Miss Manners, Part II

Miss Manners, Part II

Did you come back for more ranting? I’m so glad. Let’s get started. Now, because at heart I want to be kind and fair, I will say this up front: I met a lot of nice fans from the other team. I met people who were warm and funny, and very gracious after the...
Miss Manners, Part I

Miss Manners, Part I

I’m no Countess, so I won’t dare to write a blog post in which I claim to know everything there is about class or manners. I come from people who wear fake mustaches to Christmas Eve dinner, so I really don’t have much basis for telling you anything....
Pavlov and His Dogs

Pavlov and His Dogs

An education is what you have left over after you’ve forgotten everything you learned. Somebody said that, or something along those lines. I’ve seen it attributed to Einstein. And Lennon. Whoever said it, I find that it mostly holds true for me. You know I...
Long Duk Dong and Fabric Softener

Long Duk Dong and Fabric Softener

People with more than two children? You are my heroes for so many reasons. Today, though, our focus is laundry. There are only four people in my house, and two of the aforementioned people barely qualify. They have a difficult time acting like people – or...