Boy Finds Live Grenade On Easter Egg Hunt

[Headline, CNN] I was going to write a word or two here based on the followup CNN article, “Boy Tries to Open Easter Egg by Pulling Its Pin,” but I decided not to go dark. As of this post, then, we can imagine that the grenade is still nestled in the Easter basket. The photo [...]

WATCH: Amazing Teen Uses Piano To Detect Landmines

[Headline, Huffington Post] Tell me about it. My kid? The piano lessons cost a fortune. Plus, I had to buy a piano. The gas it takes to get him to the conservatory? At today’s prices? Don’t ask. Look, it’s an investment. The kid will need something like this on his college application in eight years. [...]

Woman spots mold on new tampon

[Headline, Huffington Post] If an ice shelf the size of Texas breaks off the continent in Antarctica and floats away to melt in the sea, it will not directly affect my day, at least until the sea level rises high enough to flood my neighborhood. That sort of global-warming consequence doesn’t trouble me. If all the [...]

Product endorsements

A Real Lifesaver I love my husband but he does have some anger-management issues.  Most of the time he’s a real puppy dog, but when he loses it, he will clock me pretty good.  I know I should report him to the law or head for a women’s shelter or something, but gosh, I just [...]

Walmart Evicts Workers Living In Store Parking Lot

[Headline, Huffington Post, 02/10/12] All over America, there are husbands temporarily living in their car after a fight with their wife. Where do they wash up, shave, and brush their teeth every day? At work, of course. Many sleep under their desk rather than in the vehicle. (In which other countries does this occur? There [...]

Can Men Hear When You Have Your Period?

[Headline, Huffington Post, 1/27/12] I broke down and called Arianna Huffington on this one. I know that she sold her periodical to some company or other, but she is still the managing news manager. She keeps her ear to the ground. I asked her what she had heard about this, period. What would  her mother [...]

Whoa! A Sheer, Tassel-Covered Dress?

[Headline in the Huffington Post] A lady down the block wore a dress with two tassels on the front when I was a kid. It was the start of my interest. I thought that there was a tassellated woodpecker; it was why I liked birds. But there wasn’t. Tessellated darter, tessellated moray, tessellated cheese, tessellated [...]

Saudi Report Claims Women Who Drive Will Have Sex

[headline, Huffington Post] I was in a cab last night. The neighborhood convenience store is only four blocks away, but I have a sprained ankle so I couldn’t make it there on foot. All I wanted was a six pack of Tecate and a bottle of Tequila Don Julio Añejo to put in the beer, [...]

A prayer

O Thou kind Santa! Thou hast created all humanity from thy own Joy. Thou hast intended that all belong to the same household, without stirring. In Thy Holy Presence, all mankind are sheltered beneath Thy tree. O Santa! Thou art kind to all, Thou hast provided for all, Thou dost shelter all, including reindeer and [...]

PHOTO: Giant Man Spotted At Kim Jong Il Funeral

[Headline, Huffington Post, 12/30/11) I was at Abe Goldschmidt’s funeral, the indoor part, and there was a lady with a big hat sitting in front of me. I couldn’t see a thing. If I were this giant man, I could have looked over the hat. Overlooked the hat. Or, being a giant, I could have [...]