In these lazy days after Christmas, what’s a blogger to blog about? The fact that we still haven’t made our annual gingerbread house out of graham crackers yet? (As part of the Fitzpatrick family tradition, I buy candy to decorate the house and more candy to eat while we decorate. This is a “must-do” […]
I Will NOT Write About Tiger Woods . . . I Will NOT Write About Tiger Woods . . . I Will NOT
I have to write about Tiger Woods. At the risk of being all pop culturey and doing what everyone else is doing, from Jay Leno to every person at every Christmas party this week, I have something to say to Tiger and all men of Earth with the sole exception of Ronnie Howard. Is […]
Office Christmas Party Shenanigans
‘Tis the season to go to your office Christmas party. I’m collecting stories about office Christmas parties, so please tell me about the year that the head of HR threw up in your box of dry erase markers and I’ll reciprocate and tell you about tranny singers, fake comas, and getting drunk with the […]
My Jewish Roots
It’s currently Hanukkah (or Hannukah or Chanukah or חֲנֻכָּה) and time for all Gentiles to talk about how not-Jewish they are. “You’re lucky. You have Christmas for eight days,” we say to our Jewish friends, taking the oldest and most complicated religion in the world and turning it into the winner of What’s In […]
As If Driving Wasn’t Hard Enough
What’s with the soldiers begging for money in the middle of the road? I’m assuming you have this where you live: Guys in fatigues standing in the road at big intersections collecting change from drivers. Don’t get me wrong; I’m all for handing out money willy nilly to people in need – just yesterday […]
Fondue Me!
I think I’ve mentioned before that I lost my cooking mojo. I used to enjoy cooking and experimenting with ingredients I mispronounced; using the pasta roller and other gadgets that are now in my laundry room cupboards; and buying things that had dust on them and required a price check, they were so rarely […]