Thursday's Third Degree

Do the personal lives of famous people detract from their work?

Yesterday, I mentioned that one of my favorite authors, Anne Perry, at 15, along with her best friend, killed her best friend's mother. While putting together yesterday's list, I discovered the author of another of my favorite books, Marion Zimmer Bradley, was accused of serious abuse by her daughter.

I've known about the Anne Perry story for 20 years since watching Peter Jackson's movie Heavenly Creatures.

Writers' personal lives don't stop me from reading their books. It makes them more fascinating to me. But I can't know anything about the lives of actors. If an actor does something I don't like then I can never watch any of their work. I can't stand Tom Cruise, not that I cared much for him to begin with, but once he jumped on the couch, it was all over. I used to love Brad Pitt until he cheated on Jennifer Aniston. Now, he doesn't look as good to me. This may have something to do with me not ever being much of a groupie.

Musicians can do whatever they want, but I'm quite judgmental of artists, like Picasso and the way he treated the women in his life.

But really, I don't care about an artist's personal life in most cases, so I usually don't know much about them. That way their work can stand alone. We all know artists are nuts and they deserve some latitude.

What do you think?

Thursday Thirteen -

I have 19 blogs. All of my online locations can be found in the FIND ME tab above. Here are the sayings in the headers of the first thirteen blogs on the list.

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This is the header picture for the blog - Rose and Prince Brendan

I painted the Salzburg castle on a two-man saw for my parents cabin.

01 - If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies. ~ Author Unknown

02 - “Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” - Hans Christian Andersen, The Complete Fairy Tales

03 - If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. ~ Shakespeare

04 - Creation is a drug I can't do without. - Cecil B. De Mille

05 - I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. ~ Winston Churchill

06 - This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. – Dorothy Parker

07 - There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately no one knows what they are. - Somerset Maugham

08 - Experience is but another name we give our mistakes. - Oscar Wilde

09 - There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. – Oscar Wilde

10 - It's never too late to be who you might have been. - George Eliot

11 - The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate. ~ Bern Williams

12 - You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down. ~ Mary Pickford

13 - Maybe that's why men declare war - because they have a need to bleed on a regular basis. ~ Brett Butler

Thirsty Thursday - green tea

I've never been fond of hot drinks. 

I only drink two cups of black coffee

each morning for the caffeine kick.

I like my beverages full of ice and ice cold. 

My favorite (non-alcoholic beverage)

is water, packed with frozen cubes.

Tea never really did much for me, either.

We didn't drink iced tea growing up.

Green tea is different, though.

Mild flavor, healthy bits called flavonoids.

Add some honey and lemon juice.

A nice change a taste.

Good for your waist.

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Eight cups of water and eight tea bags in a glass pitcher 

(glass pitchers are romantic.)

The recycled jug I will really use

(I'm a klutz and plastic is safer.)

Cover so you don't get any unwanted flavors.

Refrigerate for eight hours.

Remove the tea bags.

Put them in a plastic bag,

refrigerate. For your eyes.

Add lemon and honey.

Drink your green tea in a green glass.

My Recipe

8 c water
8 green tea bags
8 oz (1 c) lemon juice
8 oz (1 c) honey
8 hours

Ratios
1 teabag per cup of water
1/8 cup (1oz) lemon juice per cup of water
1/8 cup (1oz) honey per cup of water

Learn to make Sun Tea without the Sun

Thursday’s 3rd°

Accent: Jersey, as in, “What exit?” (44)

Booze: Bombay Sapphire Gin

Chore I Hate: Housework.

Dogs/Cats: Dogs. No more!

Essential Electronics: iPad mini

Favorite Perfume/Cologne: I don’t wear any and haven’t for ages but I love lavender. It smells so clean.

Gold/Silver: Gold bars would be nice. Got any?

Hometown: Born in Würzburg, Germany, spent the most time in New Jersey but Hallein, Austria feels like home.

Insomnia: Since forever.

Job Title(s): Human Resources Manager

Kids: The Snoogs.

Living Arrangements: A house.

Most Admired Trait: Never giving up.

Number of Sexual Partners: This is an unfair question as I lived through the 70’s and 80’s.

Overnight Hospital Stays: Once for a car accident, once for giving birth.

Phobia: The Unknown.

Quote: “Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” ― Hans Christian Andersen, The Complete Fairy Tales

Religion: Raised Roman Catholic. Currently, Pagan.

Siblings: One younger brother.

Time I usually wake up: 5am

Unusual Talent: Sticking my head in the sand.

Vegetable I refuse to eat: Beets.

Worst Habit: Eating too much, including my cuticles.

X-Rays: So many when I was younger that I should be glowing.

Yummy Foods I Make: Beer Meatballs.

Zodiac Sign: Libra, Libra rising with Moon in Libra.

I found this at EJFlavors.com and it's called Memelicious – A to Z.

Far To Go

I was born on a Thursday. 

To find out what day of the week you 
were born on, go to Brain Bashers.

In case you are unfamiliar with it or 
have forgotten it, the old Mother 
Goose Nursery Rhyme goes like this:

Monday's child is fair of face,

Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for his 
living,
And the child that is born on the 
Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay. 

I have far to go. Don't I know it. 
Do you think that means I will live a 
long time? 
Will I require several reincarnations? 
Maybe I'll be taking two steps back for 
every one step forward? I think if I had 
a better clue as to where exactly I was 
headed in the first place, I might be 
able to travel in a straighter line thus 
reducing fuel consumption and wasted 
time. I just want to do my part in 
rectifying the global warming problem 
by reducing my energy foot print.

My new version of the old favorite:

Born on Monday you have lots to say

Born on Tuesday, you want to run away

Born on Wednesday, you have bills to pay

Born on Thursday, you bob and sway

Born on Friday, you do okay

Born on Saturday, you like to play

Born on Sunday, you kneel and pray.

What day of the week were you born on?

Thirteen Characters from Rose and
 Prince Brendan at 
The"other" Chrysalis Stage

Food for Thought at Esoteric Uncovered