By now we are all suffering from information overload on COVID 19. And there are an exponentially higher number of opinions on the topic, with, as usual, the least informed making the most noise. It’s tiring. The fact is, we have not seen anything like this in 100 years. Some have compared this global pandemic to the AIDS scare of… Read more »
Most of us are familiar with the phrase “What’s in a name?” – it comes from the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. Many of us have bad memories of reading that particular work of the bard’s in school, but I digress. When it comes right down to it, names are arbitrary. It so happens my parents settled on Becky (well,… Read more »
A fool and his money are soon parted. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. There tends to be a lot of true in old sayings. That’s why they’ve stuck around for so long. There’s probably a good reason why so many of them involve fools, too…… There certainly is a lot of truth in “birds of a feather… Read more »
Someone please explain to me- in small words- why Daylight Saving Time is still a thing in 2019 (and yes, it’s Daylight Saving- NOT Savings). First off, a little history. Daylight Saving time was first implemented here in the US during World War I to conserve energy and was modeled after what many European countries were also doing at… Read more »
“Everything has to be perfect!” How often have we heard that? How much stress has that statement caused? And, most importantly, how often was the situation it was used in really that important? Sure, there are times when things need to be perfect, or darn close. Scientific experiments. Construction of nuclear reactors. Space launches. Administration of chemotherapy. Yet, most of… Read more »
Every day we are inundated with things we are supposed to care deeply about. Of course we should care about big issues like climate change and human rights violations, but I’m not talking about those kinds of things. I’m talking about the much smaller issues that manage to get folks really riled up. Of course we are all going to… Read more »
We all have things that are part of daily life that we hate. Some people hate going to the grocery store. Some people hate making small talk. Some people hate going to the doctor or the dentist. I hate car shopping. I hate it with a passion. Alas, this past week my 2008 Chevy Cobalt decided to give up… Read more »
I am stuck. I have several half-written blog posts that I can’t seem to figure out how to finish, but beyond that the idea bucket has run dry. I certainly could write every week about the new ridiculous things going on in Washington DC I don’t want to. It’s too depressing. I suppose I could write about my cats every… Read more »
How many times have I stated that a holiday is just perfect for me? Quite a few times, but it’s certainly true again today. Today is International Panic Day. I am certainly prone to fits of panic. For the first 20 odd years of my life “I’m having a crisis” was a pretty common thing for me to be thinking… Read more »
I was recently attempting to bolster the confidence of a coworker who will be giving a short presentation at a trade show. She, like many folks, is afraid of public speaking. I am not (although I DO get a little nervous reading in church). A few more people got involved in the conversation, and I was asked point blank “What… Read more »