I’m going to rant for just a moment (well, just for THIS moment). I’ve just come back from the gym, and for the thousandth time, I’m wondering where the people who design clothing have left their brains. What I’m referring to is this issue of shorts. It is a medical fact (depressing, but true) that [...]

The other day, Facebook informed me that I had seven friends who “liked” Sarah Palin. Naturally, I first checked to see who they were (no surprises there) and then I posted this: Marlene Merritt is slightly alarmed to see FB say that seven of my friends “like” Sarah Palin. Does this mean they “like” her [...]

I was just in Rochester, N.Y., to give a lecture at the New York Chiropractic College on nutrition. I was flown up there, all expenses paid (just lovely, let me tell you, coming from someone self-employed for the last 20 years) and since I was in charge of the arrangements, I made them to suit [...]

Just when I was thinking things were starting to get calmer around the office, my new-by-only-4-weeks office manager gave me notice this past Wednesday. She realized that, although she had asked me for the job, that she hadn’t really known how… detailed? brain-intensive? complicated? it was, and she realized that she didn’t have enough brain [...]

I was at my gym a couple of days ago, and as gyms go, it’s pretty nice. Considering I fork out $60 a month for it, it should be pretty nice. It’s got great equipment, location is awesome, I have my own locker there so I don’t have to drag stuff around, and they give [...]

I was in Office Max the other day, looking for replacements for the not one, but two, letter openers that died within a week of each other. You’ve seen these – the credit-card looking ones, that had a pointy-bit that “led” into the letter, and WAY back in the corner of this thing was a [...]

I’m not opposed to Valentine’s Day, unlike other people. I know people complain that it’s a Hallmark holiday, or that we should be telling people that we love them a whole lot more than on a prescribed day, but I don’t mind having one day that is a reminder, just in case your significant other [...]

I know that I’ve finally turned a page regarding actually wanting to get on my bike again (see my post a couple of weeks ago on that) and I’m not at all unfamiliar with the cyclical ritual (no pun intended) of dragging myself back into riding shape again (I’ve probably done it at least 10 [...]

It’s a weird thing, Facebook. Last night I got a call from an old friend, who asked how things were going and then said, “Oh, but I already know from your Facebook posts!”. Umm, not completely. I’ve noticed that while I might make snarky comments about what’s going on, I’m sort of skimming over the [...]

It’s been a hell of a week. Actually, it’s been building for a while, but now we’re in the thick of things and that explains why I’m a little behind on posting. It all started with the tiny little decision (don’t these things always start with just a small thought?) that we would upgrade our [...]