Today is the day to embrace your dark side- it’s the Festival of Unmentionable Thoughts! Every single one of us has the occasional crazy dark thought. Wondering what would happen if you swerved into oncoming traffic. Wondering if you could fake your death and start all over with a new identity. Wondering what would happen if you rage quit your… Read more »
We all like to save money. Especially in December, when gifts and other holiday expenses added to your normal monthly bills. One way to do this is to buy generic/ store brand versions of the products you buy. But we all know those can be hit and miss. Sometimes they are so inferior to the name brand it’s no savings… Read more »
This day is a bit of a head scratcher. Multiple sites list today as “Wear Your Own Shoes Day” but no one knows where the “holiday” was started, by who, or what their original intent was. But who cares? Make this day your own in any way you see fit! If you have small kids, celebrate if they put their… Read more »
Jerry Seinfeld had a very successful Netflix series called Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. In it he picked up comedians in all sorts of cars and yes, they went to a local coffee shop. Along the way and during the drinking of said coffee they talked about everything under the sun- from the boxers vs. briefs debate to what happens… Read more »
Today is a day to celebrate all by yourself. It’s National personal space day. It could be said that there are two kinds of people in this world- huggers and non huggers. People who are huggers sometimes forget that non-huggers exist. In recent times- i.e. 2020 – the huggers were forced to become non-huggers and I’m told this was tough… Read more »
A few years ago I wrote about my life-long struggle with wet/ stinky armpits https://beckypalmer.me/?p=2366 I’m sad to report that there hasn’t been much progress since then. I tried several “natural” deodorant products – i.e. ones without aluminum. Most of them simply didn’t work. I still smelled bad, but with a hint of vanilla / flowers/ etc. included in the overall… Read more »
We are in the midst of football season, which is the only sport I really follow. As a Dolphins fan I’ve seen a lot of bad seasons- including going 1 and 15 in 2007. Only true fans stuck with them through that. Or so I thought. For those of you who don’t follow football, the Dolphins are having their… Read more »