Putting the OM in OMG
This past week, among other things, I read a book recommended to me by an old grad school friend called Success and Luck. As the title suggests, it explores the role luck plays in individual - and collective - success, success being defined here as … [Continue reading]
Last week, for no discernible reason, I remembered that MC Hammer had a cartoon television show called Hammerman; the actual show I do not remember at all, probably because I didn't actually watch it, except that it featured magical shoes. Due to the … [Continue reading]
I am going to go out on a limb here and say that all of us - women, at least, but perhaps men too - have some sort of underlying hair trauma. By that I mean that we all have some sort of issue with our hair: maybe we had the Dorothy Hamill look back … [Continue reading]
One of the worst story lines and subsequent catchphrases that ever came out of a television show was Ross and Rachel's "we were on a break." Back my early twenties, when Friends was popular and we all had the Rachel hair style, many, many parallels … [Continue reading]
You guys, look what I got! Do you SEE what that is? GEL SANITIZER! I haven't seen gel sanitizer since before the pandemic started. I've only been able to purchase the really liquidy kind made by local alcohol companies and the spray kind made … [Continue reading]
Last week my son had an appointment with an allergist, and the skin prick test did not indicate that he is allergic to the food that we thought caused a reaction a few weeks back. The next step is a blood test, and I have to schedule my own routine … [Continue reading]
Every single time I water my outdoor garden containers, an incredible storm rolls in, complete with hours of pouring rain. It feels symbolic, but I can't quite make the leap. It has been a dreadful week for news, which I am not going to go into. … [Continue reading]
