Tuesday morning’s French headline on yahoo.fr led with the story of President Obama’s beer invite to the parties involved in last week’s arrest of a prominent Harvard professor. I don’t know what struck me as more remarkable – the lead position of the headline (to a global audience), or its content. The original incident For […]
Stress-free Entertaining: Weekend Guests on a Budget
Entertain guests without the stress? You bet. You can entertain guests without breaking a sweat – whether for the weekend, or longer – a week, even a month. Offering a hospitable and enjoyable time to visiting friends and family needn’t be a headache, or outrageously costly. All it takes is a little bit of thought, […]
Libido Linked to Idealism. Federal Funding Sought for Additional Study.
Libido linked to politics, or the politics of libido?
You CAN fight city hall: in praise of public servants
Mad as hell Remember the scene in Network, with Peter Finch yelling “I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take this anymore?” That was me, yesterday, railing over meter madness and an undeserved parking ticket, determined to “fight city hall,” despite the odds. Guess what – it worked! (If you didn’t read this morning’s […]
Meter, meter, tourist eater?
We have a SLEW of sayings to get through days when nothing seems to go right. Life isn’t fair… Tomorrow is another day… When life gives you lemons, make lemonade… and when someone’s “done you wrong” – remember: pick your battles… Then there’s the straw that broke the camel’s back. Parking ticket trauma Yesterday I […]
Less Stress Over Mounting Debt? Don’t Think So.
Less stress, though your mountain of debt is growing? Be wary of data that doesn’t make sense. Dig deeper.
Fly in the Ointment for Flying Bus?
I do love my daily dose of international internet news… France-Soir and The Telegraph are reporting on Ryanair, the low-cost Irish airline, and its recent service-slashing proposals that would really put the bus into Airbus! Are you ready to climb aboard, fasten your belt, but without seat backs in the upright position? Why? Because there […]
Personal politics, urban dictionary style, six ways from Sunday.
Yep. I love Urban Dictionary. It suits me, despite the fact that its lingo is harder to master than a Slavic soumise. But I can live and learn, look and learn, listen and learn. And examine our political landscape with fresher (albeit irreverent) eyes six ways from Sunday. This morning, staring down a stack of […]
Pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles? Not always.
“Pas de nouvelles… bonnes nouvelles, comme dit le proverbe.” No news is good news, as the proverb says. But is the proverb true? Or is no news just… no news? No news is no news In the case of an overseas friend who hadn’t written or called in awhile, it was true. Tout allait bien; […]
Admittedly, Tuesday…
Morning musing from an aching place.