After watching the Barbara Walters Thanksgiving interview with President and Mrs. Obama, Cheyenne spontaneously announced that she wanted to be the First Lady when she grew up. I was taken aback. Here is how that conversation went: Me: You want to be what? Why wouldn't you want to be the President? Cheyenne: The President has [...]
Tag: Humor
The Twelve Days of Christmas for College Faculty
Well, it's that time of year again - the end of the Fall semester when final grades are but a hop, skip and a jump away. Students are trying to hurriedly complete whatever requirements they have for classes and negotiating with faculty over any missteps they have made over the semester (and yes, "negotiating" is [...]
The sounds of the holiday…
Well, it's that time of year and the familiar sounds of the holiday abound - the sounds of Salvation bell-ringers...of shoppers' shopping bags rustling...of cheery holiday greetings - they are all out there gearing us up mentally for the holiday. But my personal favorite holiday sound - the one that really alerts me to the [...]
Choices…
I don't always do well with choices where my options are many. On Thursday eve the kids and I went to the new Mexican restaurant on University and I knew I was going to struggle as soon as I saw the menu - too many options to choose from. There were literally hundreds of options...had [...]
What color would you choose?
A simple question for you today - if you had to choose a color for orgasm what color would it be? I ask because I received an advertisement for a nail polish color called orgasm and I immediately knew the person who named the color had never had an orgasm. See for yourself. Does this [...]
Lovin’ Leroy…
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 [...]
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 - [...]
THE NEW FORTY 