moneybox mary thinks it is time

moneybox mary has a quiet inner strength that sees her thru the bad times.  and moneybox mary knows it is time for jesus to come home.

moneybox mary and moneybox jesus say good-bye to LA. 


 
here is one thing they don't know:  moneybox mary and moneybox jesus are arriving home just in the third worst snowstorm in history...

moneybox jesus goes too far.

no one really knows what happened.



or how it happened.




or if the needy dogs showed up.

moneybox mary is sad that she was right.

monebox jesus tries a hollywood remedy

the hollywood friends like to give things to moneybox jesus ('mj'). today they gave him some blue pills.

moneybox jesus ('mj') thinks he will be very generous and share it with moneybox mary ('MM'). she has been out of sorts lately. moneybox jesus ('mj') thinks the blue pill will take the edge off (he has heard it is better if you crush it and then snort it. he will recommend this to 'MM').



he will show her a good time!

moneybox jesus has so many hollywood friends

moneybox jesus is very popular in los angeles! his friends say he is so talented!



moneybox mary wonders if los angeles is really the best place to work on a relationship.

moneybox mary uploads her poetry to emo corner.

moneybox jesus takes more hollywood meetings.

moneybox jesus ('mj') wonders if he and moneybox mary ('MM') are going to be famous soon? moneybox jesus hopes so! everything goes super well in los angeles!!

MJ&M meet a hollywood movie star!


MJ&M meet a hollywood screenwriter!


moneybox jesus ('mj') thinks it is so agreeable here and that he will never be lonely in los angeles.

moneybox mary ('MM') thinks she would be happier at home where people are slightly fatter.

also, she wishes she could listen to tori amos right now.

moneybox jesus takes a meeting.

there are so many people to meet in los angeles!! moneybox jesus is very excited to take a meeting with all of them.

moneybox jesus likes the famous hollywood dogs.





moneybox jesus wonders why he spent so much time being flown over.

moneybox mary wonders if people in hollywood have emotional boundaries.

moneybox mary considers hollywood treatment.

things are so much better in los angeles. there is a great car.




and a rainbow!



and a beautiful beautiful fireplace for 50 degree nights.



but moneybox mary wonders if she is pretty enough for larchmont?

moneybox jesus & mary go to hollywood, 1st class.

once moneybox jesus makes up his mind, he really gets things done.

moneybox jesus finds a friend whose 1K status is expiring and who is taking one last first class trip to los angeles.

moneybox jesus likes the idea of first class.

moneybox mary isn't really packed, but she thinks from everything she has heard, los angeles will like pink glitter.

moneybox jesus and mary have a fight.

moneybox mary says moneybox jesus does not protect her like leather rabbit. and he NEVER calls her MM.

moneybox jesus says maybe they should go someplace to work on their problems.  moneybox jesus has heard that los angeles is warm at this time of year.

moneybox jesus also goes on a date

moneybox jesus thinks this is a weird date but he doesn't really have anything else to do.

moneybox mary goes on several dates

moneybox mary thinks moneybox jesus has been out of sorts (moneybox mary has decided she likes snow).



moneybox mary thinks she will go to the club tonight and leave grumpy jesus at home. moneybox mary meets so many interesting neighbors.

there is leather bear:




and pooh:



and wood pig:




and wiffle:




moneybox mary feels a little like crying. and also dancing.

moneybox jesus and mary meet The Beaded Cock

The Beaded Cock stops by.



Welcome to the neighborhood! (The Beaded Cock always brings a handsome housewarming gift. Often they look like him).



The Beaded Cock takes a shine to Moneybox Mary. Everyone loves Mary.



Leather rabbit has to have a word with The Beaded Cock.








Moneybox mary is very thankful.

moneybox jesus and mary are lonely

moneybox jesus and mary think january is very boring and cold. they would like to meet more people and they resolve to get out more. first though, they think about the other people who maybe live near them.



leather rabbit lives near them.















moneybox jesus and mary are soon fast friends with leather rabbit.









leather rabbit offers to see moneybox jesus and mary home. he says there are many dangerous things where they are.

new year's with moneybox jesus and mary!

moneybox jesus and mary had a fine dinner on new year's eve.



moneybox jesus did that wine into water thing, but then had a little too much of it.



moneybox mary was slightly annoyed, but still, they had a good time.

moneybox jesus and mary

yesterday we found moneybox jesus and mary (at borders, which just goes to show you if jesus were here today he would no question be in favor of a fence across mexico).

we totally adopted them as they are so cute (and 50% off!!!!). and they are wacky and fun and i will of course be posting updates.

also! moneybox jesus and mary have little holes in their backs for convenient money deposits.

welcome moneybox jesus and mary!

christmas eve was fun tonight.

a dear friend today asked for a corn souffle recipe, this is what happened

it is a very good recipe.

Corn Souffle
1 (16 ounce) can whole corn
1 (16 ounce) can creamed corn
1 (8 ½ ounce) box jiffy corn muffin mix
½ cup corn oil
2 beaten eggs
1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
3 ounces shredded cheddar cheese (or any cheese you have in the fridge)
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Throw all this shit - except cheese - in a big bowl and mix. Then pour into baking dish or soufflé dish or dutch oven or whatever williams sonoma is calling it now that can spend a lot of time in the oven.

Bake @ 350 (what happened to the goddamned degree symbol on the computer keyboard? Fucking Lenovo communists…) for 45 minutes.

Top with cheese and bake another 10 minutes (or until you are ready to sit down. Nothing can hurt this dish, including keeping it in the oven for an extra five - or 55 - minutes.)

Fun variations:

1. As noted any kind of cheese will probably work (well, maybe not bleu). I always add something extra to the cheddar because why not live dangerously life is very short.

2. i usually toss in a fair bit of Tabasco (to the main mix) - unless my mother will be in attendance.

3. I sometimes add a third can of mixed corn (yellow and white) preferably from some politically correct (non-anglo) corn cannery. If memory serves, the recipe-given can sizes are not exact to what’s available in the Chicago region (this is from a southern cookbook where can proportions are different) so you kinda have to fudge the proportions and do math anyway. Again, life is very short and shouldn’t be wasted on math so just go ahead and add that third can. Or not. Whatever really.

Finally, Google has six image pages of canned corn, most of them from japan. Canned corn is how humanity is going to perish.

sorry no snark.

here's what i love most about the new republicans:
so, you are the republican party and you run a candidate (let's just say, oh, i don't know, palin) who - by all sound analysis on both left and right - costs the party the ticket (in fact, possibly the presidency in 2008). instead of going away however, the candidate and the candidate's (insane but unemployed and therefore available) base and the media keep this 'darling' in the public's eye.

the candidate gets money and attention. the base gets money and attention. the media gets attention (and money). win-win-win except for those who want some kind of actual government and political discourse.

two years later: HEY PRESTO! 'the economist' runs a piece saying the candidate has done a fab job re-making herself and is a savvy business-person and is now a politician to be feared on both left and right.

perhaps this pattern will ultimately hurt the right most and perhaps barry's long-game really does have an achievable end-game but i am very fearful we will be stuck with more sarahs, xtines and joes. and eventually they'll win.

and no my beloved lefties many of you on the left coast, barry is not a republican.

today's cognitive dissonance

researching the sad end of thomas cranmer due to 'economist' article referencing sad end of thomas cranmer and lack of real anti-catholic sentiment in britain in 2010. article noted both protestant and catholic atrocities in henry-edward-mary-lizzie struggles and lengths all parties went to (INNARDS!!!) to ensure supremacy.

on the video screen: spice girls 'what i really really want'

we have noticed lilCatZ

has acid wash butt.