Cheesy Pennies

I'm up late tonight, on stand-by for the final grammar check as my daughter is struggling with an English essay. Truth be told, I'm ...

When you are a kid, the whole concept of taking turns and sharing is pretty challenging to grasp. Image from GoComics.com ...

"They've got to come out." "Putting it off will only make things worse." "It's not healthy in th...

...and baked it into cookies. Burn, baby, burn! Burn that motha' down!

Today, my son is finishing up his first year of college .  He'll be going to one last class, saying goodbye to his roommate and friends ...

I feel awkward talking about cookies today.  It seems more trivial than usual to be focusing on butter and sugar when people have been burie...

With apologies and much respect to Jack Johnson : There is no combination of words I could put on screen of my MacBook  No song th...

50 years ago, I was just new. 31 years ago, I fell, unknowingly, for the love of my life . 19 years ago, I was counting down to a due d...

...things get ePIc pretty darn quick. It's 3.14.15 today. Image from Wolfram * The  Pi Day of the century .** There are, of c...

Just the beginning of a recent rant in my newsfeed  Dear college friend on Facebook who hates hamantaschen*: You are wrong. Love...

There are times when life is good. Work is interesting and productivity is high.  Your teenager smiles at you for real.  Your bank account...

When my kids were little, whenever my sister was visiting she'd give them a "Word of the Day". We'd be at the breakfast ...

You all remember the scene in Monty Python's Meaning of Life where the fat guy is offered a "wafer thin mint"? I'm nearl...

December is the month where my talent for self sabotage truly shines.  If, for example, I were serious about this 50x50 business, would I...