I might as well face it, I'm addicted to karaoke.

A friend of mine (a virgin) once said: "Yeah, but what about BAD karaoke?"

To which I replied: "There is no bad Karoke. Karaoke is intrinsically good."

It might have something to do with being musically inclined, maybe more to… Read full post »

This is just a little nugget of how much the human spirit can really overcome all of these bad times.

I share this with you in hopes that you can feel the joy and passion, and dance a little yourselves, when you are SO inspired.

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Every day, my work presents me with astounding things.  Photographs, handcrafted furniture, wheel chair ramps, figurines, sets of china, oxygen tanks, prescription bottles.

I enter peoples homes, as a stranger, to give them care. I'm not a nurse, nor a priest or pastor. I just get hired ,through… Read full post »

Let's work on the presumption that you want to pay for a service, and there is a part of the transaction that asks you to come up with an amount of money that reflects that service.  Is this a bartering situation? It could be. Is there a prostitute involved? Only if… Read full post »

So, yeah, I know it's ridiculous to go job hunting inthe weeks before The Holidays.

Also, job hunting. I think of myself in full camo gear, armed with a rifle: "I'm gonna bag me one of them jobs.  I'll get one in my sights and * BANG* I'll be taking… Read full post »

I am totally riffing off dcvdickens hilarious post about the thing that controls the water in your home.

Who designs these things? And while I was pondering that, I started thinking about one of my most favorite, compelling mysteries:  Who is behind those cheesy ads for local furniture stores/c… Read full post »

25 Strange, or Not, but True Things about Me

1.) I grew up in a half way house for developmentally disabled women (we called them retarded then), from age eight to 14. The house was a former mansion for a paper baron in the heyday of industry in Holyoke, Mass. and had… Read full post »

Hi OS.

I'm sort of new here. I'm enjoying reading many, many posts from the front page, from the most read, from folks who are writing great feedback about a post and I want to read more of THEIR posts. So, I'm reading a lot.

Is the etiquette to comment on… Read full post »

I moved to Seattle in December 1989, with five dollars in my pocket. Oh, impetuous youth! I was staying with friends, and we  were all broke, and looking for jobs, and we saw an ad for "Flower Sellers" - selling flowers on the side of the road. I kind of liked the… Read full post »

 (**Hey, here's my first post ever. I was so sweet and sincere.**)

I always enter the season late: shop on Christmas Eve, forget wrapping paper and bows, feel disengaged while doing the Holiday Thing.

My childhood is a long and complicated thing to describe.  It wasn't worse than anybody el… Read full post »