Awesome wasn’t the word for it ( Read more... )

Embarrassing? Quoi? I mean, don’t you need a sense of shame for that or something? I have none, so I guess the answer to that question would be…quoi ( Read more... )

THE FIVE STEPS OF NEGOTIATING THE RELEASE OF A SNOT-COVERED STUFFED BAT FROM A THREE YEAR OLD:

1) Guarantee the safety of the stuffed bat. In gentle and modulated tones, assure the child that the item, whom we will call Bob the Bat for this example, will be perfectly safe no matter what the cost. Crossing hearts and hoping for death are advisable ( Read more... )

I’m gonna go with my first well and truly cognizant memory here, because I have a few in the beginning. Whole bible rap, know what I mean? Light, smells, sounds…Mom, Dad, feelings and snippets. My first full memory, though, something I recall mostly completely? Happened when I was four ( Read more... )

I know a lot of folks around here grew up on fairy tales? I didn’t. I grew up on fairy stories...it’s more than just a difference in wording. Back in 1975, some of the hate groups out there used that term for their propaganda. It became derogatory, so the term ‘fairy story’ came into common usage in the US. ‘Fairy tale’ isn’t nasty anymore, but the ( Read more... )

He put me on the spot, and I didn’t know what to tell him besides the truth ( Read more... )

What’s sacrosanct? That’s easy: mochas, guilty pleasures, and the Civil Rights Acts. Both of them. Oh, and maybe shoes. I love ‘em, maybe not as much as my girl Bee...but yes, mess not with the shoes ( Read more... )

“Nuh uh!”“Yeah huh! And hold still, or else this will pull, and hurt, and that’s no fun ( Read more... )

I can tell you right now...if Freudian slips were part of an organized religion? The world would bow down and worship me like the goddess I am. I am forever sticking my foot in my mouth, and the subconscious faux pas? It’s kind of my trademark. I should get money, I’m not even kidding. Just ask my boyfriend...I’m forever making him my unwitting ( Read more... )

Well, there’s a real simple answer to that question, silly: thought. Consideration. Making the effort to think about someone or something...that’s what respect is. To me, anyway...gotta make that distinction. When you’re talking about something like this, you have to make an effort to keep your point clear, because it’s real easy to sort of impose ( Read more... )