There are two kinds of people in the world: talkers and listeners. On a scale of one to ten, ten being your great-uncle after three...

1. Overcooked, boiled vegetables. Can someone tell me what is enticing about cooking sliced carrots until they have no flavor and have the ...

I have lived in my house, "lo these many years." I have paid for my house, or contributed towards its payment, I have painted ...

Okay, I admit it. I have a little i-envy. But, it's justified. I can't walk into my favorite restaurant without thinking that s...

Image: Psychology Today If human resources departments gave grades for job interviews I would be given an F . That's right, an F for...

Yes , yo u. Please refrain from the following: 1. Any use of the phrase: "You go girl." As sympathetic as I am to the fairer s...

L ast night, after attending an inspiring performance of Mozart's, Don Giovanni, I could not sleep . . . possibly and additionally, the...

I have decided at the ripe old age of 56 that there is only one way for me to lose weight: stop eating, anything. Ever. In order for me to...

T he comments on the last post got me thinking of other memorable pitches. But first, if you haven't seen the Shamwow commercial, here...

I had been compiling notes on TV pitchmen this last month, and lo and behold, the Sunday New York Times Magazine ran an article on one...

W hile getting dressed this morning , and already late for work, I pulled two similar but different socks out of the drawer. I discovered th...

Flickr photo by Thurrock Phi l I remember when it hit me . Why then, and not years earlier I do not know. I am sure that the change was not...

I t was a black telephone secured to a wall near the kitchen and in a passageway leading to the den. It was the old-style phone, made and i...

I refer, not to the conversation between a man and woman as they are lying in bed -- but to the fact that the older I get the more importa...

If you were born between the years 1950 and 1960 it is altogether possible that you, at some time or other, took a taste of your front ya...

O ne of the small pleasures of being a parent of 4 children was watching, with them, the movies and TV shows that I have enjoyed over the ...

I lose things. Pretty much anything and everything, from reading glasses to sunglasses, keys, wallets, rings, watches, clothes, books, pillo...

T he Wall Street Journal reported last Saturday in their Food and Wine section that several, nationally popular food bloggers have been cri...