Category «General»

Kentucky Shuffles Uneasily

If you live near Cincinnati, it’s likely that you just heard the whole city breathe a unified sigh of relief. Apparently there are over 331,825 Cincinnatians, and my husband and I managed to annoy each and every one of them during our brief stay. So, if you were privy to this audible sigh but wondered …

Karma: Paybacks Are a Bitch

Imagine if you will that you have a crazy person in your charge. You are completely responsible for her care and her overall well being. In the past, she has attempted to pick up a bloody rag that was lying in a gutter, she has put a bead into her nose, and she has made …

Me, Myself and I

Writing is all about capturing your audiences interest in the first sentence or two. I can’t even keep my own attention today. It seems I’m at a party with Myself and I keep telling Myself, “That’s an interesting story idea.” I’m lying, of course, and I know it. I’m boring Myself to death. In fact, …

Techie News

First up – Making great strides in the way my blog is read: Michael has set up a PDA friendly version of my site. Even some of you without PDAs might prefer the stripped-down version of the site to looking at my usual purple background, which begins to look more hideous to me every day. …

Busted

My ten year old daughter is teaching herself how to forge my signature on documents… Seems like only yesterday I was teaching her to write her own name and now she’s copying mine. They grow up so fast, don’t they?

Luggage

My largest piece of luggage is much to big to be allowed as a carry-on, yet the airlines are forced to let me onto planes with it. It is, of course, my mouth. I use it to tote things around like I’m a golden retriever or something. If my hands are full, my teeth will …