Given my multiple blogs on the topic of chewing gum (STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, COME BACK!), I had to share this video. Spoiler alert: there’s a benefit to chewing gum. It’s like I KNEW it; it wasn’t just an obsessive, addictive, unbreakable oral fixation. I am ahead of the game, people. (If only I’d known this in elementary … Continue reading This Is Why You Should Chew Gum
Today is Free Cone Day (FREE CONE DAY) at Ben and Jerry’s, and I’m sitting on my hands in an effort not to go*. *this is not the most effective form of resistance. Look at how much fun everyone is having! In an effort to not break Lent, I’m preoccupying myself … Continue reading The Gum Crisis Continues
I meant to post this at the beginning of the month. I’m sorry. But I was reminded it of it today when I was at work because I saw on The Today Show (I think…which show features Hoda?) there were captions that said “Positive Effects of Saying Thank You.*” *This is not … Continue reading National Gratitude Month
It’s Friday, y’all! And it’s the Friday in which Brutus earned his way into the 9th level of Hell! Here is a testament to my week. It all went downhill on Wednesday, hence the delay in posting a blog. As usual, I wrote a blog draft on the morning of Weekly Writing Wednesday, but I … Continue reading Beware the Ides of March
Just yesterday I had a long conversation with a Bostonian about what type of person is “difficult,” in the business-consumer kind of way. I claim it’s the boss-type, one who is used to having power and/or wealth, such as CEO’s, AVP’s, those girls on Sweet Sixteen, “experts”, etc. I do not, myself, exhibit this behavior … Continue reading The Gum Crisis (And My Governmental Conspiracy Theory)
They Call Me Fushilou 