For those of you that had a true best friend in childhood why I did what I am about to tell you about is going to be understandable. Some friends in life are worth walking over hot coals for. Or in my case, driving over the Rockies in February… Read full post »

I just spent an hour composing pt. 2 of Adventures with Arlene, clicked "Save Draft and Preview" and was kicked to the login page. When I logged back in it was gone! Where did it go?

I so know better than to not save and paste into notepad… Read full post »

I've always been a bit nuts when it comes to travel. I almost never plan and as a result end up in some interesting situations. This was fine when I was young and unencumbered. I could take it into my head to hop a Greyhound bus with 60 dollars… Read full post »

My love/hate relationship with hand held gadgets and electronics in general started a long time ago. For as far back as I can remember, whenever the next generation of electronic toy came out, I needed one. I have a lizard brain reaction to them. My inner magpie looks… Read full post »

  There are some commercials on the BBC Channel, generally during Hex or Graham Norton,  that really make my teeth itch. All the various Vivamax and related product commercials. And that one on US TV where the woman talks about "a certain part of the male anatomy". What? No one… Read full post »

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last 10 years, or have no interest in controversies designed to scare the bejeezus out of parents, you are aware of the heated debate surrounding Thimerosal (a preservative that was widely used in multi-dose vaccination ampules since/… Read full post »