http://marcywrites.com Life. It's Comedy. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:51:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://marcywrites.com/2011/11/phototalk-thanks-for-making-it-so-clear/ http://marcywrites.com/2011/11/phototalk-thanks-for-making-it-so-clear/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:10:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2011/11/phototalk-thanks-for-making-it-so-clear/ Looking back on it, Margret realized she didn’t really need the sign to go with her Halloween costume.]]> http://marcywrites.com/2011/11/phototalk-thanks-for-making-it-so-clear/feed/ 0 http://marcywrites.com/2011/08/phototalk-and-keep-it-comin-bub/ http://marcywrites.com/2011/08/phototalk-and-keep-it-comin-bub/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:16:59 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2011/08/phototalk-and-keep-it-comin-bub/ She didn’t want a dainty lady-like salad. What she wanted was ham. And lots of it.]]> http://marcywrites.com/2011/08/phototalk-and-keep-it-comin-bub/feed/ 1 http://marcywrites.com/2011/07/phototalk-he-ended-up-in-the-circle-of-annoying-but-necessary/ http://marcywrites.com/2011/07/phototalk-he-ended-up-in-the-circle-of-annoying-but-necessary/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:58:44 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2011/07/phototalk-he-ended-up-in-the-circle-of-annoying-but-necessary/ Marla accepted Roger’s friend request on Facebook, and she was okay with him following her on Twitter, her blog and her You Tube channel. But on Google Plus she told him she needed a bit more time to think about it. Just to help clarify, a few days ago Google launched it’s own version of [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2011/07/phototalk-he-ended-up-in-the-circle-of-annoying-but-necessary/feed/ 3 http://marcywrites.com/2011/06/adtalk-it-wasnt-all-glamorous/ http://marcywrites.com/2011/06/adtalk-it-wasnt-all-glamorous/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:49 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2011/06/adtalk-it-wasnt-all-glamorous/ Before social media, people were forced to sit around un-air-conditioned homes in uncomfortable dresses next to folding tables and pretend to be social.  And they didn’t care what they looked like in photos, because they knew they would never be tagged. It was a painful time in our history.]]> http://marcywrites.com/2011/06/adtalk-it-wasnt-all-glamorous/feed/ 6 http://marcywrites.com/2011/06/phototalk-way-to-lie-parents-way-to-lie/ http://marcywrites.com/2011/06/phototalk-way-to-lie-parents-way-to-lie/#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:47:04 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2011/06/phototalk-way-to-lie-parents-way-to-lie/ Do you remember when you found out your cool Fisher-Price camera wasn’t actually taking REAL PHOTOS? And how your parents laughed and laughed when you asked them to get the film developed for you? Billy does. And he is still pissed.]]> http://marcywrites.com/2011/06/phototalk-way-to-lie-parents-way-to-lie/feed/ 2 http://marcywrites.com/2011/05/phototalk-thru-clenched-teeth/ http://marcywrites.com/2011/05/phototalk-thru-clenched-teeth/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 15:38:42 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2011/05/phototalk-thru-clenched-teeth/   “I swear to goodness, if you keep tweeting links to buy your social media book I am going to stop following you.”]]> http://marcywrites.com/2011/05/phototalk-thru-clenched-teeth/feed/ 2 http://marcywrites.com/2011/05/phototalk-sad-bride/ http://marcywrites.com/2011/05/phototalk-sad-bride/#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 14:32:09 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2011/05/phototalk-sad-bride/ She refused to tell people she was married. When asked, she would reply with ‘yes, I am currently under contract’. There was a temporariness to that phrase that helped her deal with the permanence of it all. And when he left her, for his secretary several years later- she was shocked how devastated she was… [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2011/05/phototalk-sad-bride/feed/ 1 http://marcywrites.com/2011/05/phototalk-liars-for-life/ http://marcywrites.com/2011/05/phototalk-liars-for-life/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 15:45:26 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2011/05/phototalk-liars-for-life/   Every time his wife asked him if he missed her while on his business trips, he lied and said “of course.” When he got home, and he asked if she missed him while he was away… she lied, and said…. no.]]> http://marcywrites.com/2011/05/phototalk-liars-for-life/feed/ 4 http://marcywrites.com/2011/04/phototalk-man-shes-got-roller-balls/ http://marcywrites.com/2011/04/phototalk-man-shes-got-roller-balls/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:42:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2011/04/phototalk-man-shes-got-roller-balls/   After college, Josie’s dad gave her one piece of advice before leaving for her intership in the big city: Speak softly and carry a big stick. Except she was sorta not listening and ended up with… Dress softly and carry a big pen. The whole ‘stand on tables to get attention’ was her own [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2011/04/phototalk-man-shes-got-roller-balls/feed/ 0 http://marcywrites.com/2011/03/phototalk-all-bark-and-no-bite/ http://marcywrites.com/2011/03/phototalk-all-bark-and-no-bite/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:20:04 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2011/03/phototalk-all-bark-and-no-bite/ They waited and waited. They had met at the dog park earlier that week, and he said he would call. But poodles can be so unreliable.]]> http://marcywrites.com/2011/03/phototalk-all-bark-and-no-bite/feed/ 2 http://marcywrites.com/2010/12/phototalk-what-do-you-expect-when-you-give-a-kid-a-mini-apron-for-christmas/ http://marcywrites.com/2010/12/phototalk-what-do-you-expect-when-you-give-a-kid-a-mini-apron-for-christmas/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:31:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2010/12/phototalk-what-do-you-expect-when-you-give-a-kid-a-mini-apron-for-christmas/ “But Mommy I can’t stop!  The voices in my head keep telling me to vacuum! And they keep telling me to marry for money like you.”]]> http://marcywrites.com/2010/12/phototalk-what-do-you-expect-when-you-give-a-kid-a-mini-apron-for-christmas/feed/ 1 http://marcywrites.com/2010/12/phototalk-it-only-worked-for-a-week/ http://marcywrites.com/2010/12/phototalk-it-only-worked-for-a-week/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:50:57 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2010/12/phototalk-it-only-worked-for-a-week/ “You are right Mommy! Having my hands tied up keeps me from listening to the voices in my head. Sorry for what I did to the kitty.”]]> http://marcywrites.com/2010/12/phototalk-it-only-worked-for-a-week/feed/ 0 http://marcywrites.com/2010/12/phototalk-on-christmas-morning-i-wonder-what-is-under-the-tree-took-on-a-whole-new-meaning/ http://marcywrites.com/2010/12/phototalk-on-christmas-morning-i-wonder-what-is-under-the-tree-took-on-a-whole-new-meaning/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:52:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2010/12/phototalk-on-christmas-morning-i-wonder-what-is-under-the-tree-took-on-a-whole-new-meaning/ The Angelo sisters liked to take a little bit of season with them where ever they went. What this photo doesn’t show is the charming fruit cake bras the ladies made in HomeEc class this year.]]> http://marcywrites.com/2010/12/phototalk-on-christmas-morning-i-wonder-what-is-under-the-tree-took-on-a-whole-new-meaning/feed/ 3 http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-oh-god-and-what-was-in-the-soup/ http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-oh-god-and-what-was-in-the-soup/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:31:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-oh-god-and-what-was-in-the-soup/ “Everyone was afraid to look at the grey brown mass that grandma placed on the table. So they smiled nervously and diverted their eyes and started thinking it was time to increase grandma’s medication again.” Today is holiday ground hog day in our house. Even though my mom made the entire Thanksgiving dinner yesterday (which [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-oh-god-and-what-was-in-the-soup/feed/ 3 http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-its-a-dirty-job-but-someone-has-to/ http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-its-a-dirty-job-but-someone-has-to/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:53:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-its-a-dirty-job-but-someone-has-to/ The Momfia sat by quietly during the neighborhood potluck  waiting to discuss who was going to handle the school holiday party this year. No one wanted to, but everyone knew it was the fastest way to the top of the organization.  The Godmother would decide. At noon after they finished off a jello-mold.]]> http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-its-a-dirty-job-but-someone-has-to/feed/ 1 http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-what-a-drag/ http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-what-a-drag/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:41:26 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-what-a-drag/ Bill was always saying “the couple that smokes together, goes thru chemo together.” His idea of romantic was a little off.]]> http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-what-a-drag/feed/ 2 http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-hobbies-places-imagined/ http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-hobbies-places-imagined/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:40:02 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/?p=8912 In the early days, the idea of being called ” The Cat Lady” seemed like a compliment.]]> http://marcywrites.com/2010/11/phototalk-hobbies-places-imagined/feed/ 3 http://marcywrites.com/2010/10/phototalk-avoiding-eye-contact/ http://marcywrites.com/2010/10/phototalk-avoiding-eye-contact/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:17:55 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/?p=8643 via Hello boys and girls and welcome to this weeks game of  “Can you spot the WTH items in this photo”. It is a lot like a word search you remember playing as a child only the answers are way more disturbing. Can you find the following? Woman with inexplicable hand on crotch Toilet seat [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2010/10/phototalk-avoiding-eye-contact/feed/ 8 http://marcywrites.com/2010/10/phototalk-just-so-it-could-cool-off/ http://marcywrites.com/2010/10/phototalk-just-so-it-could-cool-off/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:15:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2010/10/phototalk-just-so-it-could-cool-off/ Today is Elaine’s 13th wedding anniversary. She took extra time getting her hair done today. Then she made him his favorite white cake for dessert. And when he walked in without flowers  and announced he was heading out with the boys from his bowling team for a drink, she just smiled. After he left she [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2010/10/phototalk-just-so-it-could-cool-off/feed/ 4 http://marcywrites.com/2010/09/phototalk-her-emotions-were-all-bottled-up/ http://marcywrites.com/2010/09/phototalk-her-emotions-were-all-bottled-up/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:48:17 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2010/09/phototalk-her-emotions-were-all-bottled-up/ She didn’t even want to go fishing, but she figured it might be the perfect backdrop for him to propose so she grabbed her galoshes and flannel and off she went with a smile. By the end of the day he told her, he wasn’t ‘looking for anything serious’. So she decided to make it [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2010/09/phototalk-her-emotions-were-all-bottled-up/feed/ 4