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Those of you who have read this blog for a while KNOW how absolutely giddy I am right now. Bonnie is going to tell a story! It doesn't get any BETTER than THIS! It's what I wait for and I have NEVER been disappointed. Was I disappointed when Mary Worth told Adrian Corey a story about the Mysterious Man who got away, leaving her stuck to date Adrian's father?

No, I was NOT!

Was I disappointed when Lynn Griffin told Mary Worth why she passed out on the ice after seeing a picture of her friend who had died?

No, I was NOT!

... or when Mary explained the origins of her compulsion to help others?

No, I was NOT!

I hope and pray that Bonnie's story is about growing up so poor that she has been on a spending blitz ever since she got her credit card. That way, Mary can re-tell the Compulsion to Help Others story about how she grew up poor as well, but instead of going on a spending blitz, she's been meddling in everybody's life uncontrollably. Then we'd get two stories: Bonnie's, and the repeat of My Compulsion to Help Others. It would be like a bonus.

Oh, this is going to be WONDERFUL!

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Birmingham has it in for Mary Worth!

A special thanks to loyal readers Brian and Nathan for letting us know that Birmingham, Alabama, is pitting Mary Worth against Judge Parker in the ultimate blood sport: "Which Comic Should We Kill?"

Judging by the comments section, Judge Parker is winning handily. We all know that Mary Worth is way more funny than Judge Parker, so if you want to help keep Birmingham's funny pages truly funny, you need to get out the vote. Tell them "Mary Worth and Me" sent you.

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It's so out of control that Mary Worth is peeling off her Sweet Old Lady face to reveal her Inner Maniac face. Look out, Bonnie, you're about to be Meddled.

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And maybe because of THIS...

And maybe because of THIS...

And maybe because of THIS...


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Front Door and Back Window have had a very tumultuous relationship over the years. I remember a time when everything was blissful, and Front Door thought the earth revolved around Back Window. But then, along came Ceiling Fan, stealing Back Window's heart for just a couple of nights, but that was all it took. So many marriages could avoid the Final Parting, if only Mary Worth's Oven would come by for a visit and bring a pie with an automobile piston baked in the center of it.

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I'm so glad you called. I've missed Ernie's sombrero.

What the heck? This is literally the fourth time we've seen this exact picture, although this time a little White-Out has removed the Mexican statues. I am DYING with curiosity. What is in that apartment that is so horrifying even the Great Joe Giella refuses to draw it?

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A few days ago, loyal reader Michael wrote to suggest that we may never see the insides of the Johnsons' apartment because it is so full of the junk Bonnie is hoarding. He may be on to something. There seems to be barely enough space for the Johnsons' thought balloons to squeeze out the back window.

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Mary is so smug, so judgmental, and yet, Toby, who knows a little bit about exceeding her limits, is truly disappointed. Just wait until these two nosy busybodies dig up Bonnie's credit rating using that web site Terry Bryson told them about. You won't be so lackadaisical then, will you Toby.

Let's have a second cup. Don't worry, it's Sanka.

And a HUGE thank you to Scott for our new header!

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Bonnie's credit card is not the only thing that seems to have had a good work out. Bonnie has lost at least 40 pounds.

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Mary Worth and Bonnie stop by Mrs. May's Cookies, which happens to be precariously perched on some sort of dangerous ledge overlooking Moysies Department Store.

This made me think of our own local mall, which a year or two ago lost our favorite shop, Mrs. Fields Cookies. We still mourn. It was such a heartbreak. Last week, Mrs. Wanders and I were wandering through the mall, wishing we could have some butter with flower in it, and came across a line of young women who had been waiting all day to audition for a television show, I think called America's Next Top Model. There were hundreds of these women, all dressed very much alike, most wearing tank tops and high heels that were way too inappropriate for standing in line. Our local weekly put together an interesting package on the event. Most of these young women seemed so hopeful, so full of dreams. They had to be living in a dream world to make it through the hours of waiting. But what they were waiting for, I don't think I can ever really understand.

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