I am so bad. Practiced yesterday. Looked nerdy. Wore helmet, wrist, knee and elbow guards. Tested them out multiple times. Others went gear-less, looking like models with their hair whipping in the wind...Can't skate backwards, turn or stop yet. Low point: Ran straight into the goal and goalie. Toppled over backwards. Still did not score. This is ( Read more... )

But we needed breakfast and playtime with the happiest dog in the world ( Read more... )

I'm not on the safety committee at work, and it's probably a good thing ( Read more... )

"Clipped" into my bike for the first time. Trail was lined with leaves, ahhhh...nature's soft cushiony mat. Not that the pain would have mattered 'cuz I felt so hardcore ya' know what with new black shoes with velcro straps and the "click, click" sound I get to make clipping in ( Read more... )

What I learned today: Never reach out to catch a falling cat. Apparently always landing on your feet can be through means of digging their claws into your bare arms.

I was pumping gas today, huddled in a big ol' green coat and wearing what I call my "first grade teacher" dress outfit, that no-ironing-requiring, get-ready-in-5-minutes-for-work miracle orange turtleneck 'n jumper. I set the stage only to illustrate that I was NOT, I repeat NOT, dressed like an old lady. I'm at least a few decades from the days ( Read more... )

The sole objective of mail clerks should be this: get the person in front of you out of the post office as quickly as possible. Maybe install moving sidewalk. The customer steps on, and while they talk to the clerk they are nearing the objective: getting out the door. When they arrive, they're through. Ba-bye. Ciao. See ya. Don't have your change? ( Read more... )

It was annual checkup at the vet day. Nia's cries began as she spotted the dog in the waiting room. It was the prelude to high-pitched moans, cryin', hissin' and just carryin on while they held her down for shots 'n samples 'n cat-torture like that. She was pretty good compared to a year ago, said the vets 'n techs who remembered working on her ( Read more... )

There's something magical about animated movies that can makes kids 'n adults laugh at the same time. How do they do it? Is there an "idea room" somewhere with bottomless platters of doughnuts, coffee, Kool-Aid and smiley fries where experts in humor for kids with experts in humor for adults get together and brain storm and throw darts 'n stuff? Do ( Read more... )

I guess 'cuz I'm short I always thought tall people had it made. They get asked if they play basketball. They get to be the hot women with long legs. They never have to crane their head sideways to see a movie or wonder standing in a crowd what's going on. So you can imagine my shock when I heard there's a tall club for women at least 5'10" and men ( Read more... )