Labor day weekend is here and you know what that signals…the unofficial end of summer! School is starting again (or already has) in most places and the nights are slowly starting to get cooler day by day. Labor day falls a bit early this year, which threw me off a bit. I kept having to […]

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

After a long summer of little to watch except for Wipeout and the olympics, the primetime shows are making a comeback. With the exception of some mid-season premieres, such as LOST, most of the scripted TV shows are coming back on within the next two weeks. I am both excited by this and dreading it. […]

I received this silly list in my email inbox this morning. It gave me a good laugh and I must say the list isn’t far from the truth! Beware men!
NINE WORDS WOMEN USE
(1) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut […]

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Boxed rice is one of the best inventions of all time. That might sound a bit dramatic but seriously, how amazing is it to be able to buy a box of rice that is the perfect amount for 2-4 people and can be made in less than 30 minutes? Pretty fabulous if you ask me.
Anyway, […]

Since I do not drink alcohol I have found a few drinks that I enjoy having in place of traditional cocktails. If I find myself at a bar (or wedding or other such occasion) I will either order a cranberry, seltzer and lime or an old fashioned shirley temple…yum. However at home I often buy sparkling cider […]

After much anticipation I recently saw Tropic Thunder. The trailer has been cracking me up for months so I knew I would enjoy it and I did. Despite the mixed reviews I got from friends I had a feeling I would laugh myself silly and I did. This is exactly the kind of summer movie […]

Obviously I have all things olympics on the brain this week….one thing I have been wondering is why the divers shower each time they leave the pool. I assumed it was to remove the chlorine, turns out I was wrong. This article explains the real reason:
After completing a dive, competitors swim to a ladder, climb out […]

While I, like most people, was familiar with the more popular olympic sports, such as swimming, basketball and gymnastics I was not aware of all the lesser known sports categories. For example - have you ever heard of rthymic gymnastics? Until today I had no clue it even existed, but it is an olympic sport! […]