Wednesday WTF
Summer is always a perilous time for my marriage. I am a 56-year-old menopausal woman who battles hot flashes like a ninja trained spider monkey. Spider monkeys are 3-foot-tall primates who often become violent toward humans who try to domesticate them. The only thing missing at the end of the definition is “or are going…
The July 4th holiday is one that holds a lot of nice memories for me. My parents would hold barbecues at our house where our neighbors and just about all the Cubans that lived in Birmingham would come over. It was loud and it was fun. My Pops would squeeze every bit of lighter fluid…
Children can bring the greatest joy to our lives. They can also bring the greatest disappointment. Up until this last week I had only ever experienced joy with our daughter. After this week, though, I think I am simply going to write her out of the will, which is something because she is our heir…
I am writing my column as I sit for jury duty. I got my notice. I deferred. The post office actually delivered the second notice. They have issues delivering checks to me but not my jury duty postcards. So here I am, on a Monday, at jury duty. It’s been a solid 20 years since…
So you are considering changing your career? The life of a luxury realtor leaves you longing for adventure, daring and espionage? Your new preferred career is that of an operative for a secret government agency where you get to dangle through ceilings or steal valuable jewels to save the world? Well Bubba, I have the…