Saturday, February 2, 2013

Time to Laugh!


WHY MEN ARE NEVER DEPRESSED:  


Men Are Just Happier People --
What do you expect from such simple creatures?
Your last name stays put.
The garage is all yours.
Wedding plans take care of themselves.
Chocolate is just another snack...
You can be President.
You can never be pregnant.
You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.
You can wear NO shirt to a water park.
Car mechanics tell you the truth.
The world is your urinal.
You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky.
You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
Same work, more pay.
Wrinkles add character.
Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100.
People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them.
New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.  
One mood all the  time.  
Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
You know stuff about tanks.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
You can open all your own  jars.
You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
If someone forgets to invite you,
He or she can still be your friend.  
Your underwear is  $8.95 for a three-pack.
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough..
You almost never have strap problems in public.
You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes..
Everything on your face stays its original color.
The same hairstyle lasts for years, even decades.
You only have to shave your face and neck.  
You can play with toys all your life.
One wallet and one pair of shoes -- one color for all seasons.
You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look.
You can 'do' your nails with a pocket knife.
You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.  
You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives
On December 24 in 25 minutes.
 
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Men Are Just Happier People
  NICKNAMES
If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.  If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Bubba and Wildman.

 
EATING OUT
When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50.  None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
 When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

 
MONEY
           A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
            A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.

 
BATHROOMS
A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel.
The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337.  A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

 
ARGUMENTS
            A woman has the last word in any argument.
            Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

 
FUTURE
            A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
            A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

 

 
MARRIAGE
            A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
            A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.

 
DRESSING UP
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
            A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

 
NATURAL
         Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
            Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

 
OFFSPRING
 Ah, children.  A woman knows all about her children.  She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
 A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

 

 
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
A married man should forget his mistakes.  There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013


The CrownThe Crown by Nancy Bilyeau
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

"In this debut historical thriller, an aristocratic young nun must find a legendary crown in order to save her father’s life and preserve all she holds dear."

And what a great debut it is! This is not a story of Henry VIII rather set in time when Henry went against the Pope and the Catholic Church to rid himself of his second wife, Ann. Catholic houses of study, seclusion, and religious life as well as church followers are in constant danger. It is a time of bloody persecution.

How is this young nun to find a crown she knows little about...history or vision or any clues except that it should be in her nunnery?

Once I got stared, I could not stop listening as I followed her search!

The Bone Vault (Alexandra Cooper, #5)The Bone Vault by Linda Fairstein
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This time my favorite trio takes us into New York's museums after they find the body of a young woman's sort of mummified body... in New Jersey... in a stone sarcophagus! If the solution to the murder wasn't enough, this listener was also treated to the history of how the museums got founded and how they got stocked.

As the DA's office is very busy, there is a another story line with a teenager who is raped and endangered of losing her life as well as the interworkings of the DA's office.

Obsession, Deceit, and Really Dark Chocolate

Obsession, Deceit, and Really Dark Chocolate by Kyra Davis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Murder, politics, furries, a writer and her friends and lover mix together in this fun mystery!

Such a verbal joy!

Monday, January 28, 2013

Death Dance (Alexandra Cooper, #8)Death Dance by Linda Fairstein
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

My favorite New York team, NYPD's Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, and Assistant D.A. Alex Cooper are on scene again. There are 2 story lines. One with a foreign doctor who is raping unconscious women. One with a dead ballet dancer and possibly others. Oh, and someone is trying to shorten my favorite DA's life!

I know I am giving nothing away about Alex not being "offed". But will all the "perps" end up dead or in the "pokey"?

While you are listening or reading this one, don't forget to enjoy the historical points as well! So good!

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden Mystery, #1)Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A mystery club meets. One member sets everything up for the evening but when the next people show up, she's not in the room. When the meeting is ready to start, she is still not in the room. Roe goes to look for her...and find her...set up just like the old killing Roe was going to lecture about that evening. More set up murders occur...one even like what Lizzie Borden did to her dad and step mother.

Now, grab the book or like me, use your Audible.com credits to have fun with this one!

Saturday, January 26, 2013


Exit Music (Inspector Rebus, #17)Exit Music by Ian Rankin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Detective Inspector John Rebus is a week before retirement when there is a murder of a Russian poet. It's his last case and it looks like a man he has wanted to lock up for a long time is involved as well as a host of others, like bankers, city officials, a man with love of recording people... And then his temper gets him in trouble and he is suspended. And then someone tries to through make him a suspect. "Everyone and everything seems connected!"

Tom Cotcher and his scottish accent, only adds to this story set in Edinburgh.

Have fun, I did!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

RoseannaRoseanna by Maj Sjöwall
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A dead girl's body is dredged from Sweden's beautiful Lake Vättern. After an eternity, she is identified as Roseanna from Nebraska. But who did it and why? That's what Police Inspector Martin Beck wants to know. He must sort through about 100 people to find the killer. Unlike most mysteries, this one plods along like the way true life investigations probably do. When he finally zeros in on the killer, he has to trap him. Again, it takes time but he will get his man.

For those who like less plodding and more action, it may seem to drag. But trust me, the ending will speed up delightfully.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

The Lace ReaderThe Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What they said:

"Every gift has a price . . . Every piece of lace has a secret . . .

My name is Towner Whitney. No, That's not exactly true. My real first name is Sophya. Never believe me. I lie all the time . . .

Towner Whitney, the self-confessed unreliable narrator of The Lace Reader, hails from a family of Salem women who can read the future in the patterns in lace, and who have guarded a history of secrets going back generations, but the disappearance of two women brings Towner home to Salem and the truth about the death of her twin sister to light. The Lace Reader is a mesmerizing tale that spirals into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies, and half-truths in which the reader quickly finds it's nearly impossible to separate fact from fiction, but as Towner Whitney points out early on in the novel, "There are no accidents."

What I think:

With a 5 rating, you know I am glad I used my Audible.com credit on this one! The beginning lulled me to what suddenly turns into a good mystery with lots twist and turns as I was taken about Salem and the islands around on clear as well as foggy times. There are all kinds of "readers" as well as cultists and police and family relationships. The more I listened, the less I wanted to do anything else...including sleep as after the "lull" it seemed to fly. Like how a roller coaster starts slowly only to start a dive down and around and up and down!

The reason I input the publisher's summary is because I am afraid I will give something away and this is too good a story to spoil it for you! I must warn you, if you are listening to this on your way home, you may find yourself riding past or sitting in your driveway when you get close to the ending!

Oh, if you listen to this on, Alyssa Bresnahan does an excellent job as narrator!

Monday, January 14, 2013

A Dance With Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)A Dance With Dragons (A Song of Fire and Ice, Vol. 5) by George R.R. Martin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I just finished a listening marathon of the 5 volumes of A Song of Ice and Fire (volumes 1-5;). Trust me, it was a long marathon! If the story of the 7 kingdoms was not good, I would not have finished it...or have I. I normally do not like a series where you have to follow each book or clarity is lost or the story confusing. This is a must for this series in order to understand who's who and why things are happening as they are or why someone who appears dead lives. From this final volume, it would appear that there are more volumes to follow. This makes me sad. I wish this had been the last and things were more or less wrapped up as opposed to so many story lines dangling. There is much repetition. There are lots of twist and turns as you follow political and plots and schemes as well as character evolvement.

While I would like to know how it ends (if ever), I don't know that I will invest the time and Audible credits to continue. Do I regret my investment? No.

I must address the narrator, Roy Dotrice. He has a good voice and reads well. Listening to the five volumes in tandem, I found myself hearing different people with similar voices. This did not really bother me much, it's really just a nit. What was not a nit were the voices of women. They are just not right. Oh, the accents are good but they don't sound really feminine. The voice of the girl queen is especially off. She sounds old and scratchy. With so many characters to voice, the narration might be better served with at least one other person (a woman) added.

With roughly 201 listening hours, each book must be quite hefty. I mention this as a warning to those who do not like really long books.