Ten Tips for Darkening Your Day
1. Start the morning with a visit to the dentist and a root canal. I did this a few days ago. Fortunately, I am not afraid of dentists. I have been known to doze off […]
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.
How Not to Be an Annoying Tourist in New York City
In my last essay, titled “How to Talk to People in Europe Without Sounding Like a Stupid Foreigner,” I dropped some pearls of advice to American travelers in Europe. I will now reverse myself and […]
How to Talk to People in Europe Without Sounding Like a Stupid Foreigner
“Foreigner?” you say. “FOREIGNER?! I’m an American. I am not a foreigner.” Well, I have news for you. When you are in other people’s countries, you are the foreigner. You are playing in their yard. […]
Kathy’s Points to Remember
Okay! I’m back again with these. If you want to make something of this, please confine your wisecracks to the “Comments” section below. Thank you. For professional singers: 1. If you want to have a […]
Muscle Women Get No Respect
If I could, I would live by two songs: 1. Helen Reddy’s I am Woman (“I am strong, I am invincible, I am WOMAN!”)1 2. Irving Berlin’s Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better […]
Everything Good for You Tastes Rotten, Smells Bad or Hurts
All you Baby Boomers and other oldsters — remember when you were a kid and you scraped your knee or got a cut on your hand? Did your mother tenderly wash it, and then put […]
Legalizing Weed and Other Substances
After considerable thought (at least five minutes’ worth), I have come to the conclusion that it is a big mistake to legalize any presently controlled substances. As we have all been told for generations, you […]
Resolutions I Ought to Make But Probably Won’t
For years now, my one New Year’s resolution has been to make no resolutions. This year will be different, because I will at least think of some things that ought to be done better in […]
More of Kathy’s Points to Remember
I’ll bet you thought you were free of these. 1. If your cat is a Bon Jovi fan, don’t let anybody know. It is a shameful family secret that must never be revealed to the […]
To a Piece of Fruit
(Sung to the tune of “My Darling Clementine”) Refrain Little round fruit, Little round fruit, Little fruit called Clementine You are sour To devour But you’re healthy, Clementine Verse 1 Saw the doctor And he […]