Category: Lifestyle
My Ideas to Help Harold Camping, Doomsday Predictor, Get Another Job
It seems that doomsday prognosticator, Harold Camping, is wrong again. This time, the Day of the Rapture came and went without the news coverage and fanfare that surrounded the last mistaken day of the Rapture […]
A Flu Shot in the Company of Engineers
I got my flu shot. If I were smarter, I would have gone to CVS or took my doctor up on her offer to give it to me a few weeks ago, but my husband’s […]
Lessons of Bigfoot – The Con Artist in All of Us
Forty-four years ago, Roger Patterson introduced the world to “Bigfoot” or “Sasquatch” with his home movie that supposedly caught the elusive apeman on film in the forests of Northern California. Although now debunked and considered […]
Strip Search for Scrabble Contestant?
The tension was building. Two players were locked in a life-and-death battle for the title of Champion of the Whole World. Okay, it was in Scrabble, but it was still a big deal – for […]
Full Moon, No Stars
When my wife and I moved back to Philadelphia five years ago, we bought a house in the suburbs. Even though I really miss Burbank and the whole Hollywood scene (no bumping into movie stars […]
You Got THAT Pierced?
My family tells me I attract weird people. In my defense, it’s not that I attract them as friends; it is more that they feel the need to tell me their life stories within the […]
So, You Wanna Learn Football 3 : The Officials
On the gridiron, there is an offense, defense, special teams unit and of course, the officials. The officials, the guys dressed like zebras, are a tough breed. Fans love them, jeer at them, throw things […]
Waiting my Life Away
Here I am waiting for my daughter’s new iPhone to arrive. You would think that the excitement surrounding this event was something akin to a new moon landing or something of that magnitude. I am […]
Halloween in the Hood
October is well known for its beautiful autumn foliage. It’s also known for spooky, scary Halloween activities. We live in a small southern town where children dressed as ghosts and goblins still ring your bell […]