Fifteen Minutes of Scrawl

Here are some short pieces based on things that have happened in my life recently. Fender Bender Yesterday, I was walking my dog for his midday walk, and I walked past two people disagreeing over a fender bender. One was a woman in a blue car, and one was a man, parked ahead of her in a black car. The blue car woman was saying that the black car man had backed into her car and scratched it. The black car man said that the scratch must've already been there because there wasn't any blue car paint on his black car.  I will note, quickly, that the black car was definitely parked in front of a fire hydrant. Moving on. Shortly after wrapping up my walk with my dog, I walked past the bickering again as I had to walk to meet someone. Now, the blue car woman was joined by a man and the black car man was joined by a woman. They were each telling their story to their new guest and that's when two police cars pulled up. I know I'm not a law enforcement expert, but I really do thin...

Please do not judge! Also, always happy to learn more fun facts. New Mexico voted that Pluto is a planet when it passes over New Mexico (otherwise it is not) Orcas are dolphins An owl's eye color indicates what time (roughly) they hunt Andorra has co-princes, one of whom is the president of France If you were born before May 25, 2025, you shared this planet with, at least, a grandson of the US's 10th president, John Tyler (who lived from 1790-1862) Sharks are older than trees At one point, there were three simultaneous popes The Travels of Marco Polo were not, in fact, written by Marco Polo Since NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida shares a border with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, alligators are commonly found on the grounds of NASA The oldest dog on record lived to be a little over 31 years old In Arkansas, you can have 6 bobcats if you caught them in Arkansas, but 7 rabbits you caught in Arkansas is, legally, too many rabbits Andrew Jackson's parro...

Time for family drama? Pattiya is straight up lying that she and Dylan's mom got along well Oof Dylan says not to trust his brother?! Omg what is Dylan doing? Okay, this song isn't great, but it would work on me too Was Anthony suggesting Manon not use an umbrella? Oof Manon, you're taking this too hard Wait, wait, wait, you all are RENTING the espresso machine? JENNY! IT WASN'T PLUGGED IN?! Did Chloe say she thought Jonathan was a waiter? Chloe, your mom is trying to understand Chloe, you shouldn't play the lottery every weekend Manon, you were not playing it cool Wait does Anthony not have any friends? THERE IS ASBESTOS?! Oof Dylan tricked Pattiya into eating kangaroo...yikes Yikes this dinner is uncomfy That smirk that Dylan has in his confessional is evil Manon, THEN WHY WAS THIS THE PLAN?! Next time Sumit's friend comes to judge Family Cafe Next time we find out Sumit doesn't have chairs for Family Cafe? Next time Anthony wants to see goat butts? Next t...

These are (mostly) Christmas-y, but not all! Also, some of these I have read/watched/listened to before. The Merry Gentlemen A Merry Little Ex-mas Love You a Latke  by Amanda Elliot The Nightmare Before Kissmas  by Sara Raasch Good Spirits: A Novel by B.K. Borison A Mannequin for Christmas: A Novel by Timothy Janovsky Til Death Do Us Blart 2025 My own YouTube recordings of A Christmas Carol  by Charles Dickens Jingle Bell Heist Our Little Secret Single All the Way My Secret Santa The Muppet Christmas Carol The Nightmare Before Christmas Nailed it! Holiday! (Prompt by me) Photo by Eleonora Albasi on Unsplash

Time for part 2 of the tell all! Is Libby making fun of Jovi saying "y'all"? Oop the cut to Darcey after Libby talking about how she and Loren are against plastic surgery and fillers etc Lol Andrei and Alexei disagreeing that they have some similarities Wow they prayed Lol this poor bartender Why did we start this convo without Libby? Oof, Yara, you're saying Andrei and Libby even push family away? Guillermo, up your dare game Wow I don't need to watch Matt suck Jasmine's toe (though it isn't as bad as watching Jasmine suck Gino's toes) Lol Matt is funny Oop no one picked up the mysterious phone number Gino found Oop the mysterious number texted Andrei I love how Jasmine roped in two people for this dare Libby, you are not subtle I do not believe you, Gino Ew I don't need to watch Georgi crush Darcey Honestly, I'm glad TLC provides hair and makeup I don't like these other men weighing in on Kara's actions Oop, Kara, that's too much ...

I've been reading several The Bachelor  inspired romance novels lately so here are some additional romance novel pairings based on various reality shows. The Bachelor : Main and a contestant (I actually haven't seen this combo yet) The Bachelor : Two producers Survivor : Host and contestant (I do believe Jeff Probst dated at least one contestant after the show wrapped) Suvivor : Host and producer Survivor : Producer and contestant Survivor : Two contestants (which has actually happened) Survivor : Two producers RuPaul's Drag Race : Two contestants (has happened in real life) RuPaul's Drag Race : Host and contestant RuPaul's Drag Race : Host and producer RuPaul's Drag Race : Producer and contestant (I believe hookups at least have happened) Love is Blind : Contestant and producer The Real Housewives : Housewife and producer (I believe something like this has happened) The Real Housewives : Two housewives (there have been hookups, but I'm talking about LOVE) T...