Humor
Published: 15/12/2007
I'm a blond by choice. Do I have more fun? I'm not sure, but I know I have more salon appointments.
Some days I feel blonder than others. One day I couldn't start my car because the shift wasn't in park. Another day I couldn't find my glasses because they were on top of my head.
Because...
Published: 15/12/2007
New York, New York - if I can drive it there, I'll drive it anywhere - even LA. When I was given the finger by a New York cab driver, I saw it as a one-finger salute for successfully cutting in front of him to make a right turn.
Living in LA, however, has diminished my driving skills. We...
Published: 15/12/2007
Elopement is a gift a couple gives themselves. My sister had a large wedding, but I'm not sure she enjoyed it. Just as she was relaxing into fun mode, it was time to take pictures, greet guests, have the first dance, cut the cake, etc, etc, etc.
Instead, John and I eloped. No flowers, music,...
Published: 15/12/2007
I'm a bad dreamer. No, it's not that I'm not good at it. I am. It's that I have bad dreams instead of nightmares.
Nightmares make the impossible seem real - like falling out of an airplane. Of course, there are analysts who say you don't hit the ground in falling dreams unless you're really...
Published: 15/12/2007
Do you wash your face before you brush your teeth, put cream in your coffee before sugar, read the entertainment section of the newspaper before the sports?
When someone holds out a hand, we shake it. When someone sneezes, we say bless you. When someone is behind us, we hold the door for him...
Published: 15/12/2007
If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, is that where art is too? According to my husband, art doesn't have to be defined - just appreciated. He should know. He majored in art history in college. Opposites attract.
I don't know representational art from abstract art. When we're in museums,...
Published: 15/12/2007
If we're honest with ourselves, we'll admit we like to hear that someone's life is more out of control than ours. It explains the popularity of soap operas and tabloid newspapers.
"Brittany Spears Look-alike Is Space Alien" or "Woman Who Shoots Leopard Has Spotted Child" or "Man Loses Four...
Published: 15/12/2007
Hell-th food is what my sons thought about my attempts to have them eat healthier. Of course, children think anything they don't like is health food. When my sons found out liver wasn't healthy and they wouldn't have to eat it again, they became more supportive.
Okay, at first they beefed...
Published: 15/12/2007
Driving the carpool for another parent or loaning a friend money for a taxi - these are acts of kindness, otherwise known as favors. However, there is another kind of favor - the unintentional kind.
While I was driving to work, people who sell gas, tires and cars were on the receiving end of...
Published: 15/12/2007
"A woman of a certain age" is a European expression. She's not an older woman. She's a woman who has passed middle age with flair. An example would be Diane Keaton, Diane Sawyer or Oprah.
How do you know when you're old enough to be a woman of a certain age? I knew when I started referring to...
