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Stick It Up Your Butt
Geesh, you go away for a couple of days and YEAH!! It's party time at the Reader blog!!! "Anal stretching can stimulate the nerves around the anus and can be considered pleasurable. Care must be taken to maintain elasticity. Lubricant is widely regarded as a necessity while performing anal sex." I never thought I would live to see the day those words were on this website. Excellent work, Anti!!— December 4, 2009 4:43 p.m.
Scorpio's BLACK FRIDAY education
"By the way. We ate at COCOs in Escodido, near the Target/Toy R Us square, and I was quite impressed. I've always loved DENNY'S hashbrowns, but COCO's browns were quite good, and they give more of them." There is no btw in that statement. Those are the bastions of all that is wrong with everything of which I cannot even speak. Especially your spelling of "Escodido". Is that something you buy at F Stweet? I think you have a little too much "Captain" in you all the time.— November 28, 2009 9:46 p.m.
Everything and Anything
Yep, it was raining and I thought, what the heck? I'll wear the lug-soles to keep from slipping while towing the cages up or down the slopes we have to navigate to get to some our visits. And yes, what I do is Pet Assisted Therapy, or P-AT. It is so amazing to see the tranformation of our older, lonely citizens from one of desolation to one of pure joy when they hold and pet an animal. Breaks my heart and builds it right back up. And some of these folks are down-right funny and I laugh and play with them and it gives me alot, too. We go all over. Kids, psych wards, you name it. You are probably right about your baby being abused by the boot. They have remarkable memories. But I hope that whoever may have done that to a defenseless animal finds themself in the same position someday. Assume the position!!!— November 28, 2009 7:36 p.m.
Everything and Anything
What?! Anti, as we speak I am wearing a pair of harness/motorcycle boots in black, which I wore today to my Humane Society visit to an old folks home. They were well received by all. You know what's funny about industrial clothing like this on women? We always think "I could never wear that". We buy it, pine over it, and it a fit of fashion courage, wear it. Guess what? Every woman within fifty feet comes up to you and says "I LOVE those boots". I walked through Ireland and Scotland recently in these boots, and I never got less than ten compliments a day. And this is the boot capital of the world. One other thing. I agonized over buying these boots. My husband was like, eh, maybe something more feminine? Not that he has any choice in my fashion decisions, but he has really good taste. He was pleasantly surprised when said boots tucked into jeans elicited "great boots" from the boys and girls alike. BUST OUT THOSE BIKER BOOTS and get thee to anywhere you like to go. Barnes and Noble is fertile ground for breaking out the cool duds. When you are surrounded by khaki and Izod all day, a cool set of boots will inspire those poor souls to go out and explore their inner biker-BUTCHBITCH!!— November 28, 2009 6:50 p.m.
Scorpio's BLACK FRIDAY education
No!! I was right in front of them!! My husband finally turned to me and said loudly "I hope they don't plan on talking through the entire movie". That kind of shut them up. And I was at the 1:50 as well. The senior discount hour. I know this because several seniors were pissed that they didn't get a discount even though it clearly states that during those hours no other discounts apply. I did not know that we were going during a discounted time and was completely stoked that our admission price was $15.00 TOTAL!! Of course, the popcorn and soda cost more than that.— November 28, 2009 6:33 p.m.
Scorpio's BLACK FRIDAY education
We have to park our cars as precariously as possible so you Best Buy boys have room to park your ridiculous trucks that will never see the light of a construction site nor hold lumber, tools, or anything resembling what they were intended for!! For the record, the only reason I went near a mall today was to see "The Messenger". And it was at the Landmark La Jolla, where the crickets chirp as far as most moviegoers are concerned. Great flick, btw. Your wife has my deepest sympathy.— November 27, 2009 5:59 p.m.
Remains of the Day
I am just getting around to reading this, Cuddle - as usual, it is just wonderful. Food is very powerful stuff and conjures up memories in much the same way songs and smells do. I KNEW when you said lime salad it would be one of those fabulous (sometimes) jello molds from the 50's thru the 70's. They seem to have fell out of favor once nouveau or nouvelle cuisine came into the scene in the '80s. That's why I am so grateful for the holidays, when the old classics like ambrosia and green bean casserole rear their dusty heads and take stage front and center. SD may have missed the whole Jello mold craze, being lucky enough to be so young as to maybe not have had every experiment with Jello given to her as a "treat". Ugh. Some of those things looked positively alien. Hunks of canned fruit or shredded vegetables or both, suspended in eerily colored semi-clear gelatinous masses made to look like sculptures of sort. The lime one you provide the recipe for was always the exception. Judith Moore writes about it in her fabulous book "Never Eat Your Heart Out", which I highly suggest you read. I think you will love it. I believe it was highlighted recently in one of those Reader Years Ago columns as part of a piece she wrote for the Reader, which turned into a chapter in her book.— November 27, 2009 5:50 p.m.
Scorpio's BLACK FRIDAY education
F Street has Black Friday sales? Who'da thunk it?— November 27, 2009 5:29 p.m.
Turkey Day
Refried, what they did sucked. It's almost as if they were saying you didn't try hard enough. Why then, after all your years of graciously eating whatever they ate? Well, it's over and they're gone. I liked reading your story on Thanksgiving. It made me go into my day with gratitude. We had a family dinner with 20, and everyone was on their best behavior. Even my mother-in-law only made one or two cracks about the nuts being fattening. Perogies rock. I make them every few months, but in a pinch, Mrs. T's fried up with butter or olive oil and onions are the bomb. Whoever came up with the idea of wrapping mashed potatoes with pasta was a genius. Tofurkey is disgusting. I made it a couple of years ago, and my husband took one bite and I could tell he was trying to gag it down, and then I tried it and it flew out of my mouth. The fake meats are pretty bad. I have to give you credit for enduring them all those years. SD - family and vegetarianism is a touchy subject. I wrote a blog about it last year if you want to read it. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/msgrants-ra…— November 27, 2009 9:29 a.m.
BALDERDASH wars!!!
Yawn. Once again I have failed to see the error of my ways.— November 25, 2009 8:32 p.m.