Engagement rings confuse me. Well, I know what an engagement ring is. What I don’t get is the guideline on how much I’m supposed to spend on an engagement ring. In the UK, the guideline is that an engagement ring should be […]
From time to time, celebrities have crossed my path or I’ve cross theirs (especially in the case of Diana Rigg—and she wasn’t all that pleased—long story, don’t ask). Two celebs that I bumped into just as fame found them were R2F2 and […]
Julie and I have an untraditional relationship. Julie is my hunter-gatherer going out to work every day whereas I spend the week at home tapping away at the keyboard, doing the washing and making myself pretty for when she comes home. All […]
I have a small talent for disaster. If I can be in the wrong place at the wrong time, I can do it. This is an incident happened while I was a student pilot. GROUND RUSH I hadn’t always been afraid of […]
I have issues with milk. The smell of it makes me heave, regardless of how fresh it is. It’s totally psychosomatic with heavy tendencies on the psycho. Like most irrational symptoms, I can squarely place the blame for this one at the […]
“Tell them about the puppets,” Julie said. “Go on. Tell them.” So I’m telling you. This pet peeve isn’t mine. It’s Julie’s. And it’s a peeve she has with me when it comes down to me and puppets. Seeing as we’re chatting […]
Over Thanksgiving, I was thinking about Julie and me and our time together. We celebrated our fourteen wedding anniversary the other week and it only seems like twenty. I don’t mean that in a mean way. Actually, it does seem longer. The […]
Ah, Thanksgiving is just a day away. It’s a time for Americans (and Canadians last month) to give thanks for what they have. Supposedly, this American holiday is second to only to the reigning champ, Christmas. It’s a biggie. Not for me, […]
Seeing as the country is in a post-election hangover and no one is really taking much note of anything, I thought I’d do a rerun by sharing an experience that few Americans get to experience–becoming a citizen in an election year. My […]
I was six years old when I saw my first horror movie and it was all by accident. The film was THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS—and it was amazing. I’d woken up in the middle of the night and I’d come downstairs […]