Category Archives: Lame Post Friday

Holiday for Slashers?

Posted on April 14, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

Hello and welcome to my Lame Friday the 13th Post. I always feel as if Friday the 13th should be a holiday, but I have hardly done anything to celebrate today. I am doing a few of my favorite things, though: sitting on the couch in comfy clothes, husband nearby, glass of wine at hand, Snapped on the television, and I will go back to crocheting as soon as I make this blog post.

Not even close to mine.

I thought an illustration would pep things up, because my mind is in a strictly non-peppy mode right now. I say once again that it is flatly amazing to me how I sit down, stare at a blank screen, feel I have less than nothing to say, and yet I type in words. Good words? Interesting words? Let’s not ask for miracles, especially on Lame Post Friday, and Friday the 13th.

“It’s OUR holiday!”

This is the Friday the 13th guy, right? I’m not as up on my ’70’s slasher flicks as some. I’m more of a black-and-white horror chick, heavy on the cheese, with a little Hammer thrown in on occasion. But when it is Friday the 13th, one likes to give Jason a nod (I just quickly used Google to check that his name is really Jason, which is not the same thing as doing real research, but I am only a silly blogger after all).

Speaking of Hammer Horror…

And it is Lame Post Friday, after all. I wish one and all a Happy Weekend. Don’t walk under any ladders or let a black cat cross your path.

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I Like a Semi-Colon on Lame Post Friday

Posted on April 7, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

Oh crap, it is almost 10:30 at night and I have not yet made my Friday Lame Post. Can I make it before midnight? A more practical question is, why am I up so far past my bedtime? Well, I just got back from A Bad Year for Tomatoes at Ilion Little Theatre. I think I can write a quick post while I sip a glass of wine with my husband. What, you thought I wasn’t going to have a glass of wine on a Friday? I don’t think anybody thought that.

Normally when I have someplace to go on a Friday, I try to make my blog post first. I did not do so today, because I was working on Spring Into Murder, the murder mystery we are putting on for Morning Star Methodist Church in Ilion on April 28. Earlier today I saw a flier about said murder mystery, so I was all psyched up to get what I have typed into the computer so I can get it out to the cast and we can start rehearsals. I’m getting there! Oh, you think I should have had it completed, typed in, polished, and have started rehearsals already? That would have been nice. But this is me we’re talking about.

Oh dear, two paragraphs into the blog post and I’ve got the type-it-in-backspace-it-out disease. Part of me is saying, “You’re over 200 words; that’s plenty for Lame Post Friday!” Yes, the voices in my head use semi-colons when they talk. The voices in my head are all about grammar and punctuation. If anybody would like to comment below, pointing out any errors I may have made today, go right ahead. I will only laugh, because I have forgotten more grammar than most folks ever knew. The rest I willfully ignore as it suits my purpose (insert evil laugh here).

In the meantime, I think I need to hit Publish, finish my wine, and go to bed. I hope to see you all tomorrow on Scattered Saturday or perhaps Slacker Saturday, whatever it turns out to be.

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Chardonnay on Lame Post Friday

Posted on March 31, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

OK, today is Lame Post Friday, and I am going to make a fast post, because my husband, Steven, has not been on the computer since this morning. I can’t hog the laptop, after all. So here is a quick shout-out to a few Herkimer, NY, businesses that made our Friday evening a little bit better.

First I went to Hot Spot Salon and Spa to get a hair cut. I did not know quite what I wanted, but I wanted it to look good and I didn’t want to do to much myself to make it so. Clair helped me out as always, and I left looking pretty damn good.

I went to Asteroga Ale House, where I got a glass of Chadornnay, sat down, and wrote on the next murder mystery till my husband, Steven, showed up. I enjoyed sitting there amidst the Friday Happy Hour crowd, but after Steven showed up and had a glass of Chardonnay himself, I wanted some food and I didn’t feel like cooking. Accordingly, we went to Salvatore’s Pizzeria and Restaurant, where we had some food and, yes, another glass of Chardonnay.

This is looking like a Scattered Friday post, which lacks the alliteration of a Scattered Saturday. Well, I can’t help that. For one reason, I am home how and Steven has poured me yet another glass of Chardonnay. I have to watch Snapped. It is Friday, after all. Happy weekend, everybody.

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I Get Theatrical on Lame Post Friday

Posted on March 24, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

I don’t know if I can accurately describe what is going on in this scene.

It is 7:40 p.m. on Lame Post Friday, and as usual, I got nuthin’. At least, I have things I can write about but lack the oomph to actually do so. You’ll have that, especially with me. I thought I would resort to pictures. My husband, Steven, recently shared the above on Facebook as a Throw Back Thursday, and I thought it was fun. The scene is from a DVD the Herkimer County Historical Society made for a Celebrity Roast of Assemblyman Marc Butler back in 2015. It was just after the triumphant run of Roxy by Jack Sherman, the play the society put on at Ilion Little Theatre. I played the title role (I say modestly). The DVD was all about the the Right to Bare Arms, an issue near and dear to Assemblyman Butler’s heart. I don’t properly understand politics, but I enjoyed participating in the DVD.

Having downloaded that picture to share, I searched the Historical Society’s Facebook page for further photos. First I came across a cast shot from the most recent murder mystery we put on for them, A G.R.A.V.E. Murder (perhaps you read a few of my blog posts about it).

G.R.A.V.E. stood for Ghost Retrieval And Verification Enterprises, if I recall that correctly (how embarrassing that I am not sure).

As I continued, I discovered some pictures from Who Shot JS? the first murder mystery we did for the society. We killed off Jack Sherman, who wrote the play Roxy that I mentioned earlier.

We didn’t take a posed cast shot, but I think this one shows everybody.

Well, now I am approaching 300 words, so I can hit Publish and go back to enjoying my Friday night with a clear conscience. I hope to see you all on Scattered Saturday, or whatever kind of a Saturday it turns out to be.

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Weather or Not I’m Lame

Posted on March 17, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

Did you know that Tuesday is the first day of spring?

I particularly like the bare trees.

This is the view from my front porch. I stepped out with my Tablet to capture a graphic demonstration of why I forgot that it is almost spring.

I’ve seen bigger snowbanks, but still.

Here is a view in the other direction. My only pleasure is to see the bare sidewalks. I have not been running lately and want to start again. Perhaps tomorrow.

I love my tree.

This is not the best shot of this tree, I see now. I thought as I took it that it might be better to move off the porch, perhaps even across the street. However, I was in my slippers. Hey, I bestirred myself to get off the couch. I only have so much oomph on Lame Post Friday. Or any other day.

Earlier this afternoon, my friend Kim and I went to a wine tasting at Valley Wine and Liquor. We were not best pleased with the cold temperature, and even less so when it started snowing.

“Who ordered this?” she demanded. I denied responsibility. At least the wine tasting was good. Perhaps I can write more about it in another post.

For right now, though, it is Lame Post Friday, and the best I can do is share these pictures and gripe about the weather. You would think I would be in a better mood, if you thought about me at all, which I do not seriously expect. Actually, that last sentence gave me a chuckle, which improved my mood. Finishing my blog post improves the mood even further. I hope to see you all again on Scattered Saturday, even if it does snow.

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What’s In a Lame?

Posted on March 10, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

Get it? Like “What’s in a name?” I came up with the title after I wrote the following:

No, this is not my date for Friday night.

I didn’t have any bright ideas for this week’s Friday Lame Post, but when I was on Facebook, somebody on one of my monster movie pages shared this picture of Max Schreck as Nosferatu. I immediately downloaded it, and you know my motto (one of them, anyways): waste not, want not.

Incidentally, every time I mention Max Schreck, I have to look up the spelling of his name. I feel certain I am getting it mixed up with a certain green ogre voiced by Mike Myers (another name I must look up).

“What do you mean, you’ve never seen the movie?”

Shrek. That is how the ogre spells it. And it’s Myers not Meyers, Mike not Michael. I guess Michael Meyers is the bad guy from the Halloween movies. Full disclosure: I have never seen any of the Shrek movies, and it comes as no small disappointment to me to find out it is spelled differently from Max Schreck. I’ve heard the Shrek movies are full of pop culture references. I think a reference to an iconic silent horror movie would have been nice. Perhaps they did mean it as a reference but changed the spelling. If I was a real cinema writer, I would research these things (and once again, we come to the ugly truth about me).

“No, I was not a regular on Saturday Night Live.”

I just looked up Halloween, the movie, and found that Michael Myers spells his name the same way Mike Myers did. I’m glad we got that cleared up.

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A Winter Wonderlame

Posted on March 3, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

How about a Blogger’s Snow Day instead of a Blogger’s Sick Day. Winter has returned to the Mohawk Valley, and it has come back with a vengeance! There was no chance for Mohawk Valley adventures today; all were advised to stay at home if possible. Additionally, Steven and I have been having computer problems. Let me tell you, “google it” is not always advice that yields results. I’m just saying.

Be that as it may, we are now one day into Steven’s Fabulous Four Day Birthday Weekend. In addition to computer problems, our DVD/VCR player seems to be on the fritz. Or perhaps it has died, just to be optimistic about these things. At least we have cable back. It took a brief vacation when we lost power earlier, also briefly, thank God! So we were able to watch Blackula earlier. I had DVR’d it from TCM last October. I may get a full post out of the viewing. We shall see in future days.

The sign says “NO SMOKING,” but I think Blackula is smokin’ hot.

Right now, what a surprise, we are watching Snapped. I do love murder and mayhem. In the meantime, the snow keeps falling. I went out and tried to shovel this morning. I met with some success, but you couldn’t tell as the snow kept falling. More recently we heard our neighbor out snowblowing the end of our driveway. What a great guy! I’ll have to bake cookies and bring some over.

The abominable snow vehicles!

This is a picture from last year’s Snowmageddon. I did not face such depths this morning, but tomorrow morning I might. That could be worth a blog post. As always, I hope you’ll stay tuned.

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To Catch a Blog Post

Posted on March 2, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

Non-Sequitur Thursday on a Wednesday, Lame Post Friday on a Thursday, that’s how I roll on a four day week! All day at work today I kept singing, “It’s my Friday and I’ll cry if I want to!” a la Leslie Gore. I have a terrible singing voice, but I do not care at all. I like to sing.

And so my husband Steven’s fabulous birthday weekend begins.

We do not have great plans for our four-day weekend. For one reason, dire weather is predicted starting at some point tonight. Some area schools and non-profits are already closed for tomorrow. Things were still fairly nice when I got home from work shortly after 3 p.m. I went for a walk. Yes, I could make a Pedestrian Post and bag Lame Post Friday, but I feel quite disinclined to do so.

When the blog post seems to be going nowhere, I like to add a picture.

How does their hair stay that nice in a convertible?

Ooh, here is something we probably will not get to do on the Fabulous Birthday Weekend. Rome Capitol Theatre is showing To Catch a Thief. The Capitol is a marvelous old style theatre: enormous and ornate. It was where I saw my first movie years and years ago (never mind how many!). I feel certain I have written a blog post about it. We saw Rear Window there a few years ago. What a thrill! One of our favorite movies on the big screen in a beautiful setting! But if the weather is going to be bad, we will probably just hunker down.

However, if any of my readers are in the vicinity of Rome, NY, this weekend, the movie is being shown Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3, 7 p.m. both nights plus a matinee at 2:30 p.n. on Saturday. For more information you can visit the Facebook Event.

Blame the Wine, Not the Fish

Posted on February 24, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

What could be lamer than making my Friday Lame Post on Saturday morning? Sorry, folks. I’m going to blame the full pours of wine at the Ilion Elks Lodge. Steven and I went there for Fish Fry. We went into the bar to get a glass of white wine to go with it. The nice bartender filled those glasses to the brim! And we had two apiece. I came home and fell asleep on the couch. In my defense… no, there is no defense. I drank wine and fell asleep. I might as well cop to it.

We enjoyed a really delicious fish dinner. I had broiled haddock with rice and Steven had broiled scallops with french fries. Both dinners came with cole slaw. I wanted a baked potato, but they were out. I told Steven that meant we must eat there on a subsequent Friday. I guess I could just bake my own potato at home, but what fun is that? For one reason, I can’t broil any fish to go with it. I’ve never used the broiler in my oven. I don’t even know if it works (ooh, that could be a future blog post: cooking on the broiler).

I am putting the finishing touches on Secrets at Suiter House, as we begin rehearsals tomorrow. Perhaps I will write a blog post about it, without giving away any secrets, of course.

Ilion Elks Lodge is located at 8 West St., Ilion NY. They serve their Fish Fry on Fridays during Lent. For more information, you can call them at 315-894-1444.

The Glop Factor on Lame Post Friday

Posted on February 10, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

I am cooking with wine, and by “cooking with wine” I mean sitting here typing into my laptop, sipping wine and waiting for the macaroni to cook. I am making macaroni and cheese with little hot dogs, mushrooms, and whatever else I decide to throw in at the time (about two more minutes now). Ah, Friday. The day I am happy the week is over and not yet annoyed with myself for not getting anything done over the weekend. And the home of Lame Post Friday. What can I come up with today?

OK, the stuff is in the oven. I am looking at true crime television. 20/20 on OWN right now, but I might switch it to Dateline: Secrets Uncovered on Oxygen. Oops, it is 20/20 on ID, on the channel OWN. 20/20 on OWN is on at six. I noted that just now when I went to double check which Dateline it was (I thought it was Real Life Mysteries, but I was mistaken). I don’t know why I go into such detail, but I feel better when I am strictly accurate.

I was supposed to have the minor Mohawk Valley adventure of driving into Rome this afternoon. However, when I left work snow was falling quite copiously. I called my mother and we decided to put the visit off. I hesitated because I felt it was the kind of day that, if I drove into Rome it would be horrible, but if I went home and put on my sweats, the sun would immediately shine. Mom did not think the sun was in danger of shining, and it turns out she was right. As I slid a few times driving home — and I don’t drive fast — I felt we had made the right decision.

I just checked on the macaroni and cheese. Note to self: stop trying to put mozzarella cheese in baked macaroni and cheese; it just gets gloppy. I seem to recall mentioning the glop factor in a previous blog post (I’m not going to look for it, although I may have tagged it “gloppy,” knowing me). Do I ever learn? Time will tell.

Well, friends, let’s call this a blog post and get back to enjoying our Friday. Happy Weekend, everybody!

Mohawk Valley Girl