Speed bumps

The creative juices are still there, somewhere, I just know it. We all hit speed bumps every once in awhile though, and right now my oatmeal looks like throw-up, and the colors of my favorite things are not as vibrant, but it's good to get out into the fresh air and remember that I've got good things around me, everywhere, and no smoke.

In the meantime, thank goodness for The Onion. Here's a gem from the latest weekly dispatch:

DOLL-HOUSING CRISIS SET TO WORSEN, MEAN OLDER BROTHER SAYS

DAYTON, OH—According to 5-year-old Janie Wright's mean older brother, Dave, 8, if unsuitable borrowers Ken and Barbie continue to default on their high-risk subprime mortgages, it could spell the worst doll-housing crisis to hit the plastic couple since someone threw their dream home's roof out a window.
"[Ken and Barbie] were dumb and ugly so now they're going to lose their home and it's going to wind up in the garbage," said the big jerk, who predicted that since the dolls have not made a single payment, he might just have to cut off all of Barbie's hair to sell it for extra money. "Maybe they can move into a shoe box that they barely fit into. But it won't have any windows so they'll suffocate and die."
The nasty older sibling added that since Ken and Barbie never insured the dollhouse, they would have no recourse in the event of fire, flood, or stomping.