The other day while on my way to the local grocery store I noticed a group of kids in their lates teens or early 20s all wearing identical red T shirts at the gas station across the street. They were out campaigning for someone- I don’t remember who. It made me thing of someone I haven’t thought about in years…. Read more »
I celebrate this every day- it’s No Diet Day! This day was founded to combat the diet culture of the 90s that is raising its ugly head again now. Of course we need to take care of ourselves, but like in everyone else in life, moderation is the key when it comes to food. So go have a few… Read more »
My comfort show is MythBusters. Not Friends. Not The Office. Certainly not Gilmore Girls. I want to watch people in safety glasses blow up a cement truck and then explain, calmly, what they learned. I have watched every episode more times than I can count and yes, I will continue to rewatch them over and over again. My other comfort… Read more »
Today is a day we need more than just once a year- it’s Honesty Day. The thought is that this perfectly dovetails with the first day of April being April Fool’s Day. And that is a nice thought. But, we are living in the stupidest timeline, so truth is hard to come by ANY day in certain circles. As a… Read more »
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 »