Posts under ‘This and That’

Have weird thoughts ever gotten into your mind that you simply can’t get out – like I wonder if there is Dead Sea salt on the Dead Sea Scrolls? Did people track it into the house? Did it get all over the floors, like rock salt residue does here in the winter? (Anyone need a [...]

I am getting ready to make flight reservations again for the new year. I don’t want to freeload with family or friends. I want to get up when I want, go to sleep when I want, be warm, window shop, see a couple of sights. I like to relax, no visits to a laser spine [...]

I always pride myself on being a good shopper, finding perfect gifts at true bargains, watching it go through the POS Hardware, seeing the savings when I pay for it, and finally wrapping everything up well before the official start of the holidays. Over the years I have made a series of faux pas though [...]

Imagine this: The whispbar roof rack forgotten in an obscure corner were a clue for investigators trying to solve a series of automobile thefts. The trail had led them to a chop shop known to stock parts for exotic cars. An anonymous tipster had called called a cryptic message leading to the location. Too bad [...]

I am a city girl at heart. Perhaps that is why I appreciate baby carriages. Each of my four had her/his own as well as a stroller. That is why I traditionally purchase one or the other for parent(s) expecting the first. But back in my day baby furniture was simple, basic, more limited – [...]

Why does it rain in Florida whenever I am on a photo safari? Things have gotten so bad that next time around I plan to pack an underwater scuba mask in with my luggage so I can see through the deluge. It would protect any eye makeup and eyelash enhancer as well. Cloudbursts with downpours [...]

I grew up listening to great comedians like Penny-pincher Jack Benny, Da Old Schnozzola Jimmy Durrante, and brashly visual Jackie Gleason. Perhaps the best of comedian ever was uninhibited genius Ernie Kovacs. I remember a half century later a skit where Kovacs in his easy chair, read the newspaper while exhaling smoke from dutchmaster cigars. [...]