Am I the only person who is hoping that the new Swiss trend to ban live-lobster boiling will eventually bubble over and take hold in the United States? I know this country is not exactly on the federal regulation bandwagon right now, but a nice, neat No Boiling Alive policy would prevent people from having […]
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New Year Weight Loss Resolutions Detour From a V Turn
How are your resolutions going? Not great? That bad? Not to worry. Only fifty weeks until you can start over again. And in the meantime, you have nine months to jag off until the first of the month falls on a Monday again. And everybody knows that’s the best time to improve yourself. Kingdoms have […]
A Place for Mom’s Tattoo
Sixty-one is a good age to get a tattoo, right? Please say yes, because I really want to indulge my daughter and get coordinating mother-daughter tats, and I’ll need at least another year, year-and-a-half before I can decide what to get and where on my body to get it. I figure if I wait long […]
Forty Years After Graduation, No Career in Sight
Five years ago I mentioned here that I was going to my high school class reunion and had forgotten to come up with a believable profession. Gearing up for my quinquennial visit back to see my classmates, I got through almost everything on my to-do list: I remembered to get a plane ticket, I remembered […]
New York Without Hamilton is What Exactly?
I’m going to New York in a couple of months. I might as well be going to Nebraska, because – swallow whatever’s in your mouth and sit down because I don’t want you to choke and hurt yourself from the shock – I’m not going to see Hamilton. Why bother? you ask. Is there anything […]
This Is No Way to Get a Crick in Your Neck
For those of you not from Northeastern Ohio or Western Pennsylvania, a crick is either a small stream where you can wade with your pant legs rolled up hunting for crawdads, making Tom Sawyer and Becky look like preppy Archie and Veronica, or it’s an equally Midwestern condition that lies somewhere between a pulled muscle […]