Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
Today is International Women’s Day, which started 100 years ago. More than half — about 52 percent — of the world population is female. Women do two-thirds of the world’s work but receive only 10 percent of the world’s income. If the recession continues for a long period of time, half of the U.S. workforce… Continue reading International Women’s Day
After my parents split up, we moved to my grandmother’s house for about a month. It was winter, so Grandma and Grandad were in Texas; they had a condo on South Padre Island at the time and went down there every winter. Living there, the rules were different from when we visited. The room I… Continue reading The death of a storyteller
Today it is Burgundeep nail polish. Happiness!
A woman in Indiana has been married 23 times. 23! She’s 68 and has been single for the last 12 years. Let’s assume she got married for the first time when she was 18. That leaves 23 marriages in 38 years. On average, each marriage lasted 1.5 years, from the altar to the divorce papers.… Continue reading 24th time’s the charm?
You just can’t watch this and not laugh.