Chronicles of a Second Generation Psychic
Spooky girl, weirdo, freak, witch, I’ve heard them all. Ever since I was a child I knew that I had a unique ability that was different from everyone else. I always seemed to know when […]
The Dangerous Man
I was talking a newly single friend of mine, and one of her regrets in life is that she never had her “dangerous man”. While men do not understand why women are attracted to dangerous […]
Thank God for Science
Some Forms of Stress and Cynicism May Be Life Extenders A new study that followed the activities of 1500 Californians over 80 years has drawn some interesting conclusions from the findings. A couple of the […]
The Rescue of the YMCA
A twitter friend tweeted that the YMCA was changing its name to just “the Y”. While most people probably didn’t care about the name change, the disco singing group, the Village People did. After all, […]
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 […]
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 […]