Let’s face it, we don’t click like we used to

May 5, 2018

I’ve been in a totally committed relationship for about nine years now. Well, at least, I THOUGHT so. Lately, I’ve had my doubts. It was love at first sight in January of 2009. We met through mutual friends and instantly clicked. I mean, in many ways, we’re inseparable. I check in with him all the time and he sends me the sweetest notes. Why, just the other day, he awoke me with a “Good Morning! The forecast is cloudy so be sure to prepare for the rain later in the day.” So thoughtful. But it’s not just the weather updates. He’s always telling me how popular I am ...

Thanks a lot, Freakazoid

April 22, 2018

You know how it is. You’re trying to squeeze about 47 tasks into a 25-minute window on any given work day and you run right smack into a raging psychopath at the supermarket. Oh wait, that doesn’t happen to you a couple of times a week? Well, frankly, me neither, but it did last week, I tell ya. #YouKnewIWould It’s really kind of a sporting challenge — a man versus self sort of thing, cramming a bunch of To-Dos in one very teeny block of To-Day. I tell myself, “Self, we can do this if we just stay focused.” So I zip out to my day job parking lot with my task list in ...

Oh, mercy me, does bad come in threes?

April 15, 2018

You’ve heard it three times. Well, perhaps three times three times. Or maybe like 3,000 times 3 billion times. But that still don’t make it true, capsice? There is a widely held myth that misfortune comes in waves of ... yep, tres. #BadLuckThrees This is supposedly especially true in the case of celebrity deaths. Not sure how that theory originated, but the dark days of June 23 through June 25, 2009, didn’t do much to dispel the fable. It was during those 72 hours (yeah, three days) when Ed McMahon (on the 23rd), Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson (within a few hours of ...

The Key to unhappiness is West

April 8, 2018

There is an entire industry out there dedicated to providing readers, listeners, viewers and / or subscribers with the key to happiness. And what a multi-gazillion dollar industry it is, my friends. Books, videos, seminars, webinars, conferences, classes — the options are practically endless. Poppycock. I have your key to happiness right here, right now, and I won’t charge you a red cent for sharing. Here it comes. Ready? The key to happiness is this: Never, never visit Key West. That’s it. If you avoid this dreadful destination, you will lead a life contented. Trust ...

No foolin’, celebrating Easter tops Thanksgiving

April 1, 2018

It’s really kind of weird how April Fool’s Day is falling on Easter this year, isn’t it? Then again, I suppose it’s no more odd than how Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday were the same day and date this year, as well. #WhatIsUp2018 Lots of folks wonder why, unlike Christmas, Easter is not a fixed date. The simple answer is the Roman Catholic Church always observes Easter on the first Sunday after the first full moon of the spring equinox. Therefore, it is a movable date but always falls between March 22 and April 25. Of course, every leap year it ends up on a Tuesday. ...

Accusations of old age might be a bit true

March 25, 2018

“Is someone in your party, like, over 55?” And just like that, some well-meaning, little, wet-behind-the-ears 20-something waitress ruined the party, aka, dinner for my husband and me the other night. Fifty-five? What in the ...? Hmpf. Immediately, I heard a woman’s voice (which sounded exactly like mine, BT Dubs) say, in a very irritated manner, “Does one of the people in this duo LOOK older than 55?” Yes, I purposely corrected her grammar. Old age makes you indignant that way. I found the literal finger pointing to be unnecessarily hurtful, not to mention ...