Ok, so not every roommate/spouse or partner relationship is as divided as that of “The Odd Couple”, but we all know people who go to extremes with their personal space…and often, they’re stuck living with the opposite kind of person. Luckily, I don’t live with anyone too sloppy, for that would... read more

Here it is, season six, and still over 35 million viewers a night tuned in to the American Idol TV shows this week. How can we continue to be fascinated, when it invariably seems to follow a pattern? There is always an array of really young performers who are outstanding, several hard luck stories,... read more

Alost everyone who is into music knows the internet has wrought great changes in the music marketplace, from forcing long standing retailers like Sam Goody and Tower Records to close to exponentially expanding the quantity and quality of choices available to afficionados.   The fact music has gone online... read more

I hate sneakiness. Cancer and pre-cancerous conditions are sneaky…one more reason to despise that horrid scourge of mankind. In the last week, I have heard 3 separate stories related to the sneakiness of that particular disease. My good friend had an abnormal pap smear and as she was getting ready... read more

As I peruse job ads on freelance writing networks, I’m taken aback by postings which demand specific college degrees in this field. In fact, I have strong feelings about the matter in most fields other than accounting, medicine, law, engineering and some teaching jobs. I think it’s a cop out for... read more

Recently, I have received a few annoying emails saying I have changed some important information in my PayPal account or added an email address or some other psychologically intrusive and threatening activity in my account that I know I have not engaged in.   Since I value my PayPal account and because... read more

Were I to suddenly come into a large sum of money, something I can dream about, I would seriously consider buying a luxury watch. Why not? Watching time fly is a well known, time honored past time.   So as long as I am dreaming I have begun looking at watch advertisements to see what the industry thinks... read more

The internet has already and is currently exerting changes in the world.   Take the watch business, in general, and luxury watches, in particular. Nowadays most watch manufacturers not only sell through retailers who have convenient web sites, but the watch makers themselves often have interesting and... read more

Well, except for the Greek Orthodox, I guess the rest of us are done with our holiday festivities. (Actually, I attended a friend’s Greek Orthodox Christmas celebration once in mid-January, and it definitely felt strange…) Tell the truth now-aren’t you glad it’s over? Sometimes I think that,... read more

Don’t you hate computer crashes? Mine had to be reformatted, and then our Internet service became whacked. Anyway, I’m still on vacation. I’m glad, but I go back three days after my birthday, which is in less than two weeks. I’m graduating this coming semester. I have a montage... read more