I just spent the last couple hours with my good friend Kathryn and her husband Bruce.  Kathryn is a fellow writer … albeit not as good as me.  Whenever I… Read more

Snow and I have a love/hate relationship.  I used to love it … but now I hate it and it hates me.    Growing up in Iowa, I was not fazed… Read more

I have wanted to go to Hawaii ever since I saw “The Brady Bunch” episode where Greg nearly died while surfing.  And while I’m not hoping for a Hawaii-curse …… Read more

There’s rich.  There’s filthy, stinking rich … and then there’s Palm Beach.  For the last few days I’ve been visiting my dear friend Tamie and taking in the sights.  It’s… Read more

Every year, the company I work for throws one helluva holiday smackdown.  They spare no expense from the food and drink to the company bonuses.  It’s really obscene how much… Read more

If you’ve never endured the wrath of the IT department – you haven’t lived.  Typically, the IT boys spend much of their day doing whatever it is IT boys do. … Read more

I am constantly telling people what to get me for Xmas. I am not a difficult person to buy things for … in fact, I’m just the opposite. I consistently… Read more

Ah, youth.  It’s a fickle beast.  I keep getting older.  And today’s incoming college students keep getting younger and more indecisive every year.  And I know that from recent experience. … Read more

My hair stylist, Bnjymn, (pronounced Benjamin – don’t ask) recently up and moved to Joplin, MO.   No call.  No goodbye.  Just left.  I was devastated.  And I can’t even begin… Read more

Tana Goertz was the runner-up in the third season of “The Apprentice”. And, she’s just one in a never-ending list of reality show stars I’ve bonded with over the years…. Read more