I used to hate brocc’li. No more!
It’s a food that I’ve come to adore.
But only if made
By my Mark: Well-sautéed,
Hot and spicy, and garlicked full-bore.
Happy “We Love Broccoli Day!” (March 22)
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Limerick Ode To Hubby’s Broccoli
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023More Life With Mark And Madeleine
Tuesday, January 10th, 2023No Laughing Matter (Limerick)
Thursday, September 22nd, 2022When hubby Mark and I watch comedy, his laughter sometimes obliterates the punchlines. And that gives me a good excuse to use another new-to-me word in a limerick:
Hubby Mark has an ear-splitting laugh.
Its volume is way off the graph.
To produce cachinnation,
He needs no libation…
So I call him my much louder half.
More Life With Mark and Madeleine
Tuesday, February 19th, 2019Life With Mark and Madeleine:
Mark: Which band is this?
Madeleine: Damn! I need a hint.
Mark: If I phrase it differently, I’ll give it away.
Madeleine: What a great hint!
Mark: What???
Madeleine: No, “Who!”
More Life With Mark And Madeleine
Monday, November 26th, 2018Mark: Alexa says it isn’t going to rain.
Madeleine: Alexa needs to get out more.
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Mark: I’m going to reformat and re-post “Life With Mark and Madeleine” of yours from last year.” Is that ok?
Madeleine: Be careful about wearing out your welcome.
Mark: But it was very popular! I’m gonna do it.
Madeleine: Whatever…
Mark: Thanks for your permission.
Madeleine: It wasn’t permission. It was a sigh of helplessness and hopelessness.
*****
Life With Mark and Madeleine:
Madeleine: We have to throw out your Romaine lettuce.
Mark: Why?
Madeleine: There’s another E. coli scare.
Mark: Damn! I just had Romaine in my Greek salad.
Madeleine: How’s your stomach.
Mark: Fine … until now.
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Mark: Did you know you can ask Alexa to tell you a story?
Madeleine: I hear enough stories from you.
*****
Madeleine: Are we in the middle of a “Masters Of Sex” episode?
Mark: No, we finished it.
Madeleine: What’s the last thing you remember?
Mark: Finishing it.
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Madeleine: “Alexa, bake one potato.”
Alexa: “Hmmm, I don’t know that.”
Madeleine: That’s because you aren’t a microwave.
Mark: Don’t be mean to Alexa!
*****
Happy 41st Meeting Anniversary To Hubby Mark (Limerick)
Friday, April 20th, 2018I concede this sounds rather insane,
But I found my true love on a train;
Not a club, not a bar,
But the LIRR
Changed my life — gave me Mark Gary Kane.
Life With Mark And Madeleine
Saturday, November 25th, 2017*****
Mark: I’m sorry I’m so nasty to you.
Madeleine: I’m sorry you’re so nasty to me too.
Mark: At least we can agree on SOMETHING.
*****
Mark: We make a great team!
Madeleine: Why?
Mark: We complement each other well.
Madeleine: Thanks for the compliment!
*****
Mark: “You have to hear how this [random scientific innovation] works!”
Me: “You know your techie explanations always hurt my head.”
Mark: “Can’t you at least pretend to listen?”
Me: “How convincingly do I have to pretend?”
*****
Mark: Have you ever heard “Alice’s Restaurant?”
Madeleine: Yes.
Mark. Many people have a tradition of listening to it every Thanksgiving.
Madeleine: I too have a tradition…
Mark: Great!
Madeleine: …of avoiding it.
*****
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Life With Mark Kane
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014(All dialogue guaranteed true)
Mark: “Now that I’ve won, I can go to sleep.” (gazing down, admiringly, at his laptop’s “free cell” screen at 10 pm)
Me: “Remember that Walter Kirn book I mentioned the other day?”
Mark: “Yeah, yeah, yeah.” (still looking down)
Me: “The one about the impostor…”
Mark: “Yeah, yeah, yeah.” (still looking down)
Me: “I just started reading it.”
Mark: “Yeah, yeah, yeah.” (still looking down)
Me: “You’re not listening to me.”
Mark: “Yeah, yeah, yeah.” (still looking down)
Me: “I said you’re not listening to me!”
Mark: “Huh??? Yes, I am.”
Me: “What am I talking about?”
Mark: “Uh…”
Me: “Remember? The Kirn book? I was telling you about it the other day.”
Mark: “Oh yeah.” (surreptitiously typing.)
Me: “You’re looking up “Kirn” in Google aren’t you?”
Mark: “Of course not! I remember you talking about Bruce Kern.”
Me: “I’ve never even heard of Bruce Kern. Stop trying to cheat with Google.”
Mark: “I’m not trying to cheat.”
Me: “Yes you are. I’m talking about WALTER Kirn’s book about the Rockefeller impostor.”
Mark: “Oh, yeah. Jay Rockefeller and the Hamptons.”
Me: “No! “CLARK Rockefeller. Driving a crippled dog from Montana to Manhattan.”
Mark: “Yeah, yeah, yeah.”
Me: “I give up!”
