Lunching today with dear friend Stephanie in Uptown Dallas, our conversation turned to global affairs.  We discussed the many places where America had dipped its toe, and what some around the world may think of us in general.  We’re not the first population to be loved and/or hated si… Read full post »

The greatest threat to evil is peace.

When the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a young president less than 9 months into his first term, an endless stream of negative voices (some from the opposition forces within his own country) immediately condemned the award.  How could he receive it? … Read full post »

After 9 years of living in Los Angeles, I believed I had seen it all in terms of multi-task driving (MTD).  I'd witnessed the mid-life gal in the Jag soaring at light speed down Venice during rush hour as she re-applied her mascara in the illuminated pull down mirror.  I'd been… Read full post »

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-oleary

I was raised in the three pin spot of Tornado Alley, west of Chicago by about 30 miles. A dozen times during the Spring and Summer, the family would leave the kitchen table with our dinner plates in hand and head for the corner of the basement.… Read full post »

I was just reading this morning that someone in South Carolina thinks she saw the image of Jesus in her cheese toast.  Over the years, people have seen Jesus on the side of a mirrored bank building in Tampa, a knot in tree trunk in California, and on a variety of… Read full post »

A friend of mine was born in Ireland, and told me the following story about her aunt Bridget (pronounce:  Breeeeejit.)  If you have a funny Irish story to share, please feel free to share it here :).

Bridget was a  young girl, maybe 7 or 8, living in a small village… Read full post »

My favorite job ever wasn't my first job at age 9 when I worked for my 11-year old brother who rented me out to my mother to do house cleaning and laundry for a family of eight as the only employee of a "company" he ran out of his walk-in closet.… Read full post »

In January, I moved back to Southern California after 3 years in Dallas.  My two bikes were in storage, so I had them serviced at a bike shop in a neighboring town.  I don't have a bike rack for the car, so I devised a plan to Rollerblade to the bike… Read full post »

For 43 long years, I lived as a self-described perfectionist.  The term perfectionist is rather interesting if you think about it.  I have been, in essence, someone I can never truly be.  No one walks around my life throwing up Perfect 10 scorecards or telling me about my flawlessness.… Read full post »

Do you ever wonder about the food you can buy on an airplane?  I recently found myself pondering the culinary choices in American Airline's coach.  Frankly, I was struck by the non-sense-of-ness of it.   Here were my choices:

• A mini can of Pringles extruded chip product

• A… Read full post »

Straight from the Dallas Morning News Headlines today:  

"Texas legislature '09:  Bill Would Authorize Helicopter Hunting of Feral Hogs" 

Here's the priceless link:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/legislature/stories/DN-hogwild_30tex.ART.State.Edition1.4… Read full post »

This could be the shortest post of my career:

Woman with SIX KIDS under the age of 8 goes to a fertility clinic?  Has octuplets?  Whoa!

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When I saw the CNN Breaking News alert Thursday at approximately 12:45 pst on my Crackberry, I was waiting in the lobby of a movie studio in Los Angeles for a meeting.  I immediately speed dialed my eldest of 5 brothers, a pilot for US Air.  He answered.  PHEW!  It wasn't… Read full post »

This morning, I woke to my psyche considering the difference between being and doing.  I spent 40-some-odd years of my lifetime concentrating on the doing.  If I did, then I was.  If I did well, then I REALLY was.  I flew up the corporate ladder and looked out… Read full post »

(Here's a piece I wrote a dozen years ago about life in New York.   I hope you enjoy it :)   

"Will it play in Peoria?"  The old adage seems appropriate when considering the differences between our country's geographic pieces.  It's amazing to me, looking back at my tenu… Read full post »

(Here's a piece I wrote a dozen years ago about life in New York.   I hope you enjoy it :)  

Next to attempting to give oneself a full frontal lobotomy with a dull Phillips screwdriver, obtaining a New York driver’s license is the most painful and thoughtless undertaking known to… Read full post »

(Here's a piece I wrote a dozen years ago about life in New York.   I hope you enjoy it :) 

Embarrassment is a favorite participation sport among my Big Apple playmates.  And, much like the duck born with a target-like birth marking on his underside, I had the misfortune of… Read full post »

 I wrote this piece over a dozen years ago, and just unearthed it and other NYC stories I wrote back then.  I hope you enjoy it and those to follow :)

It's fair to say that, since birth, I have been deathly afraid of members of the medical and dental professions.  And,… Read full post »

I wrote this piece over a dozen years ago, and just unearthed it and other NYC stories I wrote back then.  I hope you enjoy it and those to follow :) 

Like anything in any large city, there are very few generalizations that one can make with any form of accuracy.  One,… Read full post »

I wrote this piece over a dozen years ago, and just unearthed it and other NYC stories I wrote back then.  I hope you enjoy it and those to follow :)

According to legend, it took the Good Lord six days to build the universe and, of course, “man”.  And, as/… Read full post »

I wrote this piece over a dozen years ago, and just unearthed it and other NYC stories I wrote back then.  I hope you enjoy it and those to follow :)    

Why do I breathe though my mouth on the bus?  Imagine, if you will, a brisk November morning in New… Read full post »

I wrote this piece over a dozen years ago, and just unearthed it and other NYC stories I wrote back then.  I hope you enjoy it and those to follow :)   

At my advancing age of 28, I've realized that many people form strong opinions about things of which they have… Read full post »

I wrote this piece over a dozen years ago, and just unearthed it and other NYC stories I wrote back then.  I hope you enjoy it and those to follow :)  

On a typical Monday through Friday morning, I spend about twenty minutes preparing for a day at the office in… Read full post »