Don’t Care? Don’t Speak.
It is admirable to want to rush in and show a relative where she/he is messing up their life but if you are not willing to go the extra mile you might be better off to leave it alone.
Las Vegas and Vacation Psychology
In my case, I am glad that what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. Sometimes it makes it to a blog and other people get to experience it too.
We are Now Our Parents
Our parents occupy a space in our psyches that determines so many of our thought patterns. It starts when we are very young babies and continues on until even after they pass away and we ourselves become the unique parents and grandparents. If we are fortunate, our parents are people we can and [...]
Summer Memories and What Lies Ahead
We all have those blissful memories of youth and summer. Whether it was eating watermelon in the cul-de-sac or enjoying snow-cone or popcorn machines the grownups on the street rented for a special event like the Fourth of July. Or maybe it was just traipsing through the mud out behind the house or [...]
Where the Wild Things Are
This post was inpsired by a children’s book I read my kids a lot.
Did you ever think a choice was good and when you took it found you were stuck headed to a dead end? This happened to me once when I was 19. I had just quit my job at the grocery [...]Dr. Seuss: Quirky is Good
I’ve written about many of my heroes here at the Funny Farm but none of them are quite as special to me as Dr. Seuss. Maybe it’s because he is a proponent of reading or maybe it’s because he is wacked out of his mind (like he’s from the funny farm here with us). [...]
Our Yahoo! Personals Success Story
Online dating helped me find and marry my soul mate Sarah. I even found her during the “free trial” period so the service was free! I thought I’d write a blurb about Yahoo! Personals because I feature them as an advertiser. It isn’t just demographics that makes me do so (most my [...]
Have a Red with Dad
Just before bed, my oldest daughter (3) gets a little antsy. She can sense it’s time to go to bed and she’s not having it, yet at the same time … she’s tired, you can always tell by the stuff she says and does.
I have been making myself a drink (non alcoholic) when I [...]Teaching Honesty
How honest is the world?
Politicians who say we are making progress in Iraq
A Court System that set O.J. Free
A government in denial about the national debt
American Idol represents “the best talent in the world.”
Santa Claus … ’nuff said
I teach my kids to be honest, however socially irrelevant it may be.
