The Bitter Daddy Long Legs

Shark week just started and for some reason people are fascinated.  Might be that they love Sharknado with all in terrifying special effects or the fact that they want to see someone get swallowed by a shark, or that the summer sun has finally gotten to them and they just can't think straight anymore.  Sharks may be … Continue reading The Bitter Daddy Long Legs

Bitter Film Review of Gravity Starring Sandra Bullock

  There are bad movies that are so bad that they are still good.  Then there are good movies that are so good they are really bad.  Then there are movies like Gravity starring Sandra Bullock and kind of George Clooney.  Yes, I am talking about a movie that came out last October and made … Continue reading Bitter Film Review of Gravity Starring Sandra Bullock

In case missed it…because you were busy ruining your knees at your Father Daughter Dance

They are only knees right? It's not like I kneed them for laying down on the couch, or sitting at work or anything. Might as well dance like an idiot in front of my daughter, her friends, and their dads right? And who doesn't want to listen to music you haven't hear since you were … Continue reading In case missed it…because you were busy ruining your knees at your Father Daughter Dance

Ride or Die Friday Giftures

While I was on vacation a few weeks ago, I just happened to be flipping the stations and came upon the movie Fast and Furious 6.  I hadn't seen one of those movies since the 3rd or 4th iteration and was totally curious to find out if Vin Diesel had grown as an actor.  Of … Continue reading Ride or Die Friday Giftures

Bitter Worlds Colliding Gifs

It's Friday the 13th today and you know what that means.  Yep.  Time for some Friday Giftures.  There have been a lot of collisions this week.  The NBA Finals have been a collision of a team that largely depends on one person and a team that likes to share.  The World Cup is starting which … Continue reading Bitter Worlds Colliding Gifs

Living Down to Bitter Expectation Giftures

There has been a lot of talk in the NBA lately about legacy.  Will Lebron and the Heat be able to win three Championships in a row and solidify his "legacy" as one of the greatest ever?  Will Tim Duncan and the Spurs win one last one and retire as one of the best ever … Continue reading Living Down to Bitter Expectation Giftures

Lazy Friday Giftures

I just don't feel like doing anything today.  Do you blame me? I've been expending a lot of energy putting my bitterness on display, and today feels like one of those Fridays where I take a head vacation, where it looks like I am concentrating really hard on something on my computer screen, but really … Continue reading Lazy Friday Giftures

Breaking Down the Bitter Walls

  There are walls everywhere.  Some are mobile and go 70 miles an hour in rush hour.  Others are tiny and whiny and somehow live in the same neighborhood as your kids, want to eat all your food and mess up your house, play all your video games, then leave without a care in world, … Continue reading Breaking Down the Bitter Walls

In case you missed it..because you were Tire-d

I screwed up.  I messed up big time.  I had an extra day and I blew it.  I didn't treat yesterday like a Ferris Bueller's Day off. I didn't put every ounce of my laziness into making it the laziest day ever.  I got up relatively early.  I took a shower aaand used deodorant.  I … Continue reading In case you missed it..because you were Tire-d

Bitter Memory Friday Giftures

If there is something I lose more than my wallet(which of course I forgot or lost this morning), it is my memory.  Every time I wake up in the morning I lose about every shred of a dream I might have had.  Probably a good thing, considering how bitter my dreams probably are.  Pretty much … Continue reading Bitter Memory Friday Giftures

From The Bitter May Snowstorm to Bitter Ben Gardner Newsletter Vol. 3

Seattle is one of the few places in Western hemisphere where it can go a whole year without snow from October to April, but somehow hammer us with snow in May.  When I first moved here 13 years ago and witnessed the phenomenon, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.  The worst part was the … Continue reading From The Bitter May Snowstorm to Bitter Ben Gardner Newsletter Vol. 3

In case you missed it…because you were busy getting season finalied

You always know the season finales are happening when the world starts spinning as fast as a hurricane, tornado, volcano and the Flash combined.  You know when a divorce, marriage, death, and merger all happen to the same person in the same hour.  So I completely don't understand how you could have missed a moment … Continue reading In case you missed it…because you were busy getting season finalied

Bitter Irritating Friday Giftures

I think my veins are filled with either honey or fear.  Because of the warm weather (65 degrees!, just kidding 85) in the last two days, I have had to roll down the windows of my car.  It seems like whenever I pull up to a stop, a member of the bee community has been … Continue reading Bitter Irritating Friday Giftures

Bitterly Fresh Air

  It was around 5:30 pm on Mother's Day and the kids were getting restless.  By restless, I mean they were getting on our nerves.  Somehow, the clouds and rain had decided to take the day off.  Sunshine was penetrating every window in the house and it was getting stuffy inside.  Mom needed to get … Continue reading Bitterly Fresh Air

Bitter Ben Gardner Newsletter Volume 2

  Work is my all time favorite thing to be bitter about.  Why you might ask?  The thing you most want to complain about is the thing that you have to do the most.  Also, if you ever want to talk about it, you have to be sneaky, like when you are at home and … Continue reading Bitter Ben Gardner Newsletter Volume 2

Disastrophy Friday Giftures

Let's face it.  May has been a disastrophy.  Things aren't going well.  Spiderman 2 only made $92 million at the domestic box office, it is still raining every day in Seattle, and so far every day since the beginning of 2014, sports radio has said the name of Johnny Manziel.  Now that he has finally … Continue reading Disastrophy Friday Giftures

Bitter Ben Gardner Newsletter Volume 1

Who here remembers Pinky and the Brain? No need to raise your hands, I can see you in the back. For those of you who were too young and don't, it was a WB cartoon about two lab mice, one named Pinky and one named Brain.  One was a complete idiot like me and would make … Continue reading Bitter Ben Gardner Newsletter Volume 1

In case you missed it…because you were busy looking at old letters

There is nothing like looking back at old letters, pictures and newsletters and realizing how bad your hair looked, how terrible your grammar was, and how amazingly in love you were with someone that didn't even know who you were.  We were doing a little spring cleaning yesterday and I was cleaning out an old … Continue reading In case you missed it…because you were busy looking at old letters