The Mother Darla Chronicles

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77087254074810115422012-02-16T19:34:13.646-08:00The Mother Darla ChroniclesThe wit and wisdom of the little known, but vastly loved Mother Darla.Mother Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998884074239529393noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708725407481011542.post-87854833106460418832009-06-15T22:27:00.000-07:002009-06-15T22:29:38.715-07:00Second American Revolution: It is TIME

Check out this video of Bob Basso. I hadn't heard of him before and now I want to have his baby, go figure. (Hat tip to Susan.)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYscnFpEyA

Mother Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998884074239529393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708725407481011542.post-41382664230912173812009-05-30T15:40:00.001-07:002009-05-30T15:55:20.991-07:00Susan Boyle: Lost the Contest, Won the World

After quite a time of silence, I have been compelled to write on a person who has, quite frankly, impacted the world, simply by being who she is - and who she is is good enough.Susan Boyle, the amazing-voiced singer from Scotland, noted worldwide for her lack of flash and called "dowdy" in the MSM (THE NERVE?!), epitomizes the dreams of all of us out there in the audience - you had a dream, Ms.

Mother Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998884074239529393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708725407481011542.post-39717923177874885702008-11-16T17:01:00.001-08:002008-11-17T16:56:12.227-08:00Property Tax Adjustment by December 1 for Californians

It suddenly occurred to me that we were paying more for our property taxes than our home is worth - DOH! After some careful inquiry, this is what I found out:Under Prop 8, California property taxes must not be imposed on more than the fair market value of a residence as of January 1st, each year. You may use the closing sales price of homes similar to your own to prove this (i.e. Comparable

Mother Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998884074239529393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708725407481011542.post-58868269733546139782008-11-14T22:21:00.000-08:002008-11-14T22:30:33.847-08:00Leader of the Pack

No, this is not some radiant reference to the Renegade, but rather a peek into my home life. WARNING: Make sure you can stand the peek - it might enlarge all on its own and then - well, suffice it to say, you've been warned.We have three dogs. Elder statesman Zeke, our furborn, then Pepper and now THE PUPPY, aka The Speckled Menace, Maddie. Holy crap, people, she shoulda come with a whole

Mother Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998884074239529393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708725407481011542.post-20912099644053925652008-11-12T22:36:00.000-08:002008-11-12T22:37:39.723-08:00The Eternal Question - well, one of them, anyway

Is the glass half-full or half-empty?All I want to know is who has to wash the damned glass.

Mother Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998884074239529393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708725407481011542.post-2429403326953596442008-11-12T09:07:00.000-08:002008-11-12T09:12:07.453-08:00"Depressed Girls are Easy Girls"

The above comment was made by Denny Crane (William Shatner) of the show Boston Legal. This is their last season, and I have to say after the above, I'm not sorry. The above comment was made when Denny was explaining why he was voting Republican - that the Republicans think women should stay in the kitchen and therefore, if the Repubs win, more women will be depressed and...depressed girls are

Mother Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998884074239529393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708725407481011542.post-14996390934958628702008-11-11T18:01:00.000-08:002008-11-11T18:14:34.932-08:00Bail Out: Bail Me Out

As one of the many Americans faced with losing their homes, I'd like to invite the Feds, the State of California, or the banks/lending guys, to bail ME out. After all, I'm the one who has paid you all these years, never missed a payment, never late (TBTG), but now that my husband and I are unemployed at the same time, we may not be able to keep up our payments.This bites for several reasons, the

Mother Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998884074239529393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708725407481011542.post-42184886859645742362008-11-11T14:47:00.000-08:002008-11-11T14:59:47.342-08:00Karma. Coming. After. You.

I guess we don't really get it, the whole karma thing.When some dipwad gets what's coming to him, we say, ah, that's karma (or my undying favorite, Karma's a MoFo). But we don't really get it.It's not about an event that bitchslaps someone to attention, it's the CULMINATION of action or inaction in a fairly predictable outcome. The ultimate bitchslap, as it were.The financial collapse in this

Mother Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998884074239529393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708725407481011542.post-26578907631680502802008-06-11T09:42:00.001-07:002008-06-11T09:44:16.401-07:00So Much BS, So Little Time

There is an abundance of baloney that is happening right now, and if I have time to write, I don't have the energy and vice versa.The baloney is both personal and communal - and perhaps it is what we have been witnessing with disbelief at a macro level that is beginning to truly hit home in a micro way.More later - don't give up on this blog. We're just getting started...

Mother Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998884074239529393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708725407481011542.post-47390983491610156042008-05-30T16:41:00.000-07:002008-05-30T16:49:04.674-07:00Cluster WHAT?

It appears that 100 or so countries are going to stop using cluster bombs because of the detrimental effect of them on civilians, i.e. people. I'm not entirely sure what that means, even though the article at CNN went into detail.What perplexes me is this: why is it okay to shoot someone (I haven't heard about not using bullets, etc.) and kill them but to simply maim is inhumane. There is a

Mother Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998884074239529393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708725407481011542.post-34342601723029799502008-05-30T12:34:00.000-07:002008-05-30T12:49:53.714-07:00Life Rules

I have rules. I call them my life rules, though I do not impose them on anyone else. They are few and simple, and help me keep my direction in life. I propose to introduce you to one today.Life Rule: I do not work harder at fixing someone else's life than they do.I have had the experience when, in earlier days of messiahdom, I have worked very hard to help fix someone's situation, only to

Mother Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998884074239529393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708725407481011542.post-72960656059073871742008-05-29T15:16:00.000-07:002008-05-29T15:55:10.303-07:00Puppies

If you become a frequent reader of this blog, you will hear of the puppies, so I'd might as well get it out of the way. We have three giant dogs, all of whom are rescues.Zeke (Ezekiel) is a Great Dane/Mastiff (and rumored Rottie) mix. He is brindle and weighs in at a handsome 160 lbs. His feet are bigger than mine are. He has a great disposition and is a totally devoted mama's boy. He's

Mother Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998884074239529393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708725407481011542.post-55585105658550649052008-05-29T11:48:00.000-07:002008-05-29T11:58:45.012-07:00Emotion: OUTRAGE!!!

Borrowed from the folks at MySpace, I've chosen to list my inaugural blog post emotion as outrage. Yes, outrage. Why? Because of the state of our world, the state of our nation, the state of our state. Because of these, I am announcing for all: No more Sister Nice Guy.The sources of the outrage are myriad; today's particular burr under my saddle is what the foreclosure debacle is doing to

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