LADY GODIVA LURCHING

Posted on May 20, 2012 by admin

Barbara Lefleur is a year under the Lurcher cut-off of 50, but she rates an Honorable Mention in the Incipient Lurcher Hall of Fame. Seems she’s a free spirit who thought nothing of walking into a lumber store and a fast-food deli in the buff. When this video of her strolling merrily into Curtis Lumber outside of Saratoga Springs, in upstate New York, was posted, it went viral.

Doubtless lots of viewers wanted to see what a nude woman going shopping a la buff in broad daylight looks like (gee, honey, where’s her purse or her keys?). Frankly, I hope they agree with me that she looks damn good. How nice it is to see a real woman’s body, a confident posture, and no evidence of a Brazilian in sight.

Good thing it wasn't snowing

You go, Barbara! Even if you were arrested for misdemeanor public lewdness.

See the uncensored video for yourself at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2146678/Pictured-Middle-aged-woman-arrested-strolling-lumber-store-naked.html#ixzz1vMf49YYI

JAVA JONES

Posted on May 19, 2012 by admin

I’ll take my days caffeinated, thank you very much. There’s nothing better than starting the day with some really strong and delicious coffee. I schlep down to the Porto Rico store on Eighth Street for free-trade French roast, and it keeps me going for hours.

So I was thrilled to read the recent study undertaken by the Nathional Institute of Health and AARP (of Lurchers hall of fame!) and reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. It claimed that coffee isn’t as bad for you—especially for Lurchers—as was previously thought. Actually, the info has tended to be pretty contradictory, but this time 402,2600 people, tracked since 1995, were participants.

Researchers still don’t know why coffee may have life-extending benefits, besides the stimulant effect (which wasn’t part of the study). They may never know.

Or maybe coffee drinkers live longer because having that first cup in the morning makes getting up a lot less of a drag.

Gotta love that morning cup

LAST DANCE

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin

What a bummer to hear of the untimely death of Donna Summer. Lurchers who lived in NYC when I did, and who managed to claw their way into Studio 54 and the other clubs, knew every note of “Love to Love You Baby.” My favorite memory is one hot July day, when this ravishingly gorgeous Spanish guy I was dating invited me over for a siesta. Never mind that I was at work—it was one of those crystalline summer’s days where you just had to be outside. So I ran over to his apartment on 14^th Street at lunchtime and we went up to the roof. He put on the radio and “Hot Stuff” came blaring out. And we danced….

I hope Donna is dancing with as much pleasure up in heaven.

She worked hard for the money

NOT GETTING OLDER, GETTING BETTER

Posted on May 17, 2012 by admin

After mentioning Advanced Style yesterday, I just had to share these incredibly embarrassing incredible shots of Ellen DeGeneris: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2145123/Ellen-DeGeneres-shows-embarrassing-old-photos-curly-brunette-days.html.

Suffice to say that she looks much younger, healthier, sexier, and more beautiful as a 54-year-old Lurcher than she did as a teen and young woman.

I just have to look in my high school yearbook to see the same hideous delightful styles.

That 70s Show - Ellen in a maxi-dress and her date in pink and purple at the prom

GRANDMA’S STYLIN’

Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin

I’ve written about Ari Seth Cohen’s fabulous blog, before, so I’m thrilled that the best of it has now become a book, Advanced Style. In it, he showcases the crème de la Lurcher’s crème of ladies who are long past the age-16-and-size-subzero status so beloved by the food-deprived fashion editors of women’s magazines and the breasts-and-hips-hating designers (Hi Giorgio! Hi Karl!) whose only-look-good-on-twiglets garments are what we’re all supposed to want to wear.

Check it out at www.advancedstyle.com.

We should all look so good!

Now that's what I call gorgeous!

THE LURCHERS STRIKE BACK

Posted on May 15, 2012 by admin

If you are a Lurcher of a certain age, you’ll remember the wonderment of seeing the special effects in the original Star Wars trilogy for the first time. I was not a fan of action flicks, and was dragged by a friend to the local movie theater, and we walked out totally blown away.

When I saw these Lucasfilm photos from an upcoming book, Making Of The Empire Strikes Back by J.W Rinzler, where Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill are so young and seem so happy and at ease with each other on location, all those memories came flooding back.

And they erased all memories of the three more current films about which the less said the better!

Take a look at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2143371/Empire-Strikes-Backstage-Intimate-pictures-cast-crew-filming-1980-Star-Wars-movie.html#ixzz1uk9PJbjJ

Ride 'em, space cowboy!

BLACK HEARTS AND LAMAS

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin

For those who believe in courage, conviction, and compassion, go this marvelous interview with the 76-year-old Dalai Lama, in the UK’s Sunday Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/9261729/Dalai-Lama-reveals-warning-of-Chinese-plot-to-kill-him.html

One of the great men of the world.

The man is a marvel of grace and humanity, even as he faces his mortality. Not only is China doing its utmost to destroy Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism, but, it seems, they are also trying to destroy him through the nefarious use of Tibetan traitors to pose as devotees seeking his blessings.

“We received some sort of information from Tibet,” the Lama said. “Some Chinese agents training some Tibetans, especially women, you see, using poison – the hair poisoned, and the scarf poisoned – they were supposed to seek blessing from me, and my hand touch.”

How sick is that? It reminds me of a scene in one of my favorite historical novels, Angelique and the King by Anne Golon, where the evil Athenais de Montespan tries to kill Angelique by placing poison on her nightgown. The poor maid had to carry it into Angelique’s bedroom with her hands wrapped in plane-tree leaves to avoid touching it, except Angelique, of course, had discovered the plot and told the maid to take the nightgown as a present. The look on the maid’s face gave it all away.

I’d like to believe that this scheme will backfire, and the only people who get poisoned are those whose hearts are already black.

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

Posted on May 13, 2012 by admin

Here is a lovely image of what Mother’s Day is all about: Mollie Wood and her six generations of still-living daughters. She is now an astounding 111 years old and a great, great, great grandmother, as her great, great granddaughter recently gave birth (at the tender age of 16) to beautiful little Braylin.

Six generations in one - amazing!

When the baby was placed near her on the bed for this photo, Mollie quipped, “I don’t babysit babies anymore, I do what I want to do!”

At her age, she’s earned it.

Here’s to mothers everywhere. And to my upcoming book Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us, being published by Abrams books on September 4, coauthored with 3 other wonderful mothers, Laurie Kilmartin, Alicia Ybarbo, and Mary Ann Zoellner.

At our age, we’ve earned it too!

A LURCHER ON THE LOOSE

Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin

If you want to know what pure, unadulterated nincompoopery sounds like, have a go at this homophobic rant at a town meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she was given 5 minutes to state her case about whether or not to hire gay people. Or read the synopsis which will give you a good idea of how crazy she is. The link is here: http://www.towleroad.com/2012/05/lincolnwoman.html Kudos to the guy sitting behind her who was cracking up at her looney-tunes-Lurching-on-meltdown spewing.

At least one guy sees her for what she is--utterly nuts

Lucky for her we have a first amendment.

I will say, however, that she has such a baby sweet voice. Too bad her mind is so twisted that nothing sweet can come out of it.

TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT

Posted on May 11, 2012 by admin

Gary Younge wrote a terrific essay for The Guardian called “A Web of Privilege Supports This So-called Meritocracy,” which you should read in full at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/06/leveson-murdoch-cameron-brooks-privilege.

The sentence that stood out the most for me is this:

“But the fact that they appear to want to give even more to those who already have a great deal while denying much to those who have little is unforgiveable.”

It doesn’t take too much imagination to figure out who the “they” is.

This comment is for me the heart of a moral center, of the philosophy Lurchers can’t help but think about—what your purpose on this earth is, how much you’ve accomplished, what mark you want to leave, and how you want your children to remember you.

I’d much rather my child remember what we did rather than what we had.

Priceless