I had invited her. She came. When it was time for her to leave, I stood, hugged her goodbye … then sat back down to finish eating my cake. Five days later, it finally occurred to me that the polite thing would have been to walk her to her car. And probably hold her door. And tell her how ...
I finished my order of General Tso’s chicken and reached for dessert — the fortune cookie. And got hotter than the general’s chicken when I pulled the slip out of the cookie. My fortune came with a QR code. Seriously? Two troubling questions weighed upon me: One, do you have to carry a military title — such as General Tso or Colonel Sanders — to cook delicious chicken? And two, where can a person go to escape the taunting of those annoying apps and QR codes? I’m afraid to take a walk in the woods. Not for fear that Yogi Bear will jump out and demand my picnic basket ...
What do we love more than love? Spin a few of our love songs, sugar pie honey bunch, and you’ll soon taste what’s really on the menu: food. We are passionately attracted to calories, carbs and proteins — and the knowledge that just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. We grew up knowing the Muffin Man who lives on Drury Lane, we lost our meatball On Top of Spaghetti, found our thrill on Blueberry Hill and learned that C is for Cookie. One bad apple doesn’t spoil the whole bunch, girl. Bye, bye, Miss American Pie. I grew up during the “bubble gum music” era ...
“Man flu” is real. Science says so. Sorta. A few years back, Dr. Robert H. Shmerling, a known man, wrote for Harvard Health Publishing that women who refer to man flu as “wimpy man syndrome” very well could be committing a horrible injustice. “Some have suggested that early man ...
To enjoy life, the life coach said, one must overcome common obstacles, such as fear, unreasonable expectations, bum goals and those inner voices whispering that success is for others, not for people like you. I’m not on a quest for an exciting, wild life. At my age, all I want is a nap. And there’s one main obstacle that gets in the way — life. Doctors preach the importance of getting enough sleep. If we don’t snooze, we lose focus and tend to screw up our work. So why does the boss yell every single time he finds me curled up under my desk with a pillow and blanket? I’m ...
Glance out the window to see what the weather’s doing. Good. Now peek again. Sure, it’s only been a few seconds, but that’s long enough for northeast Ohio to throw us another curve ball. The temperature may have changed by 20 or 30 degrees. If it was sunny, now it’s raining. Or snowing. And, of course, that’s brought on coughs, sniffles and sneezes. Even worse, a swarm of unlicensed doctors now are buzzing about you with their cures for the common cold. From snail slime to lizard soup, there’s nothing like a sure-fire cure to wipe out a minor irritation with a major ...
