There are millions of jokes about women turning into their mothers. I assume these jokes are almost as old as motherhood itself. I am not worried about turning into my mother at all. I don’t look anything like her or anyone on her side of the family. I am not a mother of humans (just cats). We have wildly difference… Read more »
Perhaps this should have been a bit earlier this year, but today is National Jelly Bean day! Ronald Reagan famously had jelly beans on his desk in the Oval Office and over 2 tons of them were used during this 1981 inauguration celebration. Justin Bieber and Stephen Colbert are also rumored to by big fans of this particular kind of… Read more »
My mother had a saying I heard a lot as a child whenever we were out and about. It was “make along.” As in, whatever you’re feeling right now, this is not the place. Smile. Be pleasant. Don’t cry in public. Don’t air grievances. Don’t make it weird by having a visible reaction to anything. What would people think? I… Read more »
I’ve been recovering from a very nasty stomach bug. In between the vomiting, the hallucinations (I ran a high fever for a while), and the wishing for the sweet release of death I had a lot of time to stare at bad TV. For whatever reason, one of the services I was watching was advertising When Harry Met Sally a… Read more »
Today is National Beaver Day. IYKYK