Tuesday, July 29, 2014

The 5 W's





WHO: ME! That's who! And some great people this weekend on the Island of Nantucket. It was the usual craziness in a beautiful place and it was a great visit. I'm glad to be home...drying out.

WHAT: July 29th is National Lipstick Day! Cleopatra was the first to use color from crushed beetles to stain her lips but it wasn't until 1923 that the first "swivel tube" lipstick was debuted. Since then women all over the world have been hooked on the simplistic beauty of applying color to the lips to enhance their physical beauty. What would we do without lipstick, I ask you?

WHERE: Revere, MA. The perfect storm. Forecasters in Boston spotted a suspect swam of storm clouds over Worcester early yesterday morning. As they were tracking what they believed to be a, rare for these parts, tornado-it disappeared from the Doppler radar. Then at 9:32 am yesterday morning it was back and landed in Revere, MA, full on with winds up to 120 MPH. There was no time for warning because it came so suddenly and it lasted 4 terrorizing minutes, leaving an unbelievable path of destruction. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured.

WHEN: When Pigs Fly, and that means never! My grandmother used to love to say that. "I'll talk to her again when pigs fly!" When that phrase came out of her mouth, you knew it wasn't good.

WHY: I am guilty of too often asking this question. Questioning life's little nuances has become a sport for me. When I was a little girl, my mom told me that WHY was my favorite question. If I got into trouble, I would ask why. If she said no, I would ask why. My mother said I would wear her down with why questions. I haven't changed too much but the trouble is the answers have. I still wonder why?


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't see how ask why is such a problem. I believe that this is what is wrong with the world today, too few people ask "Why?". Why...looks for details. The world doesn't like giving out details.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater said...

That's right. Why is good. The unexamined life is not worth living.

the walking man said...

That's an awful lot of lips but my bet is on the transvestites having the biggest collection of shades.

Tornadoes in MA I think even your granny would admit that in 120 mph winds the pigs have flown.

Why---do you spell it Worcester and pronounce it Wooster?

Why--because we keep inventing more shit that needs field testing of course.

MarkD60 said...

I thought the 29th was intenational Tiger day?!??!