Frisbee is still a challenge…
She can count to twenty and identify about half a dozen shapes, and she’s learning her letters rather quickly, but a simple game like frisbee is still posing quite a…
7 perfectly good reasons why the use of a tanning booth is acceptable
Tanning has gotten a significantly bad rap as of late, primarily due to concerns regarding skin cancer. The FDA has issued health warnings related to tanning and are considering heightening the…
Doing the impossible.
While visiting Essex earlier this week, my daughter became bound and determined to move this enormous rock, returning to it again and again in an attempt to lift it. Obviously,…
Rethinking my assault on the institution of coffee
A follow-up to my attack on the institution of coffee from yesterday: A reader on Goodreads responded to my post with the following: “Coffee is also a ritual, a comfort.…
My personal assault on the institution of coffee
I am constantly annoyed by the Facebook updates, Twitter posts and verbal declarations regarding the need for coffee, the desire for coffee and the importance of coffee in everyday life.…
An end to their blasted chirping
A couple days ago I met with an arborist to assess the possible pruning of the trees in my backyard. He told me that earlier in the day, he had…
Redundant, and therefore stupid, ad copy.
I don’t think that McDonald’s understands the meaning of the word savor. Couldn’t “Relax and enjoy” characterize the word savor rather effectively? So this ad copy essentially reads: For every…
Don’t let your child move back home. Period.
According to a Department of Labor poll, some 85% of college students will be moving back home at some point in their lives. I’m stunned. And frankly disappointed. Yes, I…
I only enjoy reality television when it’s imported from Korea
I haven’t watched any of these singing or talent shows since the first season of American Idol, but this clip from the Korean version of one of those shows is…
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