You know that I’ve said Karma wipes its patootie with me, but my luck has taken an extreme turn as of late.  Every single thing in my life that was unpleasant has become all unicorns and rainbows and...

  I’ve heard tell that to judge someone on the externals is unfair… that to truly know someone you must look inside. 

  George Santayana was full of XXXXX.  Forgetting history has nothing to do with its repetitious nature.  History, folks, wil

  I had a really great pseudo-political blog all planned out in my simple little mind.  It was to consist of sex, politics, deception,

  I’m not exactly what you would call easy to shock.  I’ve been around the block… twice… on rollerblades. 

  Very recent occurrences in my life have led me to reflect upon the W.W. Jacobs work, “The Monkey’s Paw”.  The story, while short, is a startling reminder that the phrase “Be careful what you wish...

  Sometimes I’m not what you might consider “quick”.  I have moments when I’m convinced I should slip on a bicycle helmet just in

  You know the old saying insisting that the truth is stranger than fiction?  Whoever said that was a mad, mad genius.  I’ve come

  Whenever I have a question about life I do what any red-blooded 21st Century American would do… I Google the answer. 

  About a month ago, my little girl was happily surfing the net when she came across a picture of a Sock Monkey.  I’ve noticed that 11yr olds, when

  I woke up Tuesday morning feeling like someone had worked me over with the XXXXX stick, and the rest of the week has found me on a sad descent in

  Ok, first of all I’m not a quill-packer with some artsy-fartsy degree who roams around convinced that I’m hot on the trail of the next great story. 

  I find myself in these situations where I feel like Karma is lifting me up and wiping its ass with me.  My personality, while

  I’ve moved around a lot in my life, growing up an Army brat and being a restless adult. 

    I know I’m not the only person on the planet who, out of the blue, begins contemplating the state of her li