Humor
Published: 15/12/2007
If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, is that where art is too? According to my husband, art doesn't have to be defined - just appreciated. He should know. He majored in art history in college. Opposites attract.
I don't know representational art from abstract art. When we're in museums,...
Published: 15/12/2007
If we're honest with ourselves, we'll admit we like to hear that someone's life is more out of control than ours. It explains the popularity of soap operas and tabloid newspapers.
"Brittany Spears Look-alike Is Space Alien" or "Woman Who Shoots Leopard Has Spotted Child" or "Man Loses Four...
Published: 15/12/2007
Hell-th food is what my sons thought about my attempts to have them eat healthier. Of course, children think anything they don't like is health food. When my sons found out liver wasn't healthy and they wouldn't have to eat it again, they became more supportive.
Okay, at first they beefed...
Published: 15/12/2007
Driving the carpool for another parent or loaning a friend money for a taxi - these are acts of kindness, otherwise known as favors. However, there is another kind of favor - the unintentional kind.
While I was driving to work, people who sell gas, tires and cars were on the receiving end of...
Published: 15/12/2007
"A woman of a certain age" is a European expression. She's not an older woman. She's a woman who has passed middle age with flair. An example would be Diane Keaton, Diane Sawyer or Oprah.
How do you know when you're old enough to be a woman of a certain age? I knew when I started referring to...
Published: 15/12/2007
By the time I've worked up enthusiasm about going to the gym, I already feel overworked. Then I have to decide what to wear. Guys can look grungy. Girls have to look fashionable. Unfortunately, my outfits are often more coordinated than I am.
However, I can talk the talk - sets, repetitions,...
Published: 15/12/2007
How often have you used the word "unbelievable"? Unbelievable can be used to describe a football play, the price of something, a sunset - just about anything.
But the play, the price and the sunset are real. They're something you've experienced and thus have to be believable. Not to worry....
Published: 15/12/2007
According to Webster's Dictionary, compute - as in computer - means to make sense. Yeah, right. The only thing that makes sense to me is the carrying case. I understand how to use the zippered compartments and the inside pockets. I also managed to figure out how to use the Velcro strap to secure...
Published: 15/12/2007
A minister in Colorado wanted to inspire his congregation to stop complaining. He gave each one a rubber, wrist band with the word "Spirit" printed on it.
He told them not to take the bands off for three weeks, which is the time it takes for an action to become a habit. Whenever they...
Published: 15/12/2007
Ads are everywhere! We expect them on television and radio. We just don't expect them so often.
We've been conditioned to expect them before movies start - whether we bought a ticket or rented a DVD. Now ads are in the movies. It's called product placement. Ford will pay to have Brad Pitt...
