A quick rant on gentrification This morning I heard the local newscaster note that “housing prices are about where they should be and doesn’t expect them to go up much more.” I wanted to call them, rant and ask them if they truly believed that housing […]
How Rude: Why are you Calling Me? The phone, as some of us knew it, is dead. Even my 70-year old aunt nowadays messages me through Facebook. On the rare occasion that I call a certain friend, with his full knowledge that I would be momentarily calling, answers […]
In an act of insanity I celebrated my last day of work by getting two wisdom teeth pulled In an act of insanity I celebrated my last day of work by getting two wisdom teeth pulled. I could have gone for four wisdom teeth being pulled, but […]
No Need to go Crazy Meeting Unreasonable Demands: Be Free and Be Brave Crossing 42nd street is a battlefield of sorts in which people crossing wildly throw their bodies before oncoming traffic in order to beat the light. If you stop for a second to process that […]
My Sleepless Nights and Hardworking Days: This week’s Earworms This week was a week where I barely slept and I worked from dawn till way past sunset. That’s pretty much a normal work week fro me. Although, one would think that during one’s last few weeks at work, […]
For every “yes” there must be a “no” Help! Note to self: I need to really learn to say “no”. I am the type of person that says “yes” to a lot of things, asks, and favors. I have been working on learning to say “no.” My […]
My Snarky Resolutions for the Coming Year: I vow to not believe the hype or false praise Many of us make grand, aspirational resolutions for the new year. We aim to find a new purpose, road and ideal. We vow to lose weight or stop eating too […]
And then there were four: Sunshine and gray skies in Appalachia How happy am I? I’m ecstatic. I’m no “Debbie Downer” this bright (icy) Monday morning. I do not typically like musicals but I feel like singing in the rain today. That is how much of a Debbie […]
Hi Ho: Its off to work we go The industrial revolution is hailed as the precursor to our great modern era. Technology took grand leaps and the skills sets needed to make a living wage started changing dramatically. Workers eventually united against unfair working conditions. Then unions eventually […]
You don’t have to attend every argument you are invited to- Just win the ones that you do attend These past few weeks, I came to fully understand the value of knowing that “You don’t have to attend every argument you are invited to.” I offer this post […]
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