Culture Immersion
There are some things you can’t learn about in books. There are just some things you have to experience firsthand. A high school friend of mine got caught drinking and her parents took the unheard of approach of letting her get as sloshed as possible…only to cook her plenty of runny eggs and sausages for breakfast the next morning. That friend was “Becky Connor” and it was an episode of Roseanne. I never looked at breakfast... Read More
Today, More or Less
It was a good day, more or less. Though I could have done with less cats waking me up at 3:30 am puking on my carpet. Yeah, it’s not so fun to have your sleep interrupted, is it Pea Kitty? Anyone want a cat? I’ll pay you more than you can imagine. I could have done with less clouds, shivering girls and blue lips at swim lessons. Though I’ll always take more absolutely fearless jumps! I could do with less talk of Halloween... Read More
Weekend Casualties
This post was almost a casualty of the long weekend. I’m just warning you, I may go Kevorkian on it midway through. I’m surprised yesterday didn’t kill Joey Chestnut. He ate 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes at the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. That’s 5.4 hot dogs per minute. That’s almost eating a single hot dog per 10 seconds. He didn’t beat his record though of 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes. And... Read More
