September 21st, 2009
My friend, Donna, forwarded me this story about her husband, Pat, that I think most of you will respond to either by nodding in knowing agreement or gasping in incredulity:
As many of you know this weekend was Patrick’s radio stations “Ultimate Yard Sale” which took place at Scarborough Downs [in Maine]. There were […] over 4700 people looking for a bargain. I, too, had a table full of trinkets and trash. Lucky for me, I sleep with the boss so I was able to get a prime location![…] Read the rest of this entry »
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September 14th, 2009
Two third grade boys see each other for the first time since June. The yell from opposite ends of the playground and run as fast as they can, ending in a bear hug of happiness.
After which they are taunted by fifth grade boys, who accuse them of “humping” each other.
Now, imagine this scenario with two girls. You can’t, right? Because even though there are tons of reasons girls can be brutal to each other, harassing one another for showing affection isn’t one of them. We can kiss each other on the lips without a smidge of worry about what people will think (except those purvey guys who drool over it). So, tell me this: why are guys so hung up about male-male affection? Read the rest of this entry »
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September 1st, 2009
In the midst of encouraging economic news, one of the realities of the past few years is the continuing demise of “traditional” jobs that dominated in the American economy in the 20th century. The Industrial economy, and its well-paid “blue collar” jobs, showed the dominance of the single-earner household. Those days have certainly changed, and even if every one of us decided to “buy American” (an idea about 15 years too late, by the way) the days of the male being the only wage earner in the household are over.
There are still occupations where men will always dominate, but they are shrinking. One factor that has made recent economic times different is that other male-dominated industries, like financial services, have been hit hard. A recent study released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics points out the high jobless rate for men over 45, with slim prospect of those jobs coming back. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 31st, 2009
What’s the deal with ex-boyfriends? We all have at least a few. But how do you deal with an ex, when he contacts you out of the blue?
There have been times that I immediately revert to when we were a couple and it takes me at least a few minutes to pull myself back to the present. Usually, whatever the issues were that broke us up really don’t matter anymore. But there is always at least one who can throw you for a loop. So, when I got a call a couple of years ago from my first-year-in-college love (Yes; the one to whom I was engaged and who convinced me to leave college and move in with his family), I panicked. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: breakups, ex-boyfriends, high school
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August 30th, 2009
“Multitaskers [are] just lousy at everything,” said Clifford I. Nass, part of a team at Stanford University whose study that proved that the most persistent multitaskers perform badly. The study tested 100 college students with a series of electronic images of different color shapes, letters and numbers.
But they didn’t test them cooking dinner, watching tv and feeding the dogs simultaneously. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: battle of the sexes, multitask, over 40, study, walk and chew gum, women
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My friend, Donna, forwarded me this story about her husband, Pat, that I think most of you will respond to either by nodding in knowing agreement or gasping in incredulity:
