24
February
2012

Buy books. Refuse to read them. Impress your friends.

Yes, I know it’s the Huffington Post.  But this gem caught my attention, from a truly bizarre article called “12 Books You NEED on Your Bookshelf”: But if you’re going to buy hard covers with at least one eye on the opinions of visiting friends and relatives, these are our choices of the titles you […]

18
February
2012

Something like this really happened.

A waitress in a local coffee shop was complaining to me and everyone else about being 47.  Her body aches with middle age.  Her eyes hurt.  She hates it. Riffing on your age is only socially acceptable if you are between 40 and 60 years old.  If you are over 60, nobody wants to hear […]