the person who was trying to find an honest person, since this lying thing has me feeling like I expect too much from everyone.
It could be even considered unhealthy to be so concerned with wanting the world to always tell the truth.
And yes, we have visited this topic before and my blatant honesty has gotten me in trouble more times than not, but tempering that with kindness, to me, borders on dishonesty.
And that is why most days I find myself all alone, because being too honest is a negative thing in this world who wants to hear only the good not the bad… and so this is my forum to share it all!
Let’s face it; you are mostly all I got!
That is to tell my truth to.

On that not as funny as I wanted to be, but you gotta admit some of it may have caused a bit of a grin… allow me to be the first to wish you all a very happy good night and to ask you to kindly count all your blessings and share all your overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?

CRAZEE!

Did you hear the one about the lady who pepper sprayed everyone who got in her way of her items?
Or the one who opened fire on others for taking what they thought was theirs?
Boy, and all this is for getting that 70% off of something that you more than likely will have to replace when it becomes obsolete within the year?
Gosh, I don’t get it; hurting people to get all that bling.
Not that I don’t see a real reason for retailers to get the customers to come in, but offer a deal that’s not going to make them maim, blame or at least try to keep them tame in the process, huh?
Why is it that this time of year of love and peace and good will towards man and woman seems to bring out those negative aspects of us?
My educational background is in retail management and I don’t recall in all those years of how many that I was on the other end of those deals and steals… but, I suppose it was traumatic enough to make me not rush out of my home of comfort and perfect temperate climate to get run over by lunatics trying their hardest to get as many of what they can to impress themselves or others in their family or perhaps their friends, but are they real friends and family who love you or do they just LOVE you for what you get them, hmm?
The test of time and trueness of affection is if the ones you think the most of still care about you when you don’t over indulge them. I know it’s an adjustment to many, but go with me here…
Think about it and perhaps try on a not so special an occasion, trueness of love will mean they still react lovingly to you with not as big of an over-the-top display of lunacy that you really can’t afford anyway.
Or even if you can, wouldn’t you want to know why they really appreciate you, hopefully that it is for you and you alone?
BIG SMILE here.
Some of us know how it is to be able to give till it hurts with all that bling and then have financial problems that make you reevaluate what’s it all for and hand make your gifts the next year or two. Those could be the reasons that these days I still see the value in trying to be crafty and yes I do mean in more ways than one, ha!
We all care about each other perhaps at this time of year those feelings are heightened because of all the advertising and who hasn’t shed a tear or two at those Hallmark or Publix TV commercials and Folgers tries too! Boo hoo!
But the real mark of caring is being there and spending time, which is free and listening and helping each other with menial tasks on a daily basis or going that extra mile to do it…even opening a door for a stranger while on your shopping trips and a smile does really go a mile and so in closing be old fashioned and be kind…and if that is boring I will show you mine if you show me yours…smile, that is silly!
Spread the true cheer of the season and make others know it too…
Cause the world gets smaller everyday and don’t we all love you too?

On those words to do with whatever you care to allow me to be the first to wish you all a very happy good night and to ask you to kindly to count all your blessings and share all your overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?

PS Tomorrow is the day of shopping that all small businesses can use your help and love and consideration to continue in your neighborhood so support them by buying whatever they got on sale or not, okay? Install another smile here.
We need them and that means all of us.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Now go shop!
If you must go, otherwise be happy that you can go if you so desire while many still cannot afford to go…
Oops, am I the voice of reality?
Nah, just being my Grinchiest once again!
Everyone has their own reality to deal with and many are not as fortunate to be able to just go out to get those incredible prices with those first come first serve major sales!
But you go on ahead and get what you need… perhaps you should pick up an extra this or that and wrap it up for someone not as lucky as you?
Just another annoying idea from yours truly, you know the items that I am talking about the ones that are sold two for one or buy one get one free, BOGO?

These are only my suggestions for you to take a spin around the block with and you know me my advice is what its worth and free is free… and therefore worth NOTHING, ha!
Gotta love the brain challenged who are also grammatically challenged and usually incorrect and here we go again with my disclaimer announcements of not having a decent spell and grammar check… how odd it just corrected my spelling of ‘grammar’ as I wrote it wrong, G-R-A-M-A-R, missing the second ‘M’, scary! Sorry Spooky thing in my computer…nothing personal, oh sure it is! LOL!
Sometimes I suppose it does work…
But one never knows, does one?

Ideas of how to spend your holidays are always decent from my perspective since I have been fortunate enough to have had all different religious ways, quantitative ways, generational ways and you name-it ways of doing it in my past of over sixty years worth to give you all some input with, hmm?
EXPERIENCE, that’s what I am talking about.
You gotta love it that some of us have gone in all different directions from multiple massive parties to simple soirées for two.
Healthy to handicapped to multi-nationalities to ages from womb to 100 and beyond!
Yep, I’ve done it all.
Not bad, eh?
Sure it’s not.
Ask me anything.
Nah, my turn, you weren’t quick enough…
How did your turkey/ham day go?
Or, right now it should still be going, hmm?
That’s another consideration when only dinner for two and the two that happen to know each other …FOREVER! It doesn’t seem to matter if ONE takes the time to write her nightly drivel, hmm?
Any-who, for you though, I am concerned, since no answer from you could be a good thing or not so good thing, perhaps bad; you know what I mean?
We are friends, right?
Of course we are, and you wouldn’t lie to me when I ask you a straight question like I just have, and no it is not an anti-gay thing when I use the word ‘straight’, it means ‘direct’, for you over sensitive peeps…ha!
Been there too, not gay, just always overly sensitive too, not that there is anything wrong with either one of those…but you knew that!
I thought I should lighten this thing up a bit; especially after last night’s was way too heavy…hmm?
Am I doing any better, no wait…
Don’t give up on me; I haven’t given up on you!

Life is a highway and a byway that we must go on, on and on, and on and on…huh?
Why does that sound familiar?
Oh well, moving on…
Since I will hope to hear back from all of you on your day over the next few I will give you an encapsulated version of ours…
Got up at 5:22 A.M. did my usual stuff until nine a.m. and then watched the Macy’s Parade then the National Dog Show right after then Miracle on 34th Street circa 1947 contrary to Matt Lauer’s mistake of stating it being 1957 with who else but golden gal cold case little miss Natalie Wood that cutey that we all knew and really enjoyed in everything she did. All the time poking friends on Facebook and opening emails etcetera all day long… before receiving a phone call of cheer from number one son wishing us a Happy Thanksgiving via his hands free phone on his way home from work and him not knowing that we had also called his home to wish him good cheer for the day leaving the message on his home phone! Gotta love the guy!

And so all in all our day was pleasant enough our meal was good and homemade by us both while enjoying the traditions of the day whether of all the years whether two or fifty-two don’t we all have that programming on in our homey holiday background?
OF COURSE WE ALL DO!
Yep, another holiday another tradition preserved sort of…hmm?
Gotta take whatever we can get, huh?
Making Lemonade out of lemons, and that’s another thing our Ponderosa Lemons were ready for harvest and today Hubby brought in two, but there are a bumper crops more!

On that more than uplifting germ of hope… allow me to be the first to wish you ALL A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING, and I hope yours was as good as ours…tradition-wise at least and have a very happy good night and count all those blessings, which I am more than sure you gave thanks for today at your dinner and share those overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?

Reunions and families getting together is so magical!

But Grinch here is just plain jealous and saddened by the sappy loved-one’s reunions!
Sorry!
Nah, did I also mention how annoying those health oriented people walking/ jogging passed my home or with walkers, canes and side by side with an able bodied buddy and the other one in a Jazzy or what-have-you, those battery powered wheel chairs that I was nixed on since I have no insurance or Medicaid or Medicare!
Nope, I cannot do that due to my lack of automatic bodily heat adjustment ability and Hubby doesn’t need to or want to just walk around the blocks here like I used to do just a few short years ago…
Sure I have my cooling vest, but what’s the point to wander hither and yon in my scooter to what?
To be an annoying social neighborhood butterfly that is limited to her time out due to the quick melting in the outer world of her iced packs that cool her vest for only so long?
Yep, that’s me, Mrs. Scrooge and rude and crude, mean and no longer lean, an anger non management machine.
Someone actual told me that, “you get more with honey than vinegar”. Why I used to quote that quote when in the biz world! Since then the customer is always right or so we were taught, but now I am mostly the customer and most don’t do that anymore, have you noticed?

Oh why am I so jealous, because our only son we hear from is working for someone else who is married and has children tomorrow, and so I am very proud of him for doing it. But since most all of my family is dead and Hubby’s is all over the planet and also alienated and our other son who is not willing to make amends, he’s all we got!
I know we should just be happy that he is so generous and well; it does say something for how he was raised.
And there was a time even when our sons were not too busy but were helping others and lived farther away and Hubby, as a deputy, would work for other young families too so they could spend the holiday together and then I would go to the local Methodist church to help serve dinner to the indigent and elderly… and that was sooo rewarding, but I was capable then, not now. Reunions make me sad and I so wish for that too to be something we could have with so many, especially our younger son and now his new wife… and her family!
Pitiful Pearl once again, so sorry, but tis the season to re-evaluate what is right and what is wrong with your life… darn!
I do believe I do it day and night daily, not just now…at this time of the year…
We do have dinner for two planned, but gosh it is never the same as it was with all the family, friends, our loved ones, alive and here and caring and arguing and disagreeing, but always forgiving and loving once again!
What I think that I am trying to say to all of you all over this world of ours is that don’t take friends or family for granted for one day they are here for the next time in a flash they could be all gone!
Just cherish what you’ve got while you’ve got it and don’t let the little things in life cause you to make mountains out of molehills; just enjoy all those breathtaking moments that can leave when you least expect them too…smell the flowers and all those other clichés that when they’re gone you will too miss them as I and also have too many regrets if you don’t savor each second now, warts and all…
And I will be jealous forever because of what you have and we no longer do and sincerely miss…and cannot seem to get back no matter how hard we try…

Love entirely with your heart and soul and don’t be critical or harsh, be accepting even if something rubs you the wrong way or you too will be a lonely older person with this sad gal’s lament… FORGIVE is what I always have done but some do not do that no matter what…

Oh well, frustration is hard to deal with but you are all here and there and everywhere and you don’t let anything go awry; fix it quickly, and truly love those love ones… before they are gone…

Allow me to ask you all to count YOUR BLESSINGS and share those overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?

Since I think of you all as my family too…