Fountain of Youth discovered in America!
Much to the chagrin of Juan Ponce de León, it seems that the Fountain of Youth not only exists, but it has been here in America all...
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- Dec 4, 2010
- 2 min
Grief is the price of Love
I have recently become more and more aware of my emotional ineptitude. It’s not that I don’t feel emotions, quite the opposite, in...
- Dec 1, 2010
- 1 min
An Ode to Procrastination (Not really)
I’d write an Ode to Procrastination, but I haven’t got the time. Sales and business prognostication weighs heavily on my mind. Expenses,...
- Nov 29, 2010
- 2 min
Necessity Breeds Creativity
I’m not ashamed to admit that I have some fairly impressive friends in the creativity department. From artists who work in the more...
- Nov 27, 2010
- 2 min
There’s no “team” in Uno
While playing a friendly game of cards last night with family, I discovered an ugly truth: There’s no “team” in Uno. This truism was...
- Nov 26, 2010
- 1 min
Z is for Zenith
Life is like a box of chocolates…No, wait. Life is like a roller coaster…No, still not right. Life is like being airlifted to the...
- Nov 23, 2010
- 2 min
Y is for Yuletide
I totally get the Grinch. The poor old guy lives all alone up in his cave with only a mangy dog for company while the residents of...
- Nov 20, 2010
- 2 min
X is for Xerxes
In my opinion, 300 is the greatest chick flick ever. And don’t tell me that 300 is not a chick flick. It is simply impossible to...
- Nov 18, 2010
- 2 min
W is for Words
It has been said that a cargo pilot is akin to a truck driver in the sky. And as a former cargo pilot with an extensive vocabulary of...
- Nov 16, 2010
- 1 min
V is for Virus
It seems my white blood cells have been caught with their proverbial pants pooled around their chubby little ankles. A malevolent...
- Nov 15, 2010
- 2 min
U is for Usurp
My train of thought has been hijacked by Barnum & Bailey. My focus has been disrupted by all manner of clowning, daredevil motorcycle...
- Nov 13, 2010
- 2 min
T is for Truth
I have a friend, let’s call her “Anna,” who is having difficulties with a family member. Anna, in my opinion, is an exceptional human...
- Nov 12, 2010
- 2 min
D is for Destruction
My first stab at home-ownership turned out to be the house I grew up in. My parents wanted to move and they made my husband and I an...
- Nov 12, 2010
- 2 min
C is for Chrysalis
Last month, I took my children (a.k.a. “the boy”, age 7 and “the girl”, age 2.5) to a Bubble Show at our library. It was a really cute ...
- Nov 12, 2010
- 1 min
B is for Bra
It occurred to me today as I completed Day 3 of Week 1 of the Couch to 5K plan how horribly important a proper exercise bra can be. One...
- Nov 12, 2010
- 2 min
A is for Attitude
Well, my first blog ever didn’t go so bad. Nothing bad happened. No tears. No blood. Nothing falling from the sky. Ok… Since I’m...
- Nov 12, 2010
- 1 min
Warning: Blog virgin’s first time
So, how do you do it? Blog, I mean. How do you know what to talk about? How do you know anyone will care or be even mildly...
- Nov 12, 2010
- 2 min
S is for Surprise
If there are an infinite number of parallel universes with infinite versions of me, I can guarantee two things: not a single “parallel ...
- Nov 12, 2010
- 2 min
R is for Resistance
It seems to me that on each of the countless occasions that the Federation has wiped the walls with the Borg (fine, maybe “just barely ...
- Nov 12, 2010
- 2 min
Q is for Questionable
As a young student, I remember hearing “there is no such thing as a stupid question” stated firmly and repeatedly throughout my...