Pontification, just to get it off my mind
I realize how pompous I’m about to sound. Let me just say, first of all, that I’m pretty old. Let me also say that when I think of who I was at 30, and compare that person to who I am now, there’s no way I would go back. I’m kinder, more tolerant and, if […]
Get crackin’, woman!
The Dallas Stars have their first preseason home game this week. (Incidentally, the last Texas Rangers game we’ll be going to this season is the following day. Two sports. My two favorite sports. Two days in a row. Woo-hoo!!!) I picked out the top (fingertip part) of the team-color mittens I knitted last year in […]
Is it getting close to autumn?
I don’t know why, exactly, but I’m feeling more and more like summer is about to be over. That’s kind of ridiculous, considering the highs in the middle of this week in DFW will be in the 105° range. It obviously doesn’t have much to do with the weather, though — for the record — […]
Sta-ressss!!
As in too much. Too, too much. I’m certainly creating some of it in my own mind (does anyone else do that?), but there are also external factors that are undeniably stressful. Sooo…I think I’m going to grab some knitting and focus on it really, really hard. For you non-knitters, knitting is actually a fairly […]
What am I doing?
So what would you guess I’m doing right now? Reading about the Dallas Stars, post-draft, new coaching staff & salary cap. Reading a great Lifehacker article about spending money. Reading a great Lifehacker article about Facebook notifications. Reading a great Lifehacker article about an app that reminds you to take a break, refocus (literally) and […]
30-second sarcasm break
“The Brink literally grabs the reader by the throat and doesn’t let go until the final page.” – film producer Don Phillips. “Film producer Don Phillips needs to look up the word literally.” – Me. A few days ago, I walked into Wildwood Grill by myself and the hostess asked if I was meeting “another […]
A Hockey Post: What Does the NHL Really Hate?
If you’re a hockey fan, you know that the NHL has been all up in arms the last year or so about certain hits. More and more players are suffering serious injuries, especially concussions. The final straw, apparently, came this past season when St. Sid was knocked out of the Penguins’ lineup for several months […]
June is for dabbling
Some people change things up in the summer because their schedules change. Teachers, for example, or the millions of households with children. They sleep late, do more things just for fun, have a more flexible schedule than during the school year. Since I’m not a teacher and don’t have kids, that doesn’t really apply to […]
On this day in history…
Johnny Weissmuller was born. (He was Tarzan.) So were Dana Carvey, Stacy Keach, Jerry Mathers, Sally Kellerman & the Marquis de Sade. (Well, everybody has a birthday, after all.) Queen Elizabeth II was crowned. Timothy McVeigh was found guilty of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168. Lou Gehrig died. So did Leslie Howard […]
Memorial Day
It would take someone much more eloquent than me to properly express the thanks that we, as a nation, owe to everyone who serves and has served. So, because I don’t think I can say it all, I’ll just say…thanks. Thanks to all of you who went through the tough training, and all you who […]
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