Op/Ed, me, me, me
The Euro-husband spoke with Euro-friend of ours a few days ago. They talked, as always, about our bi-national status. Our friend said that while he loves to visit the US and has nothing but the finest feelings for his American friends, he thinks that the American system is cruel and doesn’t understand why anyone would …
Okay, who doesn’t. Still, can anyone explain to me how it can cost 8.55 PER TICKET for them to print up the ticket, put it in an envelope and mail it to me? That’s on TOP of the postage, by the way. Plus, they call it a “convenience charge.” What is convenient about charging 34 …
About two days ago, I put my back out. I’m not sure how, I just know that I woke up and I couldn’t really move like I ought to be able to. My head was to heavy for my neck and it felt like someone was standing on my collar bones. This cheery state coincided …
Last winter when we had the big snow, our little valley was broken up by avalanches. We could go East to town, but not west. Things were fairly open to us, we had everything we needed and the stores were still open. Some of the villages reached by the narrow nearby backroads were totally inaccessible, …
You know what gets me? When that guy, you know the one, that supposedly runs the country, gets up in front of a crowd or a camera or something and tells the world that we’re not afraid of the terrorists that hate freedom. Okay, I’m totally paraphrasing, but you know what I mean. This gets …
Back in early June, J. and I were on a thrift store adventure, heading south out of Seattle looking for, well, pirate treasure, secret prizes, vintage Hawaiian shirts, you know. And at some point during the day, we got hungry. Because we were in strip mall hell, we opted for the strip mall hell lunch …