The other day I turned to my compatriot, "I should just tell her no, right?" I asked. I waited a couple seconds but got no answer. "Right?" I said again, this time more forcefully. "Oh," came the response. "Wasn't that question rhetorical?" "Yes." I answered. Meaning: so? That the answer to my question was obvious to both of us had nothing to do with my desire for one. "Right." he said. * * Yesterday my friend called ...

Today's post is a lesson in not making assumptions of others based on their name. Case in point: Summer Thornton. You might immediately think to classify the name among the Sweet Valley High crew, and you might be right to do so. But what you might not also realize is that lady can design. Who said Sweet Valley alumna never had larger aspirations? So, Summer. Not only the most favorable season for all of our ...

Clothing manufacturers, if they're generous, will supply you with a spare button or two in a stealth pouch affixed to your spankin' new garment. It's a subtle attempt on their part to prolong the item's longevity. Considerate. Then you come along: consumer. In your impulsive and excited state, high from the scent of new merchandise, you rip off any visible tags, stickers, pouches, sling them in the nearest trash before pivoting ever so slightly back ...

That title is so pumped full with alliteration your inner grammarian probably started doing instantaneous cartwheels and if you get nothing else out of today's post all is not lost cause hey, you got that. But back to the topic proceeding the colon; nesting is a surefire way to save space when storing any number of goods. Think of nesting dolls-- you have one doll and you're all, "cool, a doll." And then seven more dolls emerge from ...

There is a certain type of person—perhaps you might know her, perhaps you might be her—she’s a card fanatic. She amasses greeting cards as if she’s being paid to cultivate a collection whose varying tones, occasions, and images trumps even that of Hallmark. She likens herself a pseudo- Papyrus in the making, and if you don’t know that’s a direct reference to a card retailer and not a general term meant to describe the stuff ...