Saturday is National Let’s Laugh Day

Saturday is National Let’s Laugh Day

The war in Ukraine, two years of COVID, $5.00 gas, out of control inflation, the very existence of Vladimir Putin, a completely polarized America…there’s really not that much to laugh about out there right now. And that’s exactly why it’s necessary to find reasons to 

Week Before Thanksgiving To-Do List

Week Before Thanksgiving To-Do List

In case you haven’t noticed, Thanksgiving is right around the corner, Thursday, November 25th to be exact. Amazing how it just sneaks up on us every year. You look at the calendar and, “Holy crap, Thanksgiving’s next week!” Well, not to worry avid reader, we here 

What is Dragon Fruit?

What is Dragon Fruit?

Does it breathe fire? Are all dragon fruit controlled by Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones? Does it kill Dwarves, steal their gold and jewels and then take up residence in their mountain kingdom? Obviously not since a dragon fruit is an inanimate object. However, 

It’s March 2021, Time to Personalize Your Plate

It’s March 2021, Time to Personalize Your Plate

Some of the best personalized plates I’ve seen include, “EWW A BUG” on a Volkswagen beetle, “VLAD THE” on a Chevy Impala (get it?), “R U NEXT” on a Hearst, and “MUAHAHA” on a car that cut me off. Wait…wrong article. This is, of course, a 

Senior Gift Ideas

Senior Gift Ideas

They’re old and you love them but finding the right gift for the elderly people in your life can be a real pain in the nutcracker.  Do you get them something practical and safety-related, like a medical alert device, or do you get them something 

Best Brand-based April Fools’ Gags of 2018

Best Brand-based April Fools’ Gags of 2018

It’s not just your friends that get involved with the sometime sophomoric humor that only occurs on April Fools’ Day, the corporate world has also gotten involved with the assistance of the internet machine.  They have taken to YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social 

Less Than a Week: How MagicKitchen.com Gift Certificates Saved my Derrière

Less Than a Week: How MagicKitchen.com Gift Certificates Saved my Derrière

Disclaimer: This is a tale of fiction.  Names, characters, places and businesses (except MagicKitchen.com, obviously), events and incidents are either products of the author’s (very limited) imagination or are used in a fictitious manner.  Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or actual events 

A Christmas Vacation Story

A Christmas Vacation Story

One of the reasons that we can commiserate with Clark W. Griswold in Christmas Vacation and the Parker family in A Christmas Story is that most of us have similar stories to tell regarding the holidays.  Maybe not as dramatic as electrocuting the cat or 

A Tale of Two (Thanksgiving) Dinners

A Tale of Two (Thanksgiving) Dinners

It was the best of dinners, it was the worst of dinners, it was the age of entertaining, it was the age of cooking, it was the epoch of presentation, it was the epoch of preparation, it was the season of isolation, it was the 

Surviving the Back-to-School Madness

Surviving the Back-to-School Madness

(Written by a 51-year old as if he were eleven) There I was, two weeks ago, wasting the day away playing video games with friends, hanging at the pool, sleeping in and generally not having a care in the world.  Then it happened…school happened, and