peas at a party

May your troubles be as short-lived as your resolutions.
Heh.  I can’t remember where I read this, but I would so give credit if I could.  Announcement:  this is a resolution-free zone.  Goals, yes.  Resolutions, no.  Next week, I’ll get serious about goals for the year.  By then the resolutions will have been filled away for another […]

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Against all odds, Marie Osmond made it to the finals on this season’s “Dancing with the Stars.” There’s already buzz about the Osmonds’ 50th anniversary reunion show to air on PBS this spring. The world was helping Donny—who is everywhere these days—count down to his 50th birthday. And Entertainment Tonight wrapped up […]

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It’s been dark in this corner of the blogosphere.  (Bad phrasing.  I know that spheres don’t have corners.)  I’d like to state that this silence is an act of solidarity with the striking writers’ guild.  It wouldn’t be true, but I’d like to state it anyway.  Because that sounds much more substantial than the real reason.
And […]

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This is my 40th grown-up Thanksgiving.  (It’s 42 if you count 1982 and 1997.)  For the first 30 years, this has been “my” holiday.  Officially, it’s my holiday every other year since our family alternates Thanksgiving and Christmas each year with the “off” years referred to as “in-law” years.  But there are always a few […]

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It’s true.  Gasoline prices broke through the $3.00 per gallon barrier this week.  On the other hand, that’s good for you.
What’s that I’m hearing?  Grumbling?  Doubt?
According to Charles Courtmanche, a doctoral student in Washington University’s Economics Department, since we walk more and eat out less when gasoline prices rise, every $1 increase in the price of gasoline equals […]

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