Martha O'Neill

August always reminds me that for many, many, many years, I thought the sound of cicadas was the humming of over-heated powerlines.

do you think they’re enjoying the main course yet at the Epstein Strategy Dinner or still sort of milling around

Walked past a woman holding a bunch of cake slices on a paper plate. It took everything I had not to flick it up and out of her hands.
My dark side rumbles.

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's recipes
That brings the bare necessities of life…

"The Covid years" did this to me. I'm alright, but adrift.

Another customer at Costco asked me for a bunch of advice about brie.
Not sure why, but suspect I carry my cheespertise like a glowing badge.

Someone needs to sit Pepe LePew down and have a serious conversation about consent.

Cartoon panel of a woman, man, a child, and a baby in a stroller looking at another woman dressed in a top hat, shirt, underwear, sockets and sandals who is looking at a goose. The text reads “The adventures of Lady No-kids” at the top and below “Anyway, I’m gonna follow this goose for a while and see where I end up.”

An oldie but still gold.

An app but for books: an alert when you are a few pages in, reminds you that read this already, ya dope.

Tonic water has almost as much sugar in it as Coke, yet somehow manages to taste like the inside of a rusty bucket. Curious.

Agreed. They were winners and took it all.

Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

It’s amazing how, in the 4 years since I first drew this, it went from stupidly obvious satire to totally normal talking points.

It's amazing how small decisions can alter history, like ABBA deciding to record in English instead of Swedish.

Hard to believe that something as innocuous as a cubicle would have the power to crush souls.

lol - I thought it was gator on a traitor. Both work. ;)

Dang

I listened to this song as a child. I knew what had happened to me was wrong. I didn’t quite know why. But I knew.

I felt it was what fit here. Though it’s painful to hear it.

Poor Mary though, for real: “You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're alright”.

lol

Ours are many - but some are: (from Stars in their Eyes) - "Tonight Matthew, I will..."; SO many from Father Ted (my husband is Irish) - esp. "Ah go on, ya will, ya will, ya will", and of course the ever-quotable AbFab.

Awesome. I lived in London almost 8 years, all of them in the '90s. So many quotable shows (that we still quote today.)

Bonded with the Costco olive sample guy today; he had DOZENS of olives ready to go and nary a taker. Told me he doesn't even like olives! I nodded & acknowledged his disdain while eating half my body weight in those delicious green gems.

This is how it looks when a Sea Anemone runs away from a Starfish.

A screenshot from the US version of the TV show The Office. Michael Scott is being gently held from behind by a Holly Flax.

me at the coldplay show

What a way to go out

2 tweets from author Stephen King. First: “The Epstein client list is real. So is the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus.” Second: “Boy, I hit a nerve with that Epstein post (laughter emoji) The (quote) list (end quote) is like UFOs: Everyone knows someone who’s seen one. (Laughter emoji)

WTF is going on with Stephen King?!

Canada has to be tired of having the tariffs raised on them for the Epsteinth time.

YouTube video by Live Aid The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down! (Live Aid 1985)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Zs...