Today at work I was eating one of those pieces of chocolate that have the inspirational messages on the foil. Mine said “a fuller life is a sweeter life.” And I had to pause for a moment and wonder if maybe the chocolate company had placed too much faith in my life-filling abilities. [...]

I loathe poor customer service. I have learned to be understanding in most situations: in general, people in the service sector have enough crap to deal with without me complaining. But there are some circumstances when I refuse to look the other way. So in case any of my readers are possibly [...]

I love Christmas music, but does anybody else get just a little creeped out by the song Baby, It’s Cold Outside?  “Hey, what’s in this drink?”  Honestly?  For me, this really evokes more images of date rape more than it ever will of Christmas. I don’t understand why people have chosen to make this [...]

If I were going to scrutinize criminal activity, I would do my investigation during holidays. Why? Fingerprints.
My theory is that a disproportionate number of thieves are living at home. I also postulate that that those mothers expect to be compensated for the free rent via thoughtful gifts. (”What do you mean [...]

I almost always have a song stuck in my head, especially when I’m at work. Most people seem to complain about having their mind play songs on repeat, yet somehow I don’t seem to mind too much (usually my mind has pretty good taste in music, I guess.  um, wait.  nope.  not decent [...]