I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
Life is tough when your most redeeming quality is that you “suck”. I’m not passing judgment, just thinking of the unfortunate little annelids that we collectively refer to as leeches. Leeches were the go-to treatment for medieval physicians (although after hundreds of years of use, Dark Age medical […]
I went a sailing and a cruising Looking for something distracting and amusing I landed on shore But all was markets and bore Hopped into a jeep And my eyes made a sweep I drove and drove Till I saw a landing dove Alas, a tikki boomtown That […]
Have you ever uttered to yourself, a colleague or loved “holy shit, what was he thinking”? Of course, you have. The question, more appropriately, should be how many times a day do you utter that phrase or derivative thereof? Just yesterday, I repeated that question four times throughout […]
Went to sleep late last night, holding on tightly to my IPAD. Not unlike many other Americans and the technology-obsessed. Dreamt wild dreams of working underground battling bats and snakes; and those were just my co-workers. Woke up with frizzy curls and a fuzz head. Waddled over to […]
Someone once said, followed by a hundred and one more, that all politics is local. Truer words have not been uttered. For instance, no way a Jessie Ventura, former WWF persona, gets elected outside of Minnesota. No shade on Minnesota, ok? I’m just saying he ran on a […]
I have not been rejected much in life. Ok. So, now you hate me or are intrigued by why and where is this going. See, I am considered smart, somewhat attractive, cunning, quick-witted, and fashionable. Who else can rock a Betsey Johnson pink goth handbag? Also, I tend to […]
It’s the end, the end, the end of summer The end, the end, the end what a bummer -The Steel Monkeys Technically summer ends on September 22. However, summer is at its psychological end. August is at its end. One long weekend before we have to hit the […]
“There are no good girls gone wrong – just bad girls found out.” ― Mae West In seventh grade, I used to hang out with a group of six girls and four boys. We would have slumber parties and do school projects together. We were a bit nerdy. […]
The impulse to leave our mark is strong. The impulse to etch our name into stone, leaves and bathroom walls appears universal. The impulse to create an everlasting image is endemic. Where would we be without being able to mark our territories and know that something, somewhere lives […]
cue up Bryan Adams’ summer of ’69 This summer was the best of times and it was the worst of times. This summer was both the season of light and the summer of despair. This summer was the age of silliness and foolery, as well as the […]
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