Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Thanksgiving!

| November 24, 2004

‘Tis that magic season, once again. You know, the season where you scramble to the store because you forgot you needed sugar to make cranberry sauce. The season where you notice how suddenly the weather seems to have gotten cold. The season where you transition into Advent. What? You mean you haven’t put up a […]

Maybe it was a message.

| November 20, 2004

Today, most of the kids are off on a “field trip” with Grandpa. (God bless him for that!) My husband is working, and I just have my middle daughter and the baby home with me, both being relatively peaceful. So what do I do? I turn on the radio, thinking about how rarely anymore I […]

Spare the Rod and Spoil the Musician

| November 13, 2004

This week I found several Rod Stewart tapes in the two-buck bin at the local Overpriced Book and Music Store. After reading about his company’s ethical confusion, it’s hard to feel sorry for the guy if he’s declining. His lawyer thinks it’s unfair that he doesn’t get paid if he doesn’t do the job he’s […]

There’s a word for people who…

| November 11, 2004

… do this. This fellow is suing Liza Minelli, claiming that he had to have sex with her or be fired. Let’s assume for a moment that his claim is true. He had sex with her in order to keep a paycheck coming. Sex for money. So M’Hammed is either a liar or a harlot. […]

I wouldn’t want to play Monopoly with this guy.

| November 11, 2004

Everyone remembers someone who, at maybe 5 or 6 years old, could not handle losing. “No fair, he cheated!” was their cry, which really just meant “He won, and I don’t like that.” It’s sad when a so-called adult, a person who has been empowered with the skills of literacy, halts his maturity development at […]