I must issue a warning at the outset: TODAY'S BLOG ENTRY IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. It will address an issue that is of specific understanding to women in the new forty and I fear it will quickly devolve into a rant. HENCE, PROCEED WITH CAUTION. My daughter Sarah told me I shouldn't write about this [...]
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…
If I had a voice like Julie Andrews I would go about the neighborhood today singing about a few of my favorite things. Unfortunately, as far as signing voices go I lean toward Roseanne Barr's quality level. So, to spare you all I won't be singing. Instead I will chime in here - in blissfully [...]
Helping out my buddies Phil and Chuck…
I believe in helping others when I can. As such, I am willing to offer my assistance to the two most popular groundhogs - Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck. It seems they disagree on whether we will have six more weeks of winter of an early spring. I can understand why there is some confusion [...]
I found God…
I found God inside a bathroom stall. God came to me via a yellow sticky note attached to the inside of a bathroom stall door in the Memorial Union at NDSU. Now I must say, as someone who has never been a fan of bathroom stall graffiti, that I appreciate post-it note graffiti's ability to provide [...]
Sugar babies?
OMG! The liberal-minded adult in me just wants to scream, "EWWWWWWWWWWWW!" I must be getting old or wise or jaded or something. When I saw the article in The Forum titled - Site to find 'sugar daddies' popular with college students - my immediate thought was the candy. I was such a huge fan of [...]
Crashed computers and Grandma Lil – perhaps it is half true.
My NDSU laptop froze up unceremoniously yesterday. When I had to shut it off and restart it, I was a bit put-out and irritated. Then I learned - after about a dozen attempts to restart it that ended in what my friend calls the "blue screen of death" - that my computer would not be restarting for me at [...]
Holding up Marta Ybarra…
I have said it before and I will say it again - I am a fan of Fierce Girls. As such I must take the time today to hold up Marta Ybarra as an example of endurance, determination and hope. Tammy Swift wrote a great piece on Marta for The Forum. Tammy's story details Marta's [...]
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