In our house, we have no germs. I know what you’re thinking. “How is that possible? You have two kids!” First, I resent the implication that kids are germ-infested creatures. To think they house and spread germs more frequently just because they lick and touch everything and drool and sneeze all over everything, is simply […]
I feel an important obligation to interrupt my usual commentary and present you with this treatise written by a proactive Walmart worker. She handed it to me after she finished loading 8 giant tubs of oatmeal into my trunk. I told her I was making cookies. She didn’t believe me. Whatever your reason for going […]
During my formative years, my dad put in a valiant effort to make me a well-rounded music connoisseur. Variety streamed from anything with speakers, from They Might Be Giants to Led Zeppelin. My siblings and I knew well that triangle man hated particle man, and all that glitters is gold. My mom did her best […]
As a writer, I’ve always believed in the importance of journaling. For the sake of posterity, I try to record as much as I can about our lives. In today’s case, I am impressed to make a record of a love lost: the apartment we said goodbye to this month. I am deeply depressed to […]
We all know the names Orville and Wilbur Wright, Thomas Edison, and Milton Hershey. Each talented inventor played a monumental role in establishing necessities of life as we know it. But could any of us name the man who invented the beautiful bell that wakes us up every morning? Just this week my husband neglected […]
I am a huge fan of diets. The stricter, the better. If you don’t believe me, check out one of my previous posts, The Water Diet: Lose That Baby Weight Fast! And that is not the only diet that has found its way into our house. This one is perfect for anyone in the busy medical […]
There are a few things I’ve always known for certain: First, I’ll never like brussels sprouts. I know that’s true, because I don’t plan on trying them unless I’m buried alive with only these tiny green eyeballs for sustenance. And on second thought, if I’m going to die of extreme claustrophobic shock anyway, might as […]
