Typically when I read letters to the editor like the one written by Michael Ross (The Forum, May 6, 2012), I do not respond to them. I figure all the sensible folks who read it will recognize the absurdity of the position taken and chalk the person up to being some sort of loon. Alas, Ross' [...]
Tag: men
Lead like a girl.
There are two researchers - Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman - who last month published a blog about their most recent leadership data collection. The blog post references data to answer the question, "Are women better leaders than men?" And the answer is - yes. Of course I am not surprised at this answer. I believe in the [...]
I say…
Alright already - the day has come to speak about the whole He Says, She Says thing. And I don't mean the movie with Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Perkins (which is technically He Said, She Said - and truly one of my guilty favorites as a Kevin Bacon fan). I am referencing The Forum's new gender [...]
A warming sensation…
When I hear of products that produce "a warming sensation" - I can't help but smirk a bit. I like that phrase and as a woman in the new forty I can appreciate the phrase's potential for alternate use...particularly here in the Midwest. Midwesterners are a fairly polite lot - they are not inclined to effusively [...]
Can “sex” and “love making” be the same?
DISCLAIMER: I AM WEARING A BONNET AND THERE IS A BEE IN IT. Yesterday my blog addressed my concern that calling for abstinence in teens until marriage was not a realistic message. One of the comments to that blog which spoke to the value in abstinence until marriage used a term that I struggle with [...]
Turn the other cheek…
Fifi of LoveFifi fame sent me an email telling me about her padded panties sale. Per Fifi, "Our 3 top selling Padded BUMS are on a 2 For The Price Of 1 special. If you love our famous Bitty Bum, Sporty Bum and Silicone Bum, now is the time to buy." Well, apparently Fifi has [...]
The new men in my life…
Mae West was known to say, "So many men, so little time." Yes indeed Mae - I hear ya' on that front. I have a number of new men in my life and although my time is limited I feel obliged to squeeze them all in. There is Rex and Chad and Ralph and Tom [...]
THE NEW FORTY 