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Archive for April, 2010
Don’t Text Me!
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
What is it with people and texting? Yes, I do it sometimes (like when I’m voting for my favorite American Idol), but unless you’re communicating with your kid, my advice is to think twice – and then, don’t do it.
Yes, texting is easy. It’s convenient. It’s free. Oh; that’s right: it’s not free. Which is reason one to cut it out. A lot of people do not want to pay to get your inane messages. I had to go and change my cell phone plan to a more expensive one simply because the texting charges were adding up. Thanks, folks! (more…)
Tags: Apology, Email, Phone, Texting
Posted in My Pet Peeves | 1 Comment »
There IS a Difference. . . Part 1
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
When I was growing up, my Aunt Lena had a small wooden sign over the inside of the bathroom door (back then, lots of houses only had one bathroom; remember?). The sign had a drawing of two toddlers, one male and one female, both looking down the front of their own diapers. And the sign said “There is a difference.” As a kid, it make me snicker – after all, we all thought bathroom humor was just something that kids practiced. But now, as an adult, I can see a lot deeper into the message of that sign. There is a difference. Especially when it comes to what I’ll call household etiquette.
Let’s take them one at a time and you tell me if your experience has been similar. I know not every man follows these “rules,” but I believe there is a tablet somewhere, sort of like the one brought down from the Mount. . . (more…)
Tags: battle of the sexes, cleaning, household, household chores, laundry, men, the sexes, toilet paper, TV, women
Posted in men, Re-Post | 7 Comments »
Secret Stash
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
I’m a sucker like everybody else when it comes to believing product claims – though I’m a little more cynical than most, having spent over a decade in advertising. So, as a service to my readers, I’m going to share those products that I have found to be all or more than they claim. In other works, I’m going to share my own “secret stash.” (more…)
Tags: real finds, Secret, shopping
Posted in Grooming | 5 Comments »
Picture That
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
I’ve always wondered how weird I am – so have a lot of other people – but I mean in a very specific way. For example, if I come across a word that isn’t spelled like it seems it should be spelled, I find myself respelling it in my head, over and over again: B-R-O-C-C-O-L-I. And when I think about a particular date, either in the future or past, I tend to “picture” it, with (more…)
Tags: OCD, visualization
Posted in Just Fun | 4 Comments »
Going Brazilian
Monday, April 19th, 2010
Ever since we noticed we had pubic hair, we had to worry about it showing, mostly in the summer at the beach (at least in our day). At first our only option was shaving – and shaving bumps. Then came Nair, with its toxic, perfume-y, disgusting smell. When we finally discovered the “Brazilian.” all we had to worry about then was the pain.
And, it is painful. At first. Scratch that: it’s always painful. It’s just a matter of mind over matter (and doing really small sections at a time) if we want to make it through a Brazilian without quitting halfway. Which leads me to the real point of this post: could men deal with this kind of pain? (more…)
Tags: 40 Year Old Virgin, back hair, beauty, Brazilian, pain, pain threshold, pubic hair, shaving, Steve Carell, Wax
Posted in Grooming | 5 Comments »
