This morning I read a story about someone playing at the beach with her family, and getting buried in the sand up to her neck. That would push me right over the edge. Actually, lots of things make me ooky. Hmm. Phink Phobias This thing, of course Having anything over my face, or someone covering [...]

I like the Time newsfeed. Today’s menu: Restaurant Gets Negative Review Before it Even Opens My students would love this. Thing is, they’d have to be the ones to teach the class. Oh dear. This reminds me of the Thriller’s inexplicable attraction to ridiculous ghostie shows. In fact, credit them in large part with the [...]

Disclaimer: I am neither a PETA enthusiast nor a Ted Nugent drone. I eat meat, and have done so all my life. I have been to a slaughterhouse and seen how cows are euthanized. And let me tell you, I’d prefer death by a quick shot to the brain to living the life of an [...]

I’m sure that phrase has crossed the brains and lips of many horrified teenagers over the last five years. And although my children are no longer teenagers, I try to make sure to not embarrass them on Facebook. Since my children, step-children and daughters-in-law are also my friends in “real life,” I think we’ve all [...]

Random Neuron Firings As the summer of 2010 comes to an official close with the first week of school now in the books, there is much to ponder. As fall approaches (signified by my sitting here in my parlor with a sweater on), I think it’s safe to say that the summer of 2010 was likely the [...]