Cursed Tongue: Winning by Default

Posted by CursedTongue on July 22, 2006

My parents didn’t exactly shove school down my throat. I know that I bore most of the responsibility for pushing myself to get good grades. In first grade, when there was a healthy teeth poster competition, they encouraged me to enter. Even though I’d worked hard on it, and I thought it was okay, I was truly shocked during the assembly when they presented me with first prize.

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Top Ten Reasons Why Bob Ross Rocked

Posted by Cynical Sarah on July 21, 2006

10. He was the only white guy who could sport a ‘fro like that even after the seventies had long died.

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Tags: Art

Cursed Tongue: Buttons: White-Hot Snarling Barrel of Fun

Posted by CursedTongue on July 20, 2006

My Grandfather, a wiry, hard-bitten man I can describe to you, with the least amount of work on my part, by comparing him to John Wayne (a.k.a. the Duke). He was tall, intimidating and a man of few words. Even as a child, my survival instincts told me that I’d better behave around him, because he wouldn’t hesitate to beat the ever-loving tar out of me. (Thankfully, that theory was never tested.)

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The Annoyances We Tolerate

Posted by Cynical Sarah on July 16, 2006

Today we trekked out to the pet supply store in search of kitty litter and collars for our feline family. Have you ever noticed that all collars for kitties come with bells? I’m not sure why, or what purpose they serve, but we decided to leave them on for the time being while the cats get used to wearing the collars.

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Cursed Tongue: Little Tent in the Desert

Posted by CursedTongue on July 14, 2006

I don’t remember exactly how Mom and Dad dropped the bomb that because Dad had reenlisted in the military, we were moving from Milwaukee to the Mojave Desert. Dad’s new station would be George Air Force Base, Calif. My parents must have sat us down at the kitchen table. I remember they opened a huge, glossy book to show my brother and I a picture of Death Valley, vast rolling hills of barren sand.

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Top Five Miscast Movie Roles So Far This Year

Posted by Cynical Sarah on July 12, 2006

5. Sarah Jessica Parker in Failure to Launch

Matthew McConaughey is believable as a slacker still living at home, but Parker just isn’t the type of girl anyone is going to believe him falling for. She was more believable as the uptight ice queen in The Family Stone last year.

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Tags: celebrities, movies

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