Trust me to think for myself

A former co-worker forwarded me an email today, criticizing the proposed health care plan. I  exchange Christmas cards with this woman but I haven’ t talked to her in a few years so I was kind of surprised that she didn’t even bother to ask about me or my family. Or my cats.
I believe her [...]

I make sure to never have a point

I have no tales to tell. No reviews, no yarns, no funny anecdotes. Definitely no lengthy narratives about cleansing my physical space, in-betweenness, artistic journeys or nourishing my soul. Because stuff like that makes me kind of want to punch my pillow.
This is all I have.
Today 3 SunTrust employees told me to have a wonderful weekend. Two of [...]

How green is my valley

Tom Friedman,  the Pulitzer prize winning New York Times columnist, spoke at a charitable foundation luncheon I attended this week.
I like nonprofit events involving valet parking,  nicely dressed people, fancy carpeting, a  chandelier bedecked banquet room and colorful food. It’s incongruous, which is a fun word to use and spell.
In a lovely display of synchronicity the lights went out for [...]

ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR & Oprah. Please tell me what to do next!

This just in: You can save money by not eating at restaurants.
In  the media’s quest to make all stories relate to  a) the shitpot economy b) obesity or c) selfish ignorance, NPR has hit a grand slam (not the Denny’s kind) with this story on NOT eating out.
Don’t want to read the full article? Let me summarize for [...]

How about you don’t call me sweetheart and I won’t call you an ass

It’s cold.
And  some guy I’ve never met just called me sweetheart on the phone, causing the temperature in my cubicle to drop another 20 degrees.
I wish there was a way to store today’s cold temperatures for use some soupy July day when I am sweaty, lethargic and miserable.

It’s Tuesday and my soul is fat

I went for a walk during lunch.
I saw statues of Dutch children and squirrels. I saw Christmas lights. I saw a man from Iowa watering his dead lawn which made the walk more satisfying than it would have been if I hadn’t seen him. 
The high point of the walk however, was finding a discarded tract along the side of the road. [...]

Just a thought

I drove the back roads to Boca on Saturday and went through Clewiston, America’s Sweetest Town. I yelped with delight because it’s in the middle of nowhere and I kind of like the middle of nowhere, especially if it’s sweet and has a road called Sugarland Highway.
I grew up in the middle of nowhere, which [...]

Why I get a charge out of Oprah Magazine

1. The December issue is fat, glossy & adorned with a giddy Oprah getting ready to jump through a very large Christmas wreath
2. In her December “What I Know for Sure” column Oprah says that due to the current economic crisis “our spending and greed for material things that we think will define us have been forcibly put [...]

A walk through bouillon

Tonight I took a walk as part of my It Sure Sucks to Get Healthier, Fitter & More Relaxed When It’s Always Hot in Florida program.
45 seconds into my walk, I realize I’m walking through broth. The air is  not as heavy as soup and definitely not as thick as a chowder, but it’s brothy just the same.
As I walk with one [...]

Well shut my mouth wide open

I guarantee this is ecstasy…. Sarah Palin’s key points from the debate last night:
maverick, maverick,maverick…mayor, Alaska, governor, say it ain’t so Joe.
Doggone it, darn right, bless their hearts, those bad guys, maverick, maverick, John McCain.
Kitchen table, maverick, Joe Six Pack, you betcha. Special needs, O’Biden, bad guys, greed, oil companies, oil rich state, God bless her, [...]