I have lived in North Dakota 12 years and I can’t say I have ever heard of or experienced freezing fog. That is what that weather symbol above stands for (I have never seen it before today). I have experienced freezing as a function of the weather and have also on occasion given and received [...]
Tag: Humor
Spanked…
I must confess, I am not a huge football fan…alright, I am not any size football fan. I only typically fancy football if I am in a football pool. Football is, on occasion, a means to an end (and the hopeful end is that I win money). Over the years through my experiences with boyfriends [...]
From a social butterfly to an antisocial antagonist…thank you Facebook.
Did you know that Facebook messages actually have a word limit? Yes, indeed – they do. I know this as I exceeded the limit. I was writing a message to my cousin Scott who I have not seen since I was a child (and if you have any math skills whatsoever you know that is [...]
Life is just so daily.
I have to agree with Mary Engelbreit. Life is just so daily. I am feeling it today as I ease back into the semester grind. Okay, maybe “ease” is not the right word. It is probably more appropriately characterized as “a frantic gallop” (and visually I think that captures it as well). Oh, don’t get [...]
I’m on the list…
“Congrats! You've been chosen to Test & Keep Hunting products.” That was the title of the email and I thought to myself that some poor random marketing spammer out there who put me on this list has no idea what an ugly scene would be set by giving me hunting products to “test & keep.” [...]
Using my advanced skills to illuminate basic concepts…
As a kid you learn important concepts by virtue of comparative contrast, such as: in/out, big/small, happy/sad, over/under. This is a good place to start with concepts as it presents a simple toggled state of one or the other. Later kids learn what is in between these two ends of the spectrum and other nuances [...]
Size matters…
Size matters. This statement, while not universally true, is true enough of the time that I feel it is fair to assert. There are many examples to support my assertion, but I’ll just offer a few as size matters where blog length is concerned as well. To tall woman like my friends Tam and Sara [...]
THE NEW FORTY 