Pregnant Girls and a Mime

I have a home office, which means that usually I sit on my couch and watch a little TV as I eat lunch. Today, I turned the TV on and Jerry Springer heppened to be on. The sound was off, but there was a graphic across the bottom of the screen that said “Pregnant Girls [...]

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Is it Trendy to be Confusing, or Confusing to be Trendy?

I was at a relatively “chi-chi” restaurant a few day ago when I had to go to the bathroom. I walked over to the bathroom area, looked at the two doors before me, and paused. I wasn’t 100% sure which one was for men and which one was for women. There were symbols on the [...]

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Observing Others Observing Lent

I was at a party this weekend, and a man and a woman were talking about what they were giving up for Lent. The woman says, “I am giving up all sweets.” Pretty standard sacrifice, from what I understand (and a tough one for that day, as the desserts were absurdly good). The man replied, [...]

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Cooking, Improvising, and Finding Success

You know what’s delicious? Chicken marsala. I love it. About a year ago, I was afflicted with an inexplicably intense craving for chicken marsala (as far as inexplicably intense afflictions go, this one’s not so bad). This sent me on a quest to learn how to cook amazing chicken marsala. I was like Monty Python [...]

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The Right to Vote, The Right to Whine

It’s that time again, when we, as good Americans, must decide whether to vote or not. No, I am not talking about the Presidential primaries, I am of course talking about American Idol. American Idol (“AI” as the hep-cats who are in-the-know refer to it – er, actually, that’s just how I am going to [...]

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A Simple Cost Benefit Analysis of Procrastination

As I prepared to file my 2007 taxes, I realized that I had not entered one of my accounts into Quickbooks. It wasn’t a very active account, but it did have some activity so I needed to file it. I happen to be extremely, shall we say, “motivationally challenged” when it comes to filing. I [...]

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Strange Form of Self Rejection

Everyone hates rejection; it’s one of the main fears that hold people back from doing the things they want and achieving the success they deserve. I hate it too, but I recently hit a new low when I got rejected by myself (or at least by my email system) I send out an e-zine with [...]

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