Just One Confident Step (Into Thin Air)

“The first thing we need you to do is take a large, confident step off the platform.”Say what?I was sitting there in my helmet and harness last Thursday, holding my clip, wondering if I’d lost my mind. I was too old to be flying through the air, hanging from a cable...

Highlights of Spring Break

I’m scheduling this post in advance, but I don’t need psychic powers to know that going back to work is a real let-down today after my family’s vacation in California. I could use another week’s worth of vacation to get over the first week!I’ll be blogging about some...

Iron Chef vs. Chopped

Today, I bring you a guest post from Food Network Fan Extraordinaire – Gina Salerni, who will reveal to you the shocking secrets behind her former favorite show, Iron Chef America.Iron Chef vs. Chopped by Gina SalerniI sometimes like to watch the Food Network shows...

Death of the Telephone

Well, maybe not death. But some kind of transformation. Most everybody carries a telephone on their person these days. But how often do you use it to talk to somebody with your voice? I picked up a link to this interesting New York Times article (on Facebook,...

Gobsmacked

I didn’t see it coming. High school, that is. Of course, I knew my daughter was in eighth grade. It wasn’t like I was unaware, but somehow I didn’t expect high school to appear so suddenly on the horizon. Granted, I was stunned to see her walk out on stage in the...

Situation Comedy Situations

There’s nothing new under the sun, they say, and there’s very rarely anything new in the plot of a half hour sit com. And it doesn’t seem to matter whether it’s something as old as the Dick Van Dyke Show or the newest Disney tweenie show, the stories are shockingly...