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Animal instinct

Posted on May 24, 2012 | Leave a comment

On my flight today, the proffered movie was Big Miracle, starring Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski — the whale movie, as you might remember it.

That’s how I did.

I had meant to see it in the theatre, but I tend to shy away from animal movies. Even though I knew this one was positive — it’s based on true events — I hate seeing animals in any potential, dramatized or real trauma.

But I manned up and watched it today. And I was right. They found ways to make the animals — and me — suffer through this supposed feel-good story.

It’s so nice to cry with people you don’t know.

Which made the e-card that popped up in my Facebook feed today all the more timely:

You got that right.

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Posted in Airplanes, Animals, Commentary, Entertainment, Humor, Life, Movies, Relationships, Writing

Tagged airplane flight, airplanes, animal movie, animals, animals in trauma, Big Miracle movie, commentary, Drew Barrymore, ecards, entertainment, Facebook, feel-good movie, Humor, inflight movie, John Krasinski, life, movie theatre, Movies, Relationships, Travel, whale movie, whales

Any questions?

Posted on May 22, 2012 | Leave a comment

There is one word that immediately invokes my ire. Makes me see red. And I admit my response is a bit unreasonable.

“Thoughts?”

I don’t know why I have such a negative knee-jerk reaction to the phrase.

Maybe because it’s not a phrase at all.

You’re asking me a question — you want my input, my point of view, my expertise — but the very question is so non-committal, so throw-away.

Like you can’t be bothered to ask me a question with any nuance or…

WORDS.

Or maybe you don’t want to reveal your hand before I lay my cards on the table. Well, it didn’t work this time, did it??

You see, I can read a lot into one word of conversation.

I’m a girl.

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Posted in Business, Comedy, Commentary, Family, Friends, Humor, Life, Relationships, Writing

Tagged comedy, commentary, conversation, family, friends, Humor, invoking ire, knee-jerk reaction, life, one word, playing your cards, questions, Relationships, thoughts, writing

Momotypes

Posted on May 14, 2012 | Leave a comment

Everyone loves their Momma on Mother’s Day. And yesterday on Twitter, the tributes were as unique as the women they honored.

But TV moms? Not so much.

They’re all kinda the same. In fact, if you look back at the women who have portrayed moms on TV sitcoms and dramas — at least in my memory — three actresses pop up again and again.

Blythe Danner

Susan Sullivan

Holland Taylor

All three are currently on the small screen playing moms — Danner on Up All Night, Sullivan on Castle, and Taylor on Two and a Half Men.

Heck, Sullivan even played the mom on one episode of Two and a Half Men before Taylor took over. Viewers probably didn’t even notice the switch.

Which is my point. Do the TV powers-that-be really thing that moms everywhere are fair-haired ladies with bob haircuts?

‘Cause that would be a NO.

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Posted in Commentary, Family, Holiday, Humor, Life, Relationships

Tagged actress, Blythe Danner, bob haircut, Castle tv show, commentary, family, Holiday, Holland Tayler, Humor, Internet, life, moms, mother's day, mothers, Relationships, sitcoms, Susan Sullivan, tributes, tv dramas, TV moms, Twitter, Two and a Half Man tv show, Up All Night tv show

I can see clearly now

Posted on May 10, 2012 | 1 Comment

Central Park is green.

No more pastel buds of spring, no more varying shades of color — just a solid canopy of green.

As I was walking Rory Dog this morning — and gazing upward at all those green leaves — I was reminded of the day I got my very first pair of glasses.

I was in the fourth grade. My teacher Ms. Laws had noticed I was squinting at the chalkboard, and ratted me out to my mom. When the optometrist did the eye exam, it turned out —

I was pretty blind. Who knew?

I wasn’t very excited about getting glasses; I was the first in my class and would be teased for months. But I still remember wearing my new glasses on the ride home from the eye doctor, and staring in wonder up at the trees.

“You can see individual leaves?“

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Posted in Children, Dogs, Family, Health, Humor, Life, Relationships, Walking

Tagged canopy of green, Central Park, chalkdboard, checkup, children, dog, eye sight, eyes, family, fourth grade, Health, Humor, leaves, leaves on the tree, life, New York City, optometrist, Relationships, squinting, trees, walking

It’s a small world

Posted on April 14, 2012 | 2 Comments

Blogs by their very nature are self-involved. But today’s Egg is all about you, the audience.

I sense your confusion.

WordPress has recently given their hosted blogs the ability to see what country site visitors are from. So I can now see that people from Turkey, Germany, Phillipines, Mexico, France, and Italy all read The Sticky Egg on a daily basis.

To be honest, it kinda blows me away.

So today, I would like to salute the top three countries — besides my beloved, native USA — that have become loyal Eggers:

Australia

Canada

United Kingdom

Thanks for visiting. I hope to return the favor very soon!

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Posted in Blog, Blogging, Blogs, Commentary, Humor, Internet, Life, Relationships, Travel, Writing

Tagged audience, Australia, blog stats, blogs, Canada, commentary, countries, France, Germany, Humor, Internet, Italy, life, Mexico, Phillipines, self-involved, site visitors, Travel, turkey, United Kingdom, Wordpress, writing

Hot time

Posted on March 31, 2012 | 4 Comments

So, this happened.

I worked at home yesterday and had just sat down to eat lunch when someone rang my front door. Assuming it was UPS, I buzzed him in and stepped into my coop’s hallway.

My dog Rory ran ahead to greet my visitor and brought back…

HIM

Okay, not this particular fireman. The firefighter in my building had black hair and was tragically wearing his shirt uniform. But still –

He was smoking hot!

I said, “Are we on fire?” and he flashed a perfect smile.

Well, I was.

He explained he was conducting the building’s yearly walk-through, and proceeded to ask some questions about the basement and elevator access while he petted my dog Rory.

To soon, he was on his way. But my heart was happy. You see, the firehouse is only one block away.

Rory, it’s time to try a different walk route!

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Posted in Comedy, Humor, Life, Love, Relationships

Tagged comedy, commentary, coop, dog, dog walk, firefighter, firehouse, fireman, Humor, life, Manhattan, New York City, Relationships, smoking hot, walk through, work at home

Dole out the pain

Posted on March 21, 2012 | Leave a comment

You know the pineapple, the international symbol of welcome and hospitality?

A Michigan man used one to knock his wife unconscious at their home last weekend.

When questioned by police, the woman — the pineapple victim — wouldn’t cooperate beyond providing her husband’s basic information.

Leave it to a man to turn fruit into a weapon. But why pineapple, previously only associated with luaus and fruit salad and tacky bed-and-breakfast decor?

Granted, it’s big and beefy, and the outer shell would leave an interesting mark on someone’s face when it makes impact. Plus, once you’re finished using it as a battering ram, the outside layer should be easy to cut away…so you can enjoy the juicy fruit within.

Now that I think about it, it’s genius.

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Posted in Family, Food, Foods, Humor, Life, Relationships

Tagged Ann Arbor Michigan, batterin ram, bed-and-breakfast, commentary, Dole pineapple, family, friends, fruit, fruit salad, Hawaii, hospitality, Humor, knocked unconscious, life, luaus, man and wife, pineapple, Relationships

Funny, isn’t it?

Posted on March 10, 2012 | 3 Comments

Can any good come out of a dare?

Only friendships that last a lifetime.

A couple of decades ago (when I couldn’t have been more than five), a good friend and colleague at Hallmark Cards dared me to audition for an improv troupe in Kansas City called Lighten Up.

I accepted the challenge, was shocked to be chosen for their workshops, and soon found myself performing on the Lighten Up stage.

The next five years of my life were cast. Every Friday and Saturday night I was on that stage. And the players who I performed with soon became some of the best friends of my life.

They still are to this day.

That’s why I’m thrilled to rejoin the original members of the Lighten Up Improv Company tonight in a reunion performance. Many of us haven’t done improv in years, so the show should be funny on many levels.

But hanging out with my best friends?

In the words of Trish Berrong, ‘that’s just stupid fun.’

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Posted in Comedy, Commentary, Entertainment, Friends, Humor, Life, Relationships

Tagged 20 year reunion, audition, comedy, commentary, dare, entertainment, friends, friendships, Hallmark Cards, Humor, improv workshop, Kansas City, life, Lighten Up Improv Comedy, performance, practice, Relationships, reunion show, stage

Color me cautious

Posted on February 20, 2012 | Leave a comment

On this Presidents’ Day holiday, I find myself pondering a question of suitable gravity:

Why have I never played paintball?

It seems to be the activity of choice for couples in many romantic comedies.

I went to see This Means War, starring Reese Witherspoon, last night. One of the two CIA agents vying for her affections took her to play paintball. Of course she misfired a round and got him in his manly parts.

Oh, the sting of high comedy.

Matthew McConaughey also took Sarah Jessica Parker to play paintball in Failure to Launch. Lucky for Matthew, she hit one of his friends in the foot. And Heath Ledger took Julia Stiles paintballin’ way back in the day in the teen flick Ten Things I Hate About You.

No misfires there…except my admitting I saw it.

I can kind of see the appeal; target practice is fun. But those paintballs look like they really hurt on contact. And most people seem to be incredibly bad shots.

Hey — I just figured out why I don’t play paintball.

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Posted in Celebrities, Comedy, Entertainment, Games, Humor, Life, Movies, Relationships, Sports

Tagged bad shot, celebrities, CIA agents, comedy, commentary, crouch, entertainment, Failure to Launch movie, games, Heath Ledger, Humor, Julia Stiles, life, Matthew McConaughey, Movies, paintball, paintball misfire, paintballin', paintballs, President's Day, Reese Witherspoon, Relationships, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sports, Ten Things I Hate About You movie, This Means War movie

From the heart

Posted on February 14, 2012 | 2 Comments

you rock

Happy Valentine’s Day from The Sticky Egg!

Editor’s Note — If you’re not feeling it today, substitute heart of stone.
(It works both ways.)

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Posted in Blogs, Comedy, Holiday, Humor, Love, Photography, Relationships, Valentine's Day

Tagged comedy, heart of stone, heart-shaped, Holiday, Humor, love, photography, Relationships, rocks, stones, The Sticky Egg, Valentine's Day, you rock

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