My COMPUTER is my friend. My computer IS my friend. My computer is my FRIEND. No matter how I said it, I couldn’t convince myself. This past winter it was frozen more than Grand Forks, North Dakota…
Is Slang A Four-Letter Word?
Posted by on May 30th, 2007 in Humor · 0 CommentsFor my grandmother slang was a four-letter word. She didn’t want slang in the dictionary because she thought it infected our language.
“He goes”, “she goes”, “they go”; but no one goes anywhere…
Have You Been Nailed?
Posted by on May 30th, 2007 in Humor · 0 CommentsPink Gin, Pale Punk Pink, In the Pink - I think naming nail polishes would be a delightfully colorful job - until my boss thought I was having too much fun and suggested I name a polish Pink Slip Pink.
When someone names a polish Miraculous Mauve, I might be able to polish my nails without also polishing my fingertips…
World Travel Without A Suitcase?
Posted by on May 30th, 2007 in Humor · 0 CommentsI was flipping through the pages of a travel magazine when I self-diagnosed my symptoms of lethargy. I hungered for travel.
My husband ended my hunger by taking me to Greece. Hold on. Before you vote him husband of the decade, you should know he took me to Greece via a Greek restaurant…
Is This Another Fish Story?
Posted by on May 30th, 2007 in Humor · 0 CommentsSushi is so popular in Southern California the local bar is likely a sushi bar. However, the farther sushi is from the ocean, the less popular it is.
If you think sushi belongs in an aquarium, concentrate on the rice - not the raw fish - when you try it.
Without the rice it’s called sashimi…
Is Progress Our Most Important Product?
Posted by on May 30th, 2007 in Humor · 0 CommentsOkay. I admit it. I’m electronically challenged. I have trouble using an electric can opener, an electric pencil sharpener - even an electric toothbrush.
My husband, on the other hand - the hand holding a fistful of extension cords - loves electronic gadgets…
Is It A Pursesonal Problem?
Posted by on May 30th, 2007 in Humor · 0 Comments“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”. I grew up hearing that advice; but I’d never thought of my purse as a basket - until it was stolen. Then I was a basket - case.
At first I couldn’t believe it. My purse had been pilfered! Purloined! Filched! Absconded with! My just-been-to-the-ATM cash was gone…
Have You Played Suburban Slot Machines?
Posted by on May 30th, 2007 in Humor · 0 CommentsAsk people what they do when they go to Las Vegas and they’ll say they play slot machines. I play slot machines too, but not only in Las Vegas. There are legal slot machines where I live.
Because all free parking spaces seem to be taken by fire hydrants, I learned how to play suburban slot machines, also known as parking meters…
Are You And Your Mate Well Mated?
Posted by on May 30th, 2007 in Humor · 0 CommentsI admit it. I was the victim of marriage tests in women’s magazines. When my marriage failed the “Marital Aptitude Test”, I was concerned. When it failed “Are You and Your Mate Well Mated?”, I started to worry. However, when it failed the “Monogamous Multiple Choice”, I decided my marriage needed help…
What If You Made a Web Page and Nobody Came To Visit
Posted by on May 30th, 2007 in Humor · 0 CommentsWhat a problem. You spend all your spare time for months creating a web page. Staying up late into the night even when you have to get up and go to work the next morning. Your wife or kids or friends wonder what happened to you and start to believe you do not care about them anymore.
Finally, the web site is ready…