There are days when I think the bears have figured out life better than we have. Recently, a black bear wandered into an Alaska shopping mall. Yes.A shopping mall. It apparently walked through the automatic doors, stole a peach, pooped on the floor, and left. And honestly? Respect. […]
October may be shaping up to be epic. Five Fridays. FIVE. Five opportunities to sigh dramatically at the end of the workweek and declare, I have survived another one. And five Saturdays! Five glorious little permission slips to sleep, rest, party, wander, do absolutely nothing, or do everything […]
There is simply too much beef. Beef is expensive.Beef is everywhere.And apparently, everyone has beef with everyone else. There is even a television show called Beef, which is essentially an extended meditation on what happens when two people cannot let a grudge go. We have become remarkably committed […]
What exactly is Tuesday? Monday has an identity. Monday is the beginning. The alarm clock. The coffee. The collective sigh of here we go again. Wednesday is Hump Day. It has branding. Thursday is Friday Eve, which is apparently close enough to the weekend to celebrate. Friday? Friday […]
I have mixed feelings about Sundays. Sunday is supposed to be the day of rest. A peaceful little oasis between Saturday and Monday. Brunch. Coffee. Maybe a leisurely walk. Perhaps a bath. No urgency. And yet Sunday has somehow developed a sinister undercurrent. There is Sunday morning, when […]
What’s the longest trip you’ve ever taken? I love to travel. Really, really love to travel. But here’s the thing. I don’t necessarily love the traveling part. Most of my trips are nine days or less because of work commitments. Lately, they’ve become five days or so. They […]
I love a news story that makes me stop and think, Wait. What? Recently, someone in Washington called 911 because they heard loud banging in their house and thought they had a burglar. Reasonable. Except when the police arrived, the burglar turned out to be a bobcat sitting […]
There are certain things I have always believed should be hot. Coffee. Tea. Soup. And apparently, lava. New research involving nearly a million people in the UK found that drinking beverages at a “very hot” temperature was associated with more than three times the risk of esophageal squamous […]
A Picasso print was stolen years ago. Gone. Vanished. Goodbye, Picasso. Then suddenly, it reappeared hanging in a vacant Milwaukee apartment. Which raises several important psychological questions. First: Who hangs stolen art in an empty apartment? Second: How does a Picasso casually re-enter the storyline years later like […]
Apparently a woman went on a blind date and brought 23 family members with her. Twenty-three. At that point, it’s not a blind date. It’s a family reunion with one unsuspecting donor. The bill was $3,100. The man declined to pay and, honestly, I have questions but mostly […]
