REVELANCE in life is wondering if you matter at all. Are you living an authentic life? Do you make the world a better place, or at least provide comic relief? What’s your connection with others? Do you evolve?
Do You Ever Suffer From Postpartum Vacation Depression? Why is it that after you come back from vacation you need a few days to recuperate from your vacation? The only thing I managed to do on my “Eat, Pray, Love” vacation was eat. No praying. No love. I did have adult beverages, but I think […]
MoreSo I am in Laguna Beach, California staying at The Montage Resort as the date of my college friend, Ann. Current temperature is 72 degrees. I’ve already lost my iPad but found it again (left it with my brain on the chartered bus). Bloody Mary upon arrival. Unparalleled ocean view from our room with a […]
MoreIs there ever a time to go to the ER? No, the emergency room is never convenient. Why does it seem that you have weekends that are relatively free and then nine things hit on one weekend? A couple of the children’s Godmothers from Tulsa, OK came into town for the Twins’ First Communion along […]
MoreWhen You Start Seeking Out Co-Worker Substitutes I was shopping at my favorite store, Anthropologie, the other day. I have been frequenting it more lately for various reasons. Emergency must-have drawer pulls, that sort of thing. I have this farce that I have to maintain when I’m in that store. Some time ago I invented […]
MoreThird bathroom post in a week! I’m on a roll! (of toilet paper. Snicker) It’s bulky item week in my neighborhood which means you’re supposed to drag big items to the curb for someone to take away. At the last minute, I decided to drag an old ceiling fan, some light fixtures, the remains of […]
MoreTough Choices in Life Like you, I’ve had to make some tough choices in my life. What floral dress to wear to a funeral. Whether to buy crunchy or smooth peanut butter at the grocery store. Making pacts with God to help me make the right highway exit choice when I want a clean gas […]
MoreFrom Lithuania With Love: Lithuania Airport Another deleted scene from the book pertained to a business trip I took when working as in-house counsel for The Williams Companies. I originally wrote the “From Lithuania With Love” series as a short story, and it read like that in the book. London, frankly, was a bit of a […]
MoreFamily Fun With Tequila Gun Bottles Tequila packaged as a shotgun sort of speaks for itself. I’m relieved they included a shot glass, because it seems tacky to swig the tequila straight from the barrel of a glass rifle. There was a twenty-something aged kid eyeballing the display in Sam’s Club when I was snapping […]
MoreWhen I looked outside my window today, this is what I saw: Does this make you smile or give you the heeby-jeebs? It rather gives me the willies. Why does Jesus care anything about my neighbor’s tree trimming? Might not Jesus be a little prickly about putting his name on services whose business it is […]
MoreI figured this was as good a way to start your week as any other. I have no idea WHAT exactly THIS is, but it is on the bar at one of my favorite restaurants in the Central West End, Oasis Mediterranean Cafe on Euclid. I must have been in the restaurant a half a […]
MoreAre you familiar with the Corporate world’s Bullshit Bingo game? The concept is that you and your co-workers scurry into yet another department meeting. But this time several of you are in possession of a Bullshit Bingo card with maddening over-used phrases like “At the end of the day”, “synergies”, and “think outside the box” […]
MoreI have been 3/4’ths of the way through the following books for months: A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson Rewired, edited by my friend Stephanie Abbajay The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Lit by Mary Karr The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing I will submit to you […]
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