Driving through Connecticut recently, on my way to Rhode Island, scanning through radio channels, I caught the tail end of a commercial asking "are you a senior, or know a senior, looking for companionship?" Would you like someone to spend...
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It seems, I've recently read, that gadget makers can find a thief but have basically opted not to do anything to help apprehend said thief. Interesting. I remember, years ago, I had foolishly thrown away check books without shredding them...
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"They laid there like a dead person." Hmmm, pretty awful summation of a nights frolicking, don't you think? Well, I have a story that takes that comment to new heights. For you see the frolickers in this case are, actually,...
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Why I might be on TV Guides email list, I have no idea, but there it was…in my in-box…the Fall Line Up, for me to, no doubt, get busy setting my DVR (which I actually can do) to record all...
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I've often wondered about our use of pet names. I'm not talking about the honey, sweetie, baby variety. It's the the animal kingdom names that I find particularly fascinating. I get it, that's why they are called pet names. "He's...
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Being cowed by the one you are investigating, and therefore missing all the red flags was "a failure that we continue to regret" said the chairwomen of the agency, Mary L. Schapiro. Indeed, one of the staff lawyers received the...
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No, not the musical instrument organ. I am referring to what happens when old friends (the term is used literally here) get together for an evening out. “My back” laments one. “Your back? “My back.” “How’s your knee holding up?”...
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I’ve heard of some pretty scary things out there, but for the moment, this clearly tops the list. Speed Shrinking is not the latest diet fad. It is actually, according to a New York Times article, an emceed, 3 minute...
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What's that line, keep your friends close but your enemies closer? Well it seems to me that little ditty doesn't stop anyone, friends or enemies, from exposing all sorts of deep and dark secrets, and cashing in, to boot. Think...
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With a good proportion of the work force not working I wonder what they will be reflecting about this Labor Day. Anyhow, of all the things I read about how Labor Day came about the inclusion line that it is...
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In better late than never I admitted, somewhat reluctantly, that I am late to the game in the technology environment. Nonetheless, when I read about some technological update that is available I wistfully think, if I knew how to load...
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Richard Russo in the prologue of his novel "Straight Man" writes…"I just want to be entertained… I agree with the premise, and I too just want to be entertained. I am almost never entertained by what entertains other people who...
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I recently, in a moment of reckless abandon, and clearly with way too much time on my hands, went through the old emails I had received, or had sent, from one of many other times I was participating in the...
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"I'm going to lie down for a bit, need a nap." These lines, when uttered, are usually spoken only to a loved one, an animal, or to ones self. Clearly, NEVER uttered in company for fear of being judged as...
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It was Einstein (yes, that Einstein) who said: “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.” Aren’t we glad that he uttered this statement just a few minutes before he came...
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Have you had this experience? I'll be sauntering down the street, ipod in my ears, listening to a particularly wonderful piece of Latin music, when all of a sudden, I visualize myself in the arms of some incredibly gifted salsa...
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This is really scare stuff. Gail Collins, one of my favorite columnists, couldn't have been more spot on. A reality show celebrity, by her definition, should be "one of the lesser Baldwin brothers," right? As positively embarrassing as it is,...
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The Cash for Clunkers program has come to a halt. The theory was–Trade in your old, worn, rusted, guzzling clunker, get back money to buy a new, improved, sensible model. They don't have to end the program. They just need...
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Thinking that she could have a twofer, Shirley made an appointment with the urologist. You see, there are trials going on, as you read this and I type this, that has to do with the latest use of Botox. It...
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Have you been? A lovely place to visit, I am told, when one is unstressed, unencumbered, unfettered and unrealistic. I think I was there, on cloud 9 that is, hmmmm, perhaps a half dozen times in my life. No doubt,...
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