Month: January 2012
The Daring Young Man on the Traffic Light
News stories can be a rich source of laughs. Take this one, for instance: AP Tuesday, June 28, 2011 NEW YORK (AP) — A man who climbed atop a traffic light and briefly stopped […]
No Walmart Greeter Job for Paula Abdul
Soon, Walmart will be doing away with its famous “greeters”, the employees whose “Welcome to Walmart” signature phrase takes the sting out of standing in line behind the guy who thinks repetitive belching in public […]
The Book of Poo
Little Dill Y, like all 6 year old’s, is 6 years old. He’s your average inquisitive, Bon Jovi hating kid. Because his mother and I are not very good conversationalists, we tend to buy him […]
Why I Hate Checkout Lines
I do everything right when choosing a checkout line. I try to avoid the slow checkers. I look to see how many people are in the line and how many of them have overflowing carts […]
The Wrong Way to Quiet Basketball
Silliman on Sports By Stan Silliman THE WRONG WAY TO QUIET BASKETBALL Basketball can be a noisy sport, especially if your neighbor’s driveway goal has an echoing metal backboard with lots of vibration. Even […]
There Are No “Words With Friends” — At Least for Me
An outcast – that is what I am. While my husband and daughter playfully “Word” each other during the day, I am out of the loop because I own a Blackberry. Sure, this Blackberry is […]
See a blue picture…
This internet thingy seems to know everything about me. I don’t mind the Google because it tries to help with its suggestions. When I search for ‘Russian tins dressed as Nuns, it asks me ‘Did […]