It is quite an interesting commentary on one's life when one's emotional state is so heavily tied to snow removal. Today our street, a cul-de-sac, had a mean-sized drift at its entrance/exit point. I didn't realize this until after I used my lead foot to ensure that I would essentially launch out of my driveway [...]
Month: November 2010
Yes, that is a full gallop.
Well-known journalist Liz Smith once said, "The most successful women don't run from change; they run toward it." Yes Liz, I think you are right about that. Can you please call my institution's new president, Dr. Dean Bresciani, and let him know that? I want him to understand why I am approaching at a full [...]
Accelerating Christmas…
Let's talk about the art of acceleration as it applies to the holidays. I am sure you have noticed over the last decade or two that retailers push out the holiday merchandise earlier and earlier. Halloween merchandise starts to emerge in early September and is quickly followed by Thanksgiving supplies. The first sight of Christmas [...]
Sometimes I wake up crabby…
There is a decorative sign that says, "Sometimes I wake up crabby, and sometimes I let him sleep." It usually comes in both a "him" and "her" version. Today I felt like the "her" version. I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed - the side with the wall on it - [...]
Keep the receipt…just in case.
After my son Noah shoveled my driveway and did a number of other chores at my house yesterday he consulted with his siblings about the four of them going in on one big Christmas present for me. They planned to head out first thing this morning to scour the Black Friday sales for the best [...]
Got attitude?
I've got attitude alright and it is one of the utmost gratitude. I am grateful for a thousand things large and small this day - as I am every day. In addition I will be grateful today for a fifth Thanksgiving in a row with no casualties from my cooking. On this Thanksgiving I hope [...]
Scanning my “horizon”…
There is quite an uproar about the full body scans the TSA has implemented and its alternative - the full body pat down. I can understand folks angst over both procedures as they both seem very invasive. I think folks would feel a tad better about submitting to such searches if they knew that TSA's [...]
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