My son, Petey, and I both share a gift for sarcasm.  While this talent can certainly be used to hurt people, he was well-raised (*pats herself on the back*) and only uses it for humor, for Good.  Now that he's out in the working world, he does, however, unload on me over the phone, on his drive home, about the idiots in his morning meetings.  The ( Read more... )

Those of you who actually know me might not be all that surprised that I've made it through college  without ever seeing the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and nearly to fifty without ever having even heard of the Time Warp.   A friend's blog entry was nearly incomprehensible to me, so I had to go searching for what this Time Warp thing was.  Not as ( Read more... )

World's Worst Motivational Speeches

I'd like to make a collection of world's worst motivational speeches.  Real life, TV, or movies. Can you add to this collection?

Here's my nomination for World's Worst Motivational Speech.

Quintus Arrius to Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston movie, now in its 50th anniversary year). Quintus Arrius, a Roman consul, the ( Read more... )

I'm all excited. I'm getting a math lesson in 2 hours !

No one makes math come alive and be relevant and fun better than my son, Petey.  Where was he when I was in high school?  (Better not ask him that one.  That extra Minor in Biology he got to go with the extra Minor in Math, while he was acing that B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 3 fewer years ( Read more... )

What DO you call a club full of Glynises anyway?  Whodathunk there'd be enough to need a group name in the first place?    I never thought there'd be more than a couple of dozen !

Well, right now on Facebook, there are over TWO HUNDRED Glynises !  (245 as of today !)  So we need a "grouping" name.

School of fish, herd of goats, that sort of thing.

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This is just so cute, that I wanted to keep it.

A guy is sitting at home when he hears a knock at the door.  He opens the door and sees a snail on the porch.  He picks up the snail and throws it as far as he can.  Three years later, there’s a knock on the door. He opens it and sees the same snail.  The snail says, "What the hell was that all about ( Read more... )

I HEREBY OFFICIALLY DECLARE: 
September 6th, 2011, to be the first annual International GLYNIS!  DAY !!!

Someone created a Facebook "event" and invited a glorying of Glynises to it today.  "Join Gorgeous Glynis' of the World Unite Group"

I have been wanting to start a Glynis Club for some time, now that Facebook makes people with this unique name easy ( Read more... )

New Stage of Life

Well, I was just about to master the "Empty Nest" stage, when I've been thrust rather abruptly into the next stage of life.   And I'm afraid I'm really going to stink at this !   Welcome to the Era of Diplomacy.   I didn't even get to experiment with being a Mother In Law, which is hard enough, and even harder if you have sons, I ( Read more... )

(From May, 2011)

Granny, Grandma

Well, I guess I can stop worrying about having to teach two kids to waltz for awhile, and focus instead on teaching one to breastfeed.   I suppose now I'll have to come up with another holier-than-thou excuse for watching Dancing With The Stars this season, eh ?    I don't think I'll be getting any helpful tips ( Read more... )

A boy's dream that hasn't made it yet ?

It's the dead of the night, and I'm waiting outside the delivery rooms for a grandchild.

Weird sound in the hallway.   Then an employee rides by on what ought to be called a floor zamboni !

Was it always his dream to be a floor buffer ?   Or did he have loftier ambitions - midnight at a hockey rink, ( Read more... )