Wednesday, December 31, 2008

New Year's Eve at the movies

"Sid Loomis: You're a star because you're great and you are a great star, but let me tell you something, Helen. In the last couple of years you're better known as an adulteress and a drunk. And I say this in all due respect.

Helen Sinclair: Look, I haven't had a drink since New Year's Eve.

Sid Loomis: You're talking Chinese New Year's.

Helen Sinclair: Naturally. Still, that's two days, Sid! You know how long that is for me?" ~ Bullets Over Broadway

Monday, December 29, 2008

Eighth night of Hanukkah

"May the lights of Hanukkah usher in a better world for all human-kind." ~ Author Unknown

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Menorah lamp post

"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life." ~ Buddha

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Hanukkah and Shabbat

"I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't. ~ Jules Renard

Friday, December 26, 2008

Happy latke season!!

"May love and light fill your home and heart at Hanukkah." ~ Author Unknown


Thursday, December 25, 2008

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Hoping to be chosen for the big day

Pick me! Pick me!!
But wait, there's more.

Monday, December 22, 2008

First night

"To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, Every cubic inch of space is a miracle." ~ Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Watch out for reindeer

“I think there should be something in science called the "rein-deer effect." I don't know what it would be, but I think it'd be good to hear someone say, "Gentlemen, what we have here is a terrifying example of the reindeer effect.” Jack Handy

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Hempress fashion show


























"The body is a sacred garment." ~ Martha Graham






Sunday, November 30, 2008

If you lose your mind, where does it go?

The Princess Cinza: Hold on! I think I see something.

The Divine Ms. P: Seems The Woman missed a spot when she was washing the floor.

Friday, November 21, 2008

A work in progress

"Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it." ~ Danny Kaye

Friday, November 14, 2008

Where's my tiara?

"The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children." ~ King Edward VIII (1894 - 1972)

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Flipping veggie burgers

"Any cook should be able to run the country." ~ Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Hula hoop

"I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive." ~ Joseph Campbell

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Face paint

"There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it." ~ Chinese Proverb


Monday, November 10, 2008

She's so shy

“They remember me as this shy girl sitting under the table. But they obviously didn't know what was going on in my head." ~ Izabella Scorupco

Friday, November 7, 2008

Searching for signs of intelligent life

"It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this." ~ Bertrand Russell

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Are cats atheists?

“When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?” ~ Quentin Crisp

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

People watching

"I think that God in creating Man somewhat over-estimated his ability." ~ Oscar Wilde

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Do you have an appointment?

"I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.” ~ Winston Churchill

Monday, November 3, 2008

African drum

"You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice." ~ Billy Higgins

Friday, October 31, 2008

Beau

"They are better than human beings because they know but do not tell." ~ Emily Dickinson

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Beau -- a proud lap dog

"A man is only as good as what he loves." ~ Saul Bellow





Wednesday, October 29, 2008

He's got it!!

"He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch." ~ Unknown

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Am I getting paid for this?

"Why, that dog is practically a Phi Beta Kappa. She can sit up and beg, and she can give her paw -- I don't say she will, but she can." ~ Dorothy Parker

Monday, October 27, 2008

What was that?

"I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that dogs think humans are nuts." ~ John Steinbeck

Friday, October 24, 2008

Since you asked...

"I like my coffee strong, not lethal!" ~ M*A*S*H

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Regrets

"It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret." ~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Searching for answers

"Even with the best of maps and instru-ments, we can never fully chart our journeys." ~ Gail Pool

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

It was a dark and stormy night...

"Writing comes more easily if you have something to say." ~ Sholem Asch

Monday, October 20, 2008

Canada's #1 hair store

"Makes me wonder who number two is and what their sign says." ~ seriously amused

Friday, October 17, 2008

Plato smiling

"A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down." ~ Robert Benchley

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Plato waiting for his person

"Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends." ~ Alexander Pope

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

It's always snack time

"Show me a good mouser, and I'll show you a cat with bad breath." ~ Garfield


Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Reach up, waaaay up

"In ancient Egypt, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." ~ Unknown



Sunday, October 12, 2008

My favourite thing about myself is...

"If you do not tell the truth about yourself, you cannot tell it about other people." ~ Virginia Woolf


Friday, October 10, 2008

Deflated

"Magnifi-cent promises are always to be suspected." ~ Theodore Parker






Sunday, October 5, 2008

Posts

Hello everyone!

I'm not feeling well and hope to be posting again soon.

Take care!

Friday, October 3, 2008

Natural, beautiful diversity

"You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note." ~ Doug Floyd

Thursday, October 2, 2008

The Divine Ms. P after the move

"Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed." ~ Sir Winston Churchill



Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Excuse me, pizza was meant for sharing

"The miracle is this -- the more we share, the more we have." ~ Leonard Nimoy



Monday, September 29, 2008

Not your usual takeout pizza

“For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn't that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat, now you're average -- hey, let's get a pizza!" ~ Jay Leno