Not even during my pregnancies, did I ever wear granny panties. With that nearly tma disclaimer out of the way, I sometimes think that the evil accounting person who budgeted less fabric for Victoria’s Secret underwear has conspired with their marketing department to pull the greatest advertising trick of all time. They have billions of […]
A group of people with the best of intentions have decided that the path to a more compassionate community begins with the unmasking of those who hide behind anonymous. I have been sent the petition quite a few times now, but I will not sign it. The very worst case example for maintaining the guise […]
I recently made a joke on facebook about a house in our neighborhood that is home to several graduate students. It is easily identified by the couch in the yard, television on the porch and mailbox stuffed with frisbee golf discs. The twenty-something guys who live there always have bicycles or kayaks or some form […]
I have never shied away from my feelings that Scientology is a hokey scam, but I can not understand the fauxrage over a celebrity’s healing touch. In varied forms, laying on of hands is something that is practiced extensively by popular religions, including Southern Baptists. When my father was sedated on a gurney and being […]
1. Everyone wears black. Do they have closets full of black clothing or are they wearing the same outfit repeatedly? 2. Hunter rain boots are everywhere. 3. I didn’t see a single picturesque clothesline connecting buildings. The movies lied to me. 4. We were treated with kindness by absolutely every person we met. In fact, […]
On December first, I stopped checking in to FourSquare. The first few days were awkward. It had become routine to check-in before I walked in. Checking in gave me a record of where I went each day. It was an effective tool for letting Doug know where I was and vice-versa. We used that information. […]
In no particular order, I wish: KA could see in the mirror the beauty that everyone sees when they look at her. MW would get the job of her dreams. TS could be with her two and four legged loved ones together under one roof. P and her family to have a happy, healthy new […]
During one of my twice daily round-trips to Tommy’s school last week, the normal light-speed of the Parkway was interrupted by a car that belonged on back roads with the other people who drive terrible. After cutting me off and causing another car so much fear that they blasted their horn, the very bad driver […]
The Boy Scout incident – Every time we walked in a Smithsonian building, we walked through the metal detectors. After the first time, we did not take it seriously. I didn’t finish my mini-wine at lunch in the museum cafeteria and stuck it in Doug’s pocket. Not the same pocket as the pocket knives though. […]
The annoyed TSA employee incident – As I have mentioned several times, I don’t travel very often. Not because I don’t want to travel, but because the opportunities are infrequent. Being inexperienced, I try to follow directions carefully in an effort to reduce and prevent problems. Airports broadcast a looped “Don’t leave luggage unattended” warning […]