Cleaning...

[susandennis]

The dish washer is busy.  The washing machine is busy.  The dryer is busy.  Roomba is busy.  I'm playing at the computer.

I have a work meeting at 1 and I think I'm going to tuck in a quick grocery store trip ahead of that.  Tomorrow is a Seahawks game and the smart money says don't even try to do anything outside of the condo that you don't have to. 

Mom got the pictures that I ordered from Flickr.  She says they look nice but I can't tell how nice because, as it turns out, she didn't want store bought pictures but home-made-y looking ones.  She wants to send them in some of her Christmas cards but she doesn't want it to look like she went to a lot of trouble - just dashed one off the computer at the last minute.  Oh k.  She's going to send me one of the prints anyway so I can see the actual quality.

We have a collection thing for magazine sharing downstairs in the garage.  Yesterday someone left a copy of Details.  I know for sure that I am not the target audience for this pub, but I cannot figure out who the hell is... has anyone else seen it?  Very strange.

Mom played on tennis teams all her life.  Her last one (70 and over age group) was in Charleston but her main friend and partner on that team moved to Omaha several years ago.  Lois is coming back to town next week and is getting all the other team members together and bringing all over to Mom's for lunch next week which I think is so cool. 

BUT, the funniest part is that I was on Mom's computer this morning to get her set up to print out the pictures and there was a note from Lois who gives Mom her 'correct cell phone number' and says 

My secretary (not a very smart HUNK) gave you the wrong cell phone number.  I'll straighten him out with whips and chains (oh! I forgot, he may not think that is punishment.  Oh well.)

I'm thinking you never really lose the Mrs. Robinson in you no matter how old you get!

 

Comments

[pinkfish.livejournal.com]

I was in a business meeting the other day, and as we waited for everyone to show up, the small talk turned to magazines. A woman mentioned something about a man in her life reading Details - it seems it is for men who are interested in their appearance (grooming, clothing, etc.), but who don't want to read a magazine that is targetted, either surreptitiously or overtly, to gay men.

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy graduates, I guess.

I'm surprised that market is active enough to keep the magazine in print.

[susandennis]

Have you seen this thing? I think the audience is a little more targeted...

Queer Eye for the Straight Misogynist Guy who is Really Pissed Off about a Lot of Things

I hope that woman finds someone else soon.

[lilactime.livejournal.com]

I used to read Details back in the 80s when it was a gossip/fashion magazine geared towards NYC club kids. Then it became a men's fashion magazine and I stopped reading it. We've got a Canadian equivalent called Toro. Someone bought my husband a subscription for Christmas last year, but he's never read an issue - usually we dump it in our neighbour's recycling bin because it's full of stinky cologne samples.

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

I remember it back then too. We used to sell it in the CD store. It got wimpy didn't it?

[fj.livejournal.com]

Wimpy? If it were honest it would change its name to Bi-curious Metrosexuals Monthly.