Stan’s Birthday and Who Cares?
I have a love-hate relationship with riddles and brain teasers. On the one hand, I’m not very good at solving them, especially if I am expected to do it fast. On the other hand, I […]
Author: Kathy Minicozzi
Kathy Minicozzi is an opera singer turned aspiring writer, who lives somewhere in New York City. In other words, she's weird, but harmless. She is the author of "Opera for People Who Don't Like It," in which she turns the world of opera and its performers upside down while, at the same time, making it understandable to non-opera lovers and making everyone laugh.
Eve Writes Her Memoir
How I Ended Up East of Eden[1] by Eve What was I thinking? It isn’t as though we didn’t have enough to eat. We had a whole smorgasbord there in Eden, made up of all […]
A Sweepstakes Genius Tells It All
Have you ever received one of those pieces of mail inviting you to enter sweepstakes and possibly win a humungous sum of money? Of course, you have, unless you have been living in a cave […]
No Time for Esuohites
Life hands us some real winners sometimes. Me, I have a family of Esuohites living in the crawl space under my front porch. No, I don’t know how they got there. I haven’t asked them. […]
Getting All Christmassy and Stuff: Indoor Christmas Decorations
It is now the middle of December. Those of us who celebrate Christmas and are determined not to be grinches are well into the various rites of the season. Putting Up the Smaller Indoor Christmas […]
The Christmas Song Generator 2018
Let’s face it. Some people hate Christmas music.* Other people hate to sing. If you hate to sing and hate Christmas music, this article is for you. As sure as autumn turns to winter, someone […]
‘Tis the Season to be Jolly (Unless You Feel Like Being a Scrooge)
I love Christmas. Yes, I’m one of those. I get into the “Christmas Spirit” as a wealthy woman puts on a mink coat: easily, in one fluid movement, and completely. People who don’t want to […]
What Could Happen If …
The Harry Potter Universe is a wide one. Although Harry has now vanquished Lord Voldemort and his evil followers (with the help of a lot of extraordinary people who are fluent in magic), the story […]
This Should Not Bother Me So Much, But …
Have you ever had something minor bother you to the point of functional insanity? That is a real First World problem. Something in our ancient evolutionary development tells us that we will not survive if […]
A Sneak Peek at 2019’s Horror Movies
The recent Halloween holiday got me to thinking about horror movies: specifically, those that will appear in theaters in 2019. I emailed my one and only Hollywood friend, Murray the Mole, Bookmaker to the Stars, […]