The Willpower Diet
I just started a new diet, based upon willpower. It is very easy — all I have to do is not think of food between meals. So far it is working pretty well, even though […]
Category: Everyday Life
Flustered Over Flushing
I believe a special Nobel Prize should go to the guy who invented the automatic flush toilet. I am serious about this as I have a great deal of experience with public bathrooms. We travel […]
Snuggie vs. Forever Lazy: the Battle to Stay Warm
As I was flipping through the TV channels at 3 AM, I saw it! Yes, I didn’t believe it was possible but there it was staring me in the face. At first, I thought it […]
The Demon Barber of Augusta Drive
Haircuts a’ la Sweeney Todd not for the faint of heart I live in a rather large town just north of Dallas. When I first came to Denton in 1975 to attend college the population […]
Rant is the New Rage: Stating the Obvious
Whenever I’m out and about mingling with the general public someone always picks me out of a crowd to ask an inanely obvious questions. I love to people watch. I get my best stories ideas from people interacting with their […]
Every Dog Deserves a Ball…Or Two
I will admit that my dogs are spoiled. I have a family room filled with their toys. We have birthday parties for them; they eat sirloin steak from time to time; and their lives, in […]
The Literary Elite at Starbucks
I decided I needed a quick pick-me-up, so I headed to Starbucks. I was sitting with my coffee and crossword puzzle at a table in the corner when I started to eavesdrop on the conversation […]
Bitching Your Way to Good Health
My ex-husband said I could bitch a blue streak. He said I could be asleep and still find something to bitch about. I guess he was right. After our divorce I started feeling better. Was […]
Checking My Brain at the Gate of the Carnival
Recently, we had one of those small carnivals come to our town. I saw it set up in the parking lot of a vacated business, and I thought what fun. I didn’t even know those […]
The Deli Wars
Usually, when I do my “big” shopping, I ask my husband to come along so we can split up the list and get out of the supermarket as quickly as possible. Our first stop was […]