Poison Tongues: The Wednesday Rant

“Do I have a story for you!” Titillating, isn’t it? However, unless the story is of the “once upon a time” variety, those words never lead to anything good. What is it about human nature that makes us love gossip? Teenagers infiltrated my...

The Color Purple

I’m wearing purple today. I’m hoping the world is a sea of orchid, aubergine, magenta, violet, and mauve today. In case you haven’t heard, people are wearing purple today as a symbol–a statement–that homophobic abuse must stop. This...

You Are What You Eat

Welcome back, dear readers. I’m sorry about the lack of a Fun Friday post last week…I’ve been fighting off a nasty cold (it appears to be a variation of what plagued me in the Catskills) and wasn’t up to much of anything. This reoccurring cold...

Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian readers! I have to admit that Thanksgiving is not one of my favorite holidays. It’s one of those days that makes me feel like an orphan. I always end up spending it with someone’s family–usually my significant...

The Wednesday Rant: Just Teasing

Hello dear readers, It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for a rant. There’s been a lot about bullying in the news lately. My friend Cat Connor raised the subject in her blog this week, and she mentioned teasing as one of the forms of bullying....

Do Beautiful People Really Have It Easier?

Hello dear readers, There have been plenty of studies done on the subject of beauty. It’s been proven that infants react more favorably to beautiful people–that those who are attractive enjoy unfair advantages in the workplace and pretty much everywhere...