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Miss Crankypants has been away all week at a very cool writer’s conference in the California redwoods, practicing acceptance of the fact that when compared to zillion-foot-tall trees, she is very short. But while she was gone, the Mutiny started without her! Ever since Miss Cranky started generating yuks on this blog, poking fun at […]
Cranky Cat is not amused So apparently, you CAN overdo it on pink clothing. According to some of Miss Cranky’s posse, her outfit needs to be noteworthy yet dignified, a red carpet hit that doesn’t bring out the fashion police. She has chosen PINK as her special way of saying See? I am a STAR! […]
Someone Forgot Beatrice Oh hai. What was your name again? Miss Crankypants can’t seem to remember right off the bat. These past few days have been as bad for her memory as the first weeks after her surprise twins came along in ’85. You didn’t know Miss Cranky had surprise twins? Not surprised twins, but […]
Miss Crankypants is off on an excursion to that sunniest of desert places, her home state of Arizona. But today she’s not in the Valley of the Sisters of the Facelift. Nope. Instead, she’s gamely driven for hours, praying the whole darn time she will magically locate Chino Valley, otherwise known as That Dirt Spot […]
The Big Fish, Cranky Cat Miss Crankypants’ dear old dad used to lecture her against hanging out with older kids. “Would you rather be a little fish in a big pond or a big fish in a little pond?” “I just want to be famous!” Miss CP’s teen aged self would insist. “And you know […]
Elephants can tell if you’re friendly, or not so friendly. This late breaking news comes from research done in Africa with, duh, African elephants. Seems they know if tribesmen bopping through the outback are just bopping along or if the guys with loincloths and spears are really out on a pachyderm hunt. As in plotting […]
Miss Crankypants loves her privacy as much as the next griper, but the creators of the HIPPA laws obviously didn’t think about the many BOOMERANG KIDS who think their parents’ homes are the Holiday Inn.These adult children, who are mainly of the male persuasion, can’t make their own doctor appointments, much less navigate the maze […]
In Colorado, some brainy Scout recently decided to hawk her Thin Mints in front of a pot dispensary. Surprise! She sold a gazillion boxes of cookies! And another Girl Scout stood outside a bar and SHE sold oodles of cookies too!Miss Crankypants remembers the biggest challenge of these annual campaigns: to keep from eating all […]
Have you seen the older lady in the Geico TV commercial who boasts that she’s now posting her vacation pics on her wall? Her living room wall? Miss Crankypants often feels like this poor woman, frantically trying to keep up with the latest stuff, the trendiest trends and of course the new buzzwords.Although Miss CP […]
Continuing our profound and meaningful talk on the color PINK, has Miss Crankypants ever mentioned that she is forever shamed due to her ghastly pink bathroom?It’s true.See, during the GREAT RECESSION, otherwise known as The Great Sucky Time, the Cranky clan was forced to relocate. Miss CP had just redecorated her bathroom in a tasteful […]
Linda has always been a daydreamer, artist and storyteller. In addition to doting on grandbabies, collecting too many cats, gardening and walking on the beach, she loves to write and to help writers develop their skills. [READ MORE…]
