Geez. He specifically said on his headstone (ugh... no pun intended,) that his bones were to be left alone, on pain of some unspecified curse. What more could a poet do to safeguard his grave than lousy doggerel?

I think the meme implies, not necessarily that all men are murderers, which is obviously not true. But rather, the meme says that all women carry the fear of being murdered for the crime of saying ‘no’... and frankly, we do. Is it always reasonable? Of course not. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, things end with at…

Far as I can tell, children’s entertainment has been severely aged down across the boards. Grover, Big Bird, and the rest were pitched to kindergarteners. Five, six or so— learning to read, learning social interactions and the like. Elmo and Abby Cadabby and their ilk are a symptom of the drop in age-brackets. It’s…

Can’t blame her. ‘Princess’ is something she got handed because she was born into (or at least, adopted into) the right family. ‘General’ is something she earned because she was smart, strong, and tough. Easy choice to make.

Personally, I’m just glad to know that the President of the United States of America isn’t going to have any problems more pressing than whether or not people use the phrase ‘Merry Christmas’ as an all-purpose greeting for two months out of the year. All other issues, including an alarmingly fast rate of global…

<Grin> Thanks. I had some fun with this one.

Let’s be fair here. I studied archaeology in school and have worked on several digs, so I am coming from a place of some knowledge. And I’m afraid that I have to agree that having an all-female team *had* to have been a publicity stunt of some sort, and does in fact lead to some questions about the validity of their…

Yeah. I really, really dislike looking into a dark mirror. But when you’re staggering to the bathroom in the middle of the night, there are only two choices, neither of them good. Turn on the lights, shock your system, and struggle to get back to sleep, or do what you need to in the dark and wash your hands with your…

I’m also a thrift shop/garage sale addict, but I tend to go for the books and jewelry. It’s really amazing when you can walk away from one of those things five bucks poorer but carrying three autographed first editions and a pair of sterling silver earrings. This has been a fun series!

I’ll admit it. I don’t like dry wines, while my sibs don’t like any other kind. So, mostly to watch my wine-aficionado sibs’ heads explode, I’ve joked about adding a dollop of simple syrup to my glass of wine so everyone can be happy. Reiterating— I have JOKED about doing this. The Cava-bar idiots should be ashamed of…