There are so many issues in the news to write about that I’ve decided to take a break from reality and distract you from global tumult with some more random facts. Enjoy!
It takes one entire acre of peanuts to...
I have this document on my laptop that I use to compile useless trivia. I’ve had one for years, and since it’s come in handy so many times, I’ll probably always have one. Its word count is in the...
Sad news for those nostalgic for the Valentine’s Days of decades passed: those heart-shaped Sweetheart sugar candies that were so popular for so long, won’t be on store shelves this year. No “Be Mine” and “Kiss Me” printed messages...
There was another mass shooting. Actually, if we’re nitpicking, there have been a total of 16 mass shootings in the United States in the less-than-three short weeks of 2017. Sixteen. Think about that.
The one I’m referring to is the...
One day over the Christmas holidays, three of the four
MacDonalds were in separate rooms on the second level of our house, chatting
and laughing about a topic I can’t even remember.
In the midst of...
I have mixed emotions about “On This Day,” Facebook’s collection of all posts and activity from one particular day year-to-year.
A past post will be featured on the main page with a banner at the top of the page saying,...
After a recent series of bad days, I was able to
improve my mood with one of the most pleasant forms of therapy there is: a day
spent with a friend; no husbands, no kids, no co-workers, nothing demanding...
I was away on vacation the night of the Academy Awards earlier this month, so I’m just now getting around to watching the broadcast that I PVR-ed. I don’t care much about the awards themselves, but I like listening...
If you, like me, have been reading about this era of high tech surveillance (and how can you not, considering the news these days), you can’t help but get a little paranoid about what might be spying on us.
I...
If there were ever a time we needed to believe in the
redemption of kindness, in the humanity of our neighbours, surely it’s now. I
don’t know of a single person, regardless of political persuasion, who isn’t
left reeling by...