One of the best things about using the internet is the ability to tell it like it is, expletives and all.

I first heard about “The Itty-Bitty-Shitty-Committee” from my friend, Corinne—-she nailed it with a name—for all that insidious and perpetual, massively self-critical head clatter. By naming this cacaphony, I think … read more »

Like, I don’t know.  Does it, like, bother you when you hear someone saying “like” all the time??

Supposedly, according to a recent poll, reported on ABC news last week…..the word…..”Whatever” was found to be the most annoying word to the majority of  people in our culture.

Like, who knew?  As you can, … read more »

Every time I say the word “blog”, I feel like I need a lozenge.  Saying it,  just happens, way back there, in my throat.  Or, bellowed with gusto, it sounds like a far-away ship’s horn, finding it’s way through the fog. BLOOOOG.

Most days, I would like to use my computer for target … read more »

A friend of mine threw out her TV about two years ago. Just like that.  She and her husband said, “Enough”.

She is just as informed as the rest of us and a whole lot more calm than most of us. She has turned her attention to reading: the classics, novels, … read more »

IF YOU HAVE FORMED THE HABIT OF CHECKING ON EVERY NEW DIET THAT COMES ALONG, YOU WILL SOON FIND THAT THEY ALL BEGIN TO BLUR TOGETHER, LEAVING YOU WITH ONLY ONE DEFINITIVE PIECE OF INFORMATION:  french-fried potatoes are out.

Jean Kerr, writer, lyricist