Humor
Published: 15/12/2007
From our previous house I could see a constant stream of bicyclers, joggers and skaters go by. Now I see the ocean. As beautiful as it is, it doesn't inspire me to exercise. I wave at the ocean and it waves back.
I know exercise should be as routine as eating and sleeping; but considering I...
Published: 15/12/2007
The three, little words I heard most growing up were, "Mind your manners"; but manners change. Women no longer expect doors to be held for them or chairs to be pulled out for them. Men are no longer expected to take their hats off inside or even in restaurants.
In restaurants I was taught...
Published: 15/12/2007
Basically motivation is an inner drive to get something done, but it comes in all shapes and sizes.
Obligation motivates us to get up in the morning. Necessity motivates us to eat breakfast. Responsibility motivates us to go to work. Motivation runs the world. A lack of it runs us ragged.
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Published: 15/12/2007
Because I had a business meeting today, I gave extra thought to what I wore - something conservative, but not dull - something stylish, but not extreme. After choosing a two-piece outfit with a mid-length, slightly ruffled skirt, I looked in the mirror.
"Okay", I said to the doubting voice in...
Published: 15/12/2007
Today's not just a gray day. It's the third one in a row and it's a Monday. It doesn't get much grayer than that. The worst thing about getting out of bed this morning was having to make the bed. Then I had to brush my teeth, That sounds easy, but it was a daunting challenge. I had to remove both...
Published: 15/12/2007
According to Webster's Dictionary, cooking is preparing food by boiling, baking, frying, etc. My family thinks etc. best describes mine. Okay, but I've come along way from using raw potatoes in curried potato salad to recreating dishes from "Gourmet Magazine". Because I was kitchen-challenged...
Published: 15/12/2007
A name is the first gift you give your child. You want it to be special - to be as unique as your newborn. Gwyneth Paltrow chose Apple for her daughter. Demi Moore picked Scout for hers. Forest Whitaker selected True. These are definitely unique, but are they too unique?
How could someone...
Published: 15/12/2007
I'm going to put an ad in the LA Times LOST & FOUND column to find out where 2006 went. I don't know. I don't know when years started to have only eight months.It must have been when hours started to have only forty minutes. What I do know is that all of us will have something in common in 2007,...
Published: 14/12/2007
I hadn't spent the night in a hospital since I had my last child and more than diapers have changed. I'd had fond memories of a caring nurse remaking my bed after helping me to the bathroom. Not anymore. This time when I rang for help, what I got was a yell from the desk nurse, telling me the...
Published: 12/12/2007
Whatever happened to truth in advertising? I live in Los Angeles, where what you see isn't necessarily what you get. Face lifts, breast implants, liposuction - we're walking billboards for plastic surgery.
I often walk past an apartment complex named Ocean Heaven. It sounds heavenly, but it's...
