Author Archives: S.

I have been. It started with feeling like I had a piano wire stretched across my throat last week, and I knew it was headed downhill. The sore throat was followed by the stopped-up head and the hot eyeballs, and … Continue reading →

1. Today is Bastille Day. I know it is Bastille Day because the importance of it was drilled into me by the inimitable David Franklin, history professor extraordinaire. I have always enjoyed history because I was fortunate to have some … Continue reading →

Guess what? I had to change the color of the cabinets. The dark purple was just too goth for who I am. Naturally, I painted all of the cabinets, including inside the doors, before I came to my realization. Grimace … Continue reading →

…when a married man has profiles on several online dating sites? I don’t make a habit of watching Hoda & Kathie Lee on the fourth hour of “The Today Show,” but I happened to be home the other day and … Continue reading →

I’m bored. Not really, I’m not. And if I were, I’d die before I ever admitted to it. I grew up being told only boring people are bored. There was such a stigma attached to being boring that I’d have … Continue reading →

1. In Target on Sunday, I saw a lady wearing yoga pants that were so low I could not only see her hiney, I could see her crack. I hate the word crack used in this context. Because I am … Continue reading →

Phones and the obsession therewith. People who constantly lose and break their phones make me nuts. Just put it in your pocket or your pocketbook. Don’t leave it lying about. If you’re riding the Ferris wheel or kayaking down the … Continue reading →

when I feel like volunteering for the witness protection program. How bad could North Dakota be?  

I noticed a soap wrapper in the waste paper basket in the bathroom when I got home this afternoon. Curious. It’s not that I don’t use soap. It’s that I don’t use that kind of soap anymore. And that there’s … Continue reading →

Not that I actually need anything lawyered, but I got it into my head that I needed to get my affairs in order last year, and there is a bunch of lawyers right down the hall from my office, so … Continue reading →