Got Skills? -

Got Skills? My Grandmother had an old saying. She said ‘Shut the hell up and stop complaining’ She also said ‘Get the hell out of my way, I’m missing my program’ Kidding. Well maybe not. I guess the apple really doesn’t fall far from the tree. Why are we talking about my grandmother? Oh, right….’Learn to type and you will always have a job’....

Ceiling Tile # 56

While taking a break during some necessary sit-ups, I let my eyes wander up and glaze over with the late afternoon sun streaming through my living room.Ceiling Tile #15 had me dreaming of lottery winnings and easy living. Ah, #15… such an easy Tile. By the time I pulled out of easy street, I was vacationing on Tile #23 in a beach town very...

Mother Underworld-Fact or Fiction?

"Really, you have no idea what goes on", a mother loftily informed me one afternoon while waiting for our kids to come home on the bus. "There has always been a silent war between Stay at Homes and Working Mothers in school" she continued to educate. Huh? "And it is uglier than you can imagine" she continued Umm, I believe I just asked...

Newbie No More!

I personally don't like the term Newbie. In fact, I hate it.We are all new at some point; new to a town, new to a club, new to a website, new to an experience. But why would anyone voluntarily thrust this Newbie label upon themselves by way of an apologetic introduction? I don't remember anyone ever introducing themselves to me as a Newbie...