I’m just trying to help out

Brilliant Basement

I wrote about this quite some time ago, but I fear the situation has only gotten worse. Perhaps I have lived alone too long. I seem to be talking to the TV a lot these days. I know I am doing it, and I do realize that the characters parading across my Samsung are not talking back to me.

That does give me some comfort. Perhaps I have not gone completely around the bend. And not to point fingers, but if kitty Shiloh would engage in some kind of dialogue with me, I probably would not have to resort to this. I have become quite opinionated as I park myself in front of the TV every night.

I usually am pretty openminded. Live and let live, I say.

Vocal Chords

But a rather unattractive transformation comes over me at night. I have no problem telling any one of the cast that their hairdo would look better on a Labradoodle. Or that perhaps you, yes, I am talking to you, could stand to walk away from those buttered biscuits.

Sometimes I am quite rude and tell a man that he borders on being just a tad, or more than a tad, of being unattractive. I am not proud of this behavior. In my defense, if there is any to be had, I can also be kind; doling out compliments as needed. I tell the women when their hair looks amazing. I tell the men what tasty nuggets they are, if, indeed, they are. (Not all of them are, you know, but enough to keep me happy.)

Scholarships

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Rockfall Foundation

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And I dispense great advice: “Oh, you really shouldn’t do that. It’s a bad idea all around” … “Girl, you need to walk away from that scoundrel. He is bad to the bone. Why don’t you set your sights on Peter? He’s such a nice young man”… “Oh, I would not move into that house if I were you. Rumor has it that the neighbors are absolute whackadoos. And besides, the place looks haunted.”

And then, of course, there’s the age-old advice we all hurtle at the screen: “Do not, I repeat, do not go into the cellar. It does not bode well for you.” They never listen. And it most certainly does not go well for them.

Told

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Well, I’m going to turn on my TV now. I’m sure somebody needs my help. If anyone starts talking back to me, though, I will be sure to let you know. Then it will be time to worry.

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CRHS scholarship

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