As you may remember, I had many, many tortuous days dealing with Verizon this summer. They cut through cables, stopped traffic, quit when it rained, and knocked out my neighbor’s phone. It got so bad that I realized the only thing they seem to be really good at is being completely incompetent.
In retrospect, I […]

Happy New Year to everyone in Australia, New Zealand and around the world where the clock just struck midnight.
Here in the US we still have quite a few hours till party time. WooHoo!

Merry Christmas!
And if that offends you, then this is for you…
“Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of […]

Yesterday I made a quick run to the post office to pick up a package. The woman in front of me asked for some Christmas stamps, to which the clerk asked “religious or non-religious”.
Now I can totally understand that, as we do celebrate Christmas in our home, but I am definitely not religious.
However, […]

Last Friday was the holiday party at my office. The annual torture where everyone gets dolled up (well as dolled up as I’ve come to expect here in little B’ham - yes I do stick out like a bright and shiny sore thumb thank you very much), brings their significant other, and commences to spend […]