We’ve covered the fact that I’m socially-disabled. I went into a sandwich shop for a turkey sub and the professional sandwich maker said she’d gone to high school with me. I’m terrible at remembering faces, so I asked her name. She said, “Remember? I’m so-and-so, from over by the junior high?” The name jiggled my memory slightly, but IContinue reading “Top 5 Steps for Handling an Awkward Conversation”
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Things Driving Me Crazy Today
Dear Tuesday, I hope you crack your shins on the coffee table of life. Here are the things driving me crazy today: Feeling like an uneducated redneck at the farmer’s market. Do vendors take classes in snobbishness? Trying on swimming suits. Tip to merchants: light dressing rooms with candles–not flickering fluorescent bulbs. Getting stuck in aContinue reading “Things Driving Me Crazy Today”
Land of The Free
America is a land of contradictions. We have some of the most brilliant scientists in the world, but on the other hand we have . . . well . . . Arkansas. The same country that brought you Cosmos and Planet Earth also presents you with Swamp People and The Bachelor. But that’s what makes AmericaContinue reading “Land of The Free”