Enjoying a recent happy hour with a girlfriend, when she grinned and pointed across the room to a man she said was smiling at me. The first table I saw was occupied by four young 30-somethings, and as I was flashing them my brightest I-know-I-could-be-your-mother-but-I’m-not, she burst out laughing. “No,” she said, “It’s the man […]
You Called? 14 Reasons I Didn’t Pick Up
A friend recently called me, upset because she got a $350 ticket for talking on her cell phone while driving. “It was important,” she wailed. But it seemed no amount of explaining would convince Officer DoRight that the need to move her massage appointment from 2:00 to 4:00 constituted an emergency. Cell phones have changed the way we communicate with family, friends, co-workers, and […]
He’s 89? Yeah, He Wants Me
Enjoying a recent happy hour with a girlfriend, when she looked at me with a big grin and pointed to a table across the room, where she spotted a man looking at me with obvious interest. I turned around, and the first table I noticed was occupied by four young 30-somethings. As I was flashing them my brightest I-know-I-could-be-your-mother-but-I’m-not smile, she burst […]
I’ve Decided to Toss My Scale. Right After I Weigh In
You know that weight that you’ve deemed your personal “fat weight”? The one that’s the highest acceptable number on the scale before you panic and throw out every carbohydrate in your kitchen (possibly getting perilously close to dumping out all your wine), vowing to stop eating crap, get healthy, and lose this damn weight, starting […]
Walmart…A Christmas Story
Making my list of holiday needs (groceries, personal care items, cleaning supplies), and realize, to my horror, that it’s going to require a trip to the local Walmart. In December. Historically, I try to avoid Walmart between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. Hot, crowded, filled with glassy-eyed moms and their over-sugared offspring screaming “Mommy, mommy, mommmeee!!” […]
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