All this ballyhoo about four guys getting together to down a brew or two has got me thinking maybe they’re onto something. After all, Professor Gates and the guy who arrested him, Officer Crowley, now seem to be best buddies.

True, anyone who sits down with the prez (members of Congress excluded of course) is likely to behave. But I think it was the beer. Breaking bread or imbibing together is just so darned… Read the rest

CNN ran a story a day or two ago about how divorce has a permanently bad affect on your mental and physical health. In my case NOT getting a divorce would have had a permanently bad affect on my mental—and his physical—health!! Sometimes we just blow it. Maybe we’re  too young to get married, lookin’ for love in the wrong place, or too screwed up to know when to just say, “No!” Then, we… Read the rest

Sometimes I think communication between sweethearts is a lot like the Gary Larson cartoon where, in the first frame, the man is speaking to the dog in English. The caption reads, “What the man is saying.” In the next frame, the man is saying, “Blah, blah, blah,” and the caption reads, “What the dog is hearing.”

Back in our dating days, after hubby Dale had… Read the rest