People have often been surprised by my work ethic. This may be because of the generation from which I come. In my generation we did not look for an escape from work, or for the easiest way to do that work. We simply rolled up our sleeves and did the work. We knew that to […]
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
I think that, for the most part, there is one major reason that people lie. They do so to save their own hides, or the hides of those they care about. Sometimes they lie to create an illusion of who they are. Sometimes they lie to protect their inner world from collapsing. But mostly it […]
“I’m a Woman”
A few days ago I shared on social media a clip from the Cher Show, wherein Cher and Raquel Welch performed a song titled I’m A Woman. Here are the lyrics to this song: I can wash out forty four pairs of socksAnd have ’em on the lineI can starch and iron two dozen shirts‘Fore […]
Force Feeding
When I was a teenager my girlfriend asked me to come with her to visit her older brother, who lived in a town about 80km away. I said I would do that. I was looking forward to spending time with her and to meeting her brother, whom she had never mentioned before. Unfortunately, he was […]
Can’t Judge a Book
Way back in the mid “80’s I enjoyed clubbing with my friends, just like most young people do. I was in my early 20’s and I loved to dance. So the club scene was something I found very appealing. People who know me now would not recognize me. I had hair…a LOT of hair. Long, […]
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