Age of No Response
November 19th, 2007
Do you ever feel beyond irritated, as in extremely pissed off, when you send an email or make a call that requires a reply but the recipient neglects to respond?
It’s a phenomenon of the 24/7-communication age it seems, the no-response response to communiqués.
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Where is Home?
November 5th, 2007
A bloke with an accent like Nikov’s (think Borat) approached me in a store the other day. He held up a t-shirt gingerly and said, “Excuse me, you look the size of my girlfriend and I buying this for her, do you think it fit you?”
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Jumping for Oil
October 15th, 2007
Don’t hate me because I’m happy, even worse, happy tumbling out of bed every morning.
Used to be that morning people who happily hum during brekkie - formerly my self-professed dopey-grump hour - were top of my love-to-hate list. Though now that I’ve become the kind of person who irked me intensely, I’ve thrown away that particular list.
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To the Girl in EveryWoman
October 8th, 2007
I saw a girl at the mall on a date. She was about sixteen and she was wearing mauve-blue lace undies over her pajamas.
I know this because a couple of inches of lace showed above the flannel tartan, baggy-legged jim-jams that sat several inches below her pierced belly button.
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All Creatures Great & Small
October 3rd, 2007
God I feel overwhelmed with the state of the world some days. Overwhelmed, powerless and unable to imagine how I can make a difference.
However, yesterday I had an opportunity to put into practice one of my fave bumper bar stickers, “Think Globally Act Locally.”
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End of Summer
September 26th, 2007
Do you find when the sun’s reflection dances in a certain way or the wind whooshes and whistles evocatively that you’re unwittingly lured into a faintly familiar memory?
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Learning Op
September 17th, 2007
In the midst of busy lunch hour traffic, I had to slow to a snail’s pace due to a flat tire. Unquestionably, my luck had run out. You see, after 24 years of driving, this was my very first flat.
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It Takes Mettle
September 11th, 2007
Did you know that members of the band Metallica, willingly subjected themselves to group therapy? (See documovie, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster.)
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Say What?
July 9th, 2007
I went to a July fourth do last Wednesday and took a chook, some Chards and a pav.
The food and booze spoke for itself. This was a good thing, because nobody had a clue what I was talking about when I cheerily referenced my contributions to the picnic lunch.
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Shout Out to Clutter
July 2nd, 2007
You know how wannabe Buddhists drape Tibetan prayer flags at the entrance to their homes? Well I’ve done that.
Strung those lovely yellow, green, red, white and blue flags across the entryway to my walk-in closet that is.
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