Do you have friends as good as this? “Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.”~Sicilian Proverb
I don’t consider myself a sports snob, but I’m sorry some sports aren’t just sports–like cheerleading. There are cheerleading competitions in the US. There’s even a push for it to become an Olympic sport. Now I don’t mean any disrespect to cheerleaders, […]
I’m doing something a little different for the December Book of the Month feature. I’m shining a light on a couple of books that readers have yet to discover. Today’s spotlight title is Paying the Piper. PLOTLINE: The Piper is the Bay […]
This applies to the ladies in the house too. 🙂 “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” ~Marcus Aurelius
Movies and books have kicked up so many iconic lines over the years. Some I really love and I wish I’d said them. Not one to be deterred, I’ve made it my aim shoehorn in some of my favorite movie lines in […]
I have a thing about indiscretions, white lies, small crimes, because no matter how much we think those mistakes will remain hidden, they have a habit of coming back to haunt us. I’m sure Anthony Wiener, John Edwards and many others have […]
One we can all agree on. Happy Black Friday to everyone. “Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?” ~John Barrymore
I despise Big Bird. I don’t care that he’s an employee of the Children’s Television Workshop. The second I see that long-limbed, yellow freak, I develop a sudden bout of Tourette’s syndrome and I want to go Bobby De Niro on that […]
I love road stories. THE FALL GUY is a road story. The book’s hero, Todd, goes on the run to escape a mobster but he keeps running into trouble. There’s a certain vulnerability when you’re traveling as Todd aptly illustrates. You’re invariability […]
The world is very uptight at the moment and hopefully some Roman wisdom will loosen everyone up. “Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans; it’s lovely to be silly at the right moment.”~Horace