It’s All A Game – Who Knew
There are some rites of passage that everyone goes though.
Birth, graduation, first kiss, first well, you know, first car-shopping experience.
After 98,658 miles, I had to say goodbye to one of my best friends, my Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo. Heartbreaking as that was, it was nothing in comparison to the ordeal of finding a replacement – on a budget.
The Rude, Crude and Socially Unacceptable
I think somewhere we’ve lost having respect for other people. In fact, sometimes we can be downright selfish.
You’re at a romantic little restaurant, maybe for a special occasion even. However, instead of the quiet music playing softly in the background, there’s a crying baby. It’s 10 PM – crying baby!
Potty Mouth, What the F#@&!
Yes, it was just a slip of the tongue, but it may has well have been the shot heard round the world. In a semi-private moment George Bush, while lunching in St. Petersburg at the Group of Eight summit was just shooting the shit with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and then somehow World War 3, or 4 (depending what party you ask) broke out. Most career politicians know to keep the naughty words in check when they’re at a summit that’s being so closely covered by the media. Let’s face it, since the topic of the summit was the Hell breaking out in the Middle East like locusts and frogs and not how to keep Howard Stern from talking about his penis, who the fuck was even thinking about profanity?
Claim Your Independence!
Ok, July 4th, or as we all know it, Independence Day. It’s a day of remembering what this country stands for. It’s a day to celebrate our freedom and, of course, commemorate the signing of the Declaration of
Independence.
But hey, let’s face it – it’s a day off and an excuse to do the picnic and parade thing, watch fireworks, eat watermelon and corn on the cob, drink warm beer and think about all the near future summer frolicking.
And although we have severed our dependence from England some 230 years ago, there seems to be even more things that we have come to be a little too dependent upon.
Welcome to McCourt…Please Drive Around
If things in this world were not impersonal and automated enough, just make your way to McCourt. It’s a long story, isn’t it always when it comes to cars, tickets and court. Ok so I may not be the poster of safe drivers. But when you’ve been schooled in Boston where we take our sports pretty serious, there’s baseball with our beloved Red Sox. We love our New England Patriots football team and we’re still hoping for the return of the Celtics Basketball dynasty. Of course driving is the next favorite sport, and hey, let’s face it, everybody can play. Continue reading Welcome to McCourt…Please Drive Around…
Religion, Alive and Well – In Your Living Room
Who said religion is down and out? One has only to enter the living room to see that worship is alive and well, and glowing.
Continue reading Religion, Alive and Well – In Your Living Room…
Liar, Liar
Long before Oprah Winfrey tore author James Frey into a million little pieces in front of a national audience for lying about his so called life experiences of addiction and recovery in his best selling book, A Million Little Pieces, we’ve been witness to a million little lies coming from all around us, centrally Washington D.C. It’s gotten so we just accept lying as part of the status quo of life.
Let’s face it. We’re a nation of people that actually enjoy being lied to…most of us lie to ourselves on a daily basis. This statement needs no explanation, you know who you are and you know just what lies you’ve told yourselves to make life, well…easier.
Coffee Quiz:
Using “Secret Starbucks Speak”
Please Identify a LARGE Coffee:
a) Tall
b) Grande
c) Venti
As long as I can remember, I’ve started the day with my required
beverage. Like many of you, I cannot function without my morning
coffee buzz.
I come from a family of obscene coffee drinkers.
My grandmother, Etta, always had a pot of coffee on. She turned me on early — my first fix
at age eight.
My mother, Beverly (AKA the Bevinator), used to scream at her mother-in-law, “Don’t give
her coffee! You’ll stunt her growth!”
I stand five foot ten.
You Say You Want A Resolution?
I made a New Year’s resolution that I actually kept. At 16, I resolved NEVER to make another New Year’s resolution. Yeah, it’s a cop-out, but it was an honest look at resolutions and a way not
to fail, and hey, I kept it all these years — no problem.
No, Really – I’m a People Person
I used to say in job interviews that I was a “people person.” Today that phrase makes me cringe.
Is it just me who has lost my youthful optimism? Lately, I think the collective consciousness out there can agree – People are annoying.
Go to the mall and see the herds of people standing in front of the doorways of stores, blocking your exit or entrance. Annoying. These are the same people who get off at escalators and come to a complete stop. They’re the ones at the theaters making small talk on their cells, they sit at green lights and run red ones and take a half-hour to leave their parking space. They cruise the left-lane at a whopping 20 miles per hour… Continue reading No, Really – I’m a People Person…
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