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Category Archives: Humor
The Engagement Effect
Allow me to gush for a moment, as I’m recently engaged and thus, have been granted a full year to be “that girl” whose kissy-faced photos and lovey-dovey pearls of wisdom shall plague your every social feed. While I vow … Continue reading
Popcorn and Pinot
People love to talk about movies – the talent, the writing, the singing skills of what’s-her-name. They will tweet it, blog it, and small-talk it over drinks. But ask someone to tell you their favorite movie and they’ll freeze up … Continue reading
Posted in 80s, Entertainment, Humor, Movies, Wine
Tagged 80s, bordeaux, Breakfast Club, cabernet, movies, pinot noir, Pitch Perfect, wine
36 Comments
The Wonder of Sky Mall
I’m in the process of building a new home with an egregiously large kitchen. So during a recent flight when I saw the top corner of the Sky Mall catalog peeking out of the seat back pocket I couldn’t help … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Humor, international travel, Mobile, Nostalgia, Technology, Travel
Tagged airlines, sky mall, Southwest, united, Yeti
28 Comments
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
I’ve added a new word to my vocabulary since I’ve moved to Colorado: “neighborly.” I’ve never had cause to use the word myself, although I vaguely remember Mom once say, “well, shooting our shutters with a BB gun wasn’t exactly neighborly.” … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Home, Humor
Tagged colorado, moving, Mr. Rogers, neighbor, neighborhood, neighborly
34 Comments
Things That Go Beep in the Night
Like Pavlov’s dog, every time I hear a beep my hand moves reflexively to my smartphone. I quickly thumb through my recent alerts to find the source of the notification and find closure only when I’ve tapped away all the … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Phone, Technology
Tagged GPS, smart bathroom, smart phone, smart scale, smart watch, smartphone
15 Comments
Get Back Inside the Box
The children in my family have a long-standing gift-opening tradition. After excitedly ripping away the paper on the giant something-or-other our parents painstakingly tracked down, funded and gift-wrapped just for us, we marvel at our new possession for the requisite … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holidays, Humor, Nostalgia, Work
Tagged inside the box, jack-in-the-box, out-of-the-box, outside the box
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The Dos and Don’ts of Foolin’
The scene is Christmas Day 1991. Snow falls in the Chicago suburbs as an eleven year old girl in red snowman socks (that she still owns) wakes up at 7AM and runs to the tree to scope out the loot. … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Family, Friends, Holidays, Humor, Life Lessons, Work
Tagged april fool's day, boombox, Color Me Badd, joke, prank, surprise
11 Comments
A Lesson in ‘Crastination
At the tender of age of five, I was sitting in the doctor’s waiting room as my mother completed the elaborate registration form that would result in me getting a lollipop. I glanced over her shoulder to make sure she … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged crastination, procrastinate, procrastination, procrastinator, recrastination
19 Comments
White Elephant in the Room 
We’re Not in the OC Anymore, Toto
So I’ve moved again. And after a very official two-hands-and-two-feet count I can now claim to have lived in nineteen homes across six states and spanning three continents. I could blame Military Dad or Traveling Mom but seven of these … Continue reading →