Comments posted by Mary (total of 355)
Mary's comments in the It’s the Little Things thread:
Posted By Mary on December 2, 2007 @ 1:19 am
Read this comment in contextplaying the piano and that feeling you get when you finally got the difficult part of a song down, even if there is no one else around to hear it.
Hearing your favorite song on the radio.
Making a long stretch of green lights.
Running over a piece of trash with your car (and no I don’t mean pedestrians)
The smell of fall (leaves + fireplace)
Winter’s first snow.
Hitting the softball at just the right spot on the bat.
Eating the first bite of a pumpkin pie or pizza, you know the angle, which is really the very center of the pie.
Laughing loudly
Having tickle fights with Lizzie, the family Sheltie
Getting a random and unexpected text message from someone you love.
Performing a nice Melee attack in Halo
Hugging my brother, Steve (mainly because he just stands there feeling uncomfortable…it’s really very funny)
Getting a challenging iv stick on the first attempt (that inital sight of blood return gets me every time)
Starting a good book
Surprises of any kind
Songs in the key of D minor make me weep instantly
And the end of Disney’s Cinderella when the one slipper breaks and all seems lost, she says “But I have the other slipper”.
Mary's comments in the Recipe For Success!!! thread:
Posted By Mary on March 25, 2008 @ 5:17 pm
Read this comment in contextOh, that broccoli-corn casserole sounds good. How’s that go? or is that a secret?
Posted By Mary on March 20, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
Read this comment in contextDoes anybody know a recipe for Broccoli Cheddar Soup? I’ve tried several and all have been a catastrophe
Posted By Mary on March 19, 2008 @ 11:47 pm
Read this comment in contextBill makes the best Tortilla soup
My Grandpa Tankersley makes the best steaks, milkshakes and popcorn
My mom makes the best Christmas cookies (yes she makes like my top 10 favorite)
My dad makes the best chili and homemade pizza
My Grandma Tankersley makes the best pancakes and spaghetti
Darren grills the best chicken
I make the best Kraft Mac&Cheese
Mary's comments in the Confused and Amused by the Opposite Sex thread:
Posted By Mary on November 22, 2008 @ 9:40 pm
Read this comment in contextLadies, why do girls complain about there not being enough “good guys” but then always go for the “bad boys” anyway?
I just reread some of the posts here and I have something else to add to this statement. Maybe a girl is saying this to you because this is her way of hinting that she is interested in you. Or maybe because good guys tend to be somewhat self-consious because they don’t really know how wonderful they are, and so they don’t usually ask these girls out.
Posted By Mary on November 22, 2008 @ 9:28 pm
Read this comment in contextI was standing in line at the Riverside Cafeteria behind an older gentleman, most likely in his 80’s. He had just ordered a BLT and had to explain what’s in the BLT to the cook. He then proceeded to shout at her “And don’t cut the sandwich in half when you’re done! I don’t want no woman’s sandwich!”. I then let out one of my loudest laughs that probably echoed in the kitchen halls and the man turned to me. He defended himself by telling a story about how “one time” he had a BLT that was cut in half and “all” of the tomato and bacon fell out. He was smiling at this point. I then placed my order for a hamburger and “would you please slice it in half for me?”. The old man playfully punched my arm. No joke.
Posted By Mary on March 14, 2008 @ 10:12 pm
Read this comment in contextI shall give you the answer that you seek. Girls who say that there are no good guys around are probably the ones letting themselves get stuck with bad guys. Girls I know continue dating the same bad guys because the relationship seems healing to their low self esteem or dependence on others, etc. I never say that there are no good guys around because I obviously know a whole bunch of good ones. Irregardless, I think that people get caught up in what they get out of the relationship, so a lot of “bad guys” really aren’t “bad”. There is probably some selfishness played out on both sides.
But, in defense of women who are legitimately in an abusive relationship, some men do have or develop a possesive and controlling side, were raised by drunken fathers and don’t know anything but to drink themselves, and some women can find themselves in a relationship where they also have kids to protect and things just get kinda hairy. Just watch any soap opera or Lifetime/We.. made for tv movie and you’ll get a taste of what I am speaking of.
Posted By Mary on October 5, 2007 @ 10:39 pm
Read this comment in contextKevin, i have to admit that your comment above made me laugh out loud for approximately 30 seconds. I wish you were my math teacher.
Posted By Mary on October 1, 2007 @ 9:26 pm
Read this comment in contextWell, in actuality, most of the time when girls say they are going out with the “girlfriends” it becomes this night of rejuvenation from the hells spawned from a week at work or from some other stressful source. Webstar’s dictionary states “a night out with the girls which may or may not include manicures/pedicures, hair cut, shoe shopping, cappuccino, Margarita’s and Long Island’s, talking about the opposite sex, tickle fights and the occasional pillow confrontation.” Now what I don’t like is when homosexuals are included in this category. Just because they love to wear pink doesn’t magically enable them to empathize with the effects of menses or the female psyche.
And I have heard some men clarify to me something to the effect of “hanging with the bro’s”, or “hanging with the guys”, or even better “my hood/peeps”. Maybe you men should come up with your own term to define a clan of boyfriends without feeling gay (which is what the real problem is).
Posted By Mary on September 30, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
Read this comment in contextSomething else neat about shoes is that it the one item of clothing that a woman can rely on to fit properly in her size, and the size doesn’t change much in her lifetime (unlike a 21yr old who’s size 4 eventually becomes size 14 after marriage and a couple of kids). It doesn’t matter if the shoe is a little uncomfortable because if a woman knows her legs look great in this or that outfit so much the better. And adding a few inches of height is like adding more confidence in every step. So when girls are going shoe shopping most of the time it is like a fat woman going out to eat – very therapeutic minus the calories.
Could this senario easily be reversed to the men’s side? I think so. Guys who wear wife beaters in pubilc, or even their shirts off when it’s like 70 degrees outside (make us think you’re working hard…). What I hate the most are tee-shirts with the sleeves cut off. Armpit hair is never attractive so why flaunt it? Also, why do men think it’s okay belch in public? Letting the acidic fumes out of one’s stomach is totally unwelcome in my personal space so please keep it to yourself. And also, there is no such thing as a brilliant pick-up line so just do the flowers/call the next day routine and you’re a gentleman in my book.
Mary's comments in the Family Fun Time thread:
Posted By Mary on September 1, 2007 @ 12:08 pm
Read this comment in contextAlrighty then, so I remember growing up with my two brothers and my parents. We were all pretty close, mainly because dad was in the military. We moved around a few times so we had to stick together. We always had game nights, which we played board games like “Fireball Island”, “Sorry”, some Micro Machines game, “Trivial Pursuit”, and of course “Risk”. I will never forget the time that I had the Ukraine left and pleaded with my dad, who was on a rampage defeating all of my beloved countries, to just let me have that one country. He was merciful, but unfortunately for him and my older brother my next turn I had three of a kind and accumulated something like 100 armies. “Remember the Ukraine!”
Nowadays, we usually sit around the living room with football on playing Trivial Pursuit. My Mother is the best player I know.
I also have this great memory of one Christmas playing DOOM I and II with my dad and brother on our brand new Playstation. We beat the entire game in just 8 short hours, taking turns together.
I never got to enjoy growing up near extended family so it was always just the 5 of us.
Mary's comments in the The Virtual Bookmobile thread:
Posted By Mary on June 26, 2009 @ 1:14 am
Read this comment in contextA co-worker gave me a money-back guarantee that I would like this book called The Road by Cormac McCarthy, also wrote No Country For Old Men. I’ve been into the post-apocalyptic/nuclear war genre thanks to a video game. The book is a quick read, a couple days maybe. Set in some country, I assumed U.S. in the beginning but not certain now. A man and his son struggling to survive in the wasteland. I cried in the end. I also saw a trailer for a movie of this coming in Fall 09. The author is good at provoking emotions in its readers and has excellent descriptions/imagery, so much so that I could never see this film because it would freak me out too much.
Posted By Mary on August 29, 2007 @ 12:17 pm
Read this comment in contextA Chance to Die by Elizabeth Elliot. A fantastic book about Amy Carmichael who was a missionary to India in the early 1900’s.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. This was the first classical novel I read and it kind of got me on a kick to read a plethera of them. This one is the best though.
Dracula by Bram Stoker. I was so surprised that this book was as spiritual as it was. A lot of Scripture and goodness in this book. The imagery is amazing. No movie remake of this can compare to the actual literature. This is a must read.
Case For Faith by Lee Strobel. Very informative with a lot of common sense.
Passion & Purity by Elizabeth Elliot. I love her writing, and probably because I love her life story. Her husband was Jim Elliot, the missionary who died in the field. Watch the documentary “Beyond The Gates Of Splendor”. I cried the majority of the film.
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. A novel similar to the book of Hosea. This author became a Christian later in her life and decided to devote her time to writing Christian literature. This is the only book of her’s that I’ve read (mainly because the others seem to be set in time periods that don’t interest me) but it is definitely list-worthy.
The Zion Chronicles/The Zion Covenant by Brock & Bodie Theone. I’m fairly certain that this is a brother/sister team writing historical fiction set during the early 1900’s. I was addicted to these series in high school and could read them all over again in a heartbeat.
I can sit and read just about anything by Lori Wick or Gilbert Morris as well.
This is my list to far. More to come…
Mary's comments in the Odessey & Oracle thread:
Posted By Mary on May 10, 2008 @ 11:03 am
Read this comment in contextMirrorball – Sarah McLachlan
Heaven in the Real World – Steven Curtis Chapman
Posted By Mary on November 13, 2007 @ 5:47 pm
Read this comment in contextWalk On – Boston
Posted By Mary on November 7, 2007 @ 9:59 pm
Read this comment in contextI must clarify: I love David Bowie’s voice, but it’s the production of his album I just don’t like. I LOVE this song the blue suit is hot (not necessarily the blue eyeshadow)
Posted By Mary on November 7, 2007 @ 9:11 pm
Read this comment in contextoh I wish I hadn’t watched that….I want those 4 minutes and 15 seconds back. I’d rather watch the whole movie Labyrinth than see that again
Posted By Mary on November 7, 2007 @ 10:05 am
Read this comment in contextSomeone please explain to me David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust. I have it in my car’s cd player and listen to it fairly often, but I just can’t seem to get into it. Maybe it’s the scary pictures inside the booklet that make me feel queasy.
Posted By Mary on August 13, 2007 @ 8:11 am
Read this comment in contextHave to add this one
My brother gave me a copy of this a while ago. There is a Japanese MC that introduces each song, each only last about 2 minutes long anyways. There are some good covers, and the lead guitarist goes to town on nearly every song. This music makes me want to wax my surfboard and head to California.
Posted By Mary on August 11, 2007 @ 7:42 pm
Read this comment in contextScott, I agree with you on 40Acres album. My favorite song is actually the title song, 40 Acres. I love the words and the imagery it conveys.
“Out on these Texas plains you can see for a million lives
And there’s a thousand exits between here and the state line
About the last time that I saw you
You said call me Pandora, call me a foolAnd I’m thinking this view it could do you some good
So drop these scales and take a lookThere’s 40 acres and redemption to be found
Just along down the way
There is a place where no plow blade has turned the ground
And you will turn it over, ’cause out here hope remains
‘Cause out here hope remains…Out here the Texas sky is as big as the sea
And you’re alone in your room like an island floating free
Your spirit’s hanging in a bottle out on a tree
You say that you’re the black sheep, I say you’re still familySo throw that bottle to the waves
They’ll bring you in to me and from the shore you will seeOut here the Texas rain is the hardest I’ve ever seen
It’ll wash your house away, but it’ll also make you clean
Now these rocks they are crying too
And this whole land is calling out for you”
Posted By Mary on August 4, 2007 @ 6:37 am
Read this comment in contextAnother couple to add:
Deep Enough To Dream – Chris Rice
Revolver – The Beatles
Rubber Soul – The Beatles
Posted By Mary on July 27, 2007 @ 11:14 pm
Read this comment in contextThe Singles 1969-1973 by the Carpenters. I can’t help how much I love this album. I used to listen to this album constantly with my friends in elementary school. I still love the lyrics and also the guitar solo in Goodbye to Love.
Mary's comments in the The Ugly Fruit Will Save Us All thread:
Posted By Mary on July 24, 2007 @ 1:55 pm
Read this comment in contexthttp://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/20000902monkeycol7.asp
another good article
Posted By Mary on July 24, 2007 @ 1:52 pm
Read this comment in contextMyth: “Hedge apples” (Osage orange fruit) or horse chestnuts can be used to repel spiders.
Large Osage orange fruit
Maclura pomifera
© 2002 Steve Baskauf
Fact: The story that the fruit of the Osage orange tree (also called hedge apple, monkey ball, or spider ball) can repel or ward off spiders turns out to be extremely widespread in Midwestern states, where the trees are common. Details vary, but in general it seems that people put these aromatic fruits around their walls in fall to “keep spiders from coming in.” Since house spiders don’t actually come in from outside, of course this works just fine, but there is no evidence that spiders are repelled by osage-oranges. They live on the trees and even make webs on the fallen fruit. What’s more, spiders seldom show any sign of being able to detect airborne odors!In some versions of the story, the repellent effect has been transferred from spiders to cockroaches, mosquitoes, chicken mites, or mice. Since squirrels regularly chew through these fruits to get the tasty seeds inside, a rodent repellent effect seems pretty unlikely.
In the Pacific Northwest, where Osage oranges are seldom seen, the legend has been transferred to horse chestnuts. I like horse chestnuts and usually have some around, but still have plenty of spiders, so I know of my own experience that this doesn’t work.
A correspondent in British Columbia has heard a version of the myth in which the spiders are repelled by copper pennies!
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/skineggs.html#hedgeapple
Mary's comments in the The Way We Was vs The Way We Is thread:
Posted By Mary on July 13, 2007 @ 9:09 pm
Read this comment in contextWell, I grew up feeling very shy…hated going to school untill about the 11th and 12th grade, felt sick to my stomach almost every morning. I have had a couple episodes of complete and utter shyness resulting in embarassment that have been near fatal for me. Once in high school while reading an insert from an Agatha Christi novel my voice just trailed off until no one could hear me because I was so frightened. In college I had to make a speech/power point presentation about Asthma and in the middle of a sentence I lost my train of thought and just stopped talking while standing in front of a room of only about 25 people (after what felt like a minute of pure silence the professor had to say “Mary……MARY. Why don’t you tell us a little bit about …..). Also, another bad one was when I was running late for a class in college and ran into the room, plopped in the chair, opened my test book, and looked up. Turns out I ran into the wrong classroom, and everyone kept looking at me including the teacher. The sad thing was that I was too scared to get up again in front of everybody so I sat in the classroom until it ended 90 minutes later. I got a free class in English 4–something and even a homework assignment.
So the long story short, I have never been able to kick the whole shy issue.
Mary's comments in the Spēk ənd Sey thread:
Posted By Mary on November 15, 2007 @ 1:57 pm
Read this comment in contextthat made me laugh outloud. Thank you. I use “a whole ‘nother” all the time and now that I see how ridiculous it looks written out I shall never use it again.
Posted By Mary on July 8, 2007 @ 9:04 pm
Read this comment in contextThe test says I have a “North Central accent”….. I’ve lived in ohio, boston, el paso and virgina so I don’t think it’s entirely accurate…..But there are some great Aussie accents on the thread up there.
Mary's comments in the Never Touch A Black Man’s Radio thread:
Posted By Mary on July 21, 2007 @ 7:42 am
Read this comment in contextMy friend from work, Shane, wishes to add Carlos Santana’s “Smooth” to the list. He said “what’s that song by that guitar player from Spain…it’s terrible”
Posted By Mary on July 21, 2007 @ 7:31 am
Read this comment in contextI swear, if my alarm clock wakes me up to “Carribean Queen” one more time…. That’s my motivation to get out of bed in the morning, to turn off the radio.
Displaying 61 to 90 of 355 commentsPosted By Mary on July 12, 2007 @ 3:44 pm
Read this comment in contextThe “I like big butts” song is THE worst song ever written.
(and then anything by the Black Eyed Peas goes without saying…)
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