• the seeds of a revolution

    I’m not in the mood for New Year’s resolutions for 2014, I’m looking at starting a New Year’s Revolution.  I’m not interested in making little change to enhance my life.  I’m looking at making the massive modifications necessary to achieve the goals I have been setting for my life.Sadly  have…

  • coming clean

    coming clean

    As I type this tonight, I am in South Carolina, so that I can pick up The Kid tomorrow for his Christmas visit.  The Old Man and I made the drive down last night.  The weather was about as good as we could have possibly hoped for – especially given the time…

  • holiday blues

    holiday blues

    Christmas is a really intense time of year, ya know? They say that retailers do 40% of their annual during the 4 weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Think about it:  retailers stay open the other ELEVEN months of the year just to do a little more than half of their…

  • A Facebook hiatus

    A Facebook hiatus

     Like many, I too, am often fooled by the illusion that Facebook is socializing itself, rather than a means of socialization.

  • no longer holding my breath, but…

    no longer holding my breath, but…

    the proverbial finish line is, at long last, in sight.

  • to de-friend or not to de-friend

    to de-friend or not to de-friend

    In the Article “Science proves that you should un-friend your ex on Facebook”   George Dvorsky argues that maintaining a Facebook friendship with an ex only hinders the healing process.

  • 3 Reasons Divorce Is Harder On Men Than Women

    3 Reasons Divorce Is Harder On Men Than Women. I don’t think it’s fair to say – as a blanket generalization – that either gender has it harder during divorce than the other.  I honestly believe divorce, like all things in life, is like a case by case basis. the…

  • coming to terms

    The last 72 or so hours have been tumultuous.  I’ve been racking my brain over this divorce settlement – trying to sort out the terms I can live with; the terms that infuriate me to the point that I have no choice but to demand more from; the terms that…

  • …and into the fire?

    This is the second part of a two-part entry.  When I originally wrote part one, I had a decidedly different article in mind for part two.  Given today’s events, it seemed entirely appropriate to re-visit this entry.  Click HERE to read part one. The Auteur and I were up late…

  • Rob does Black Friday

    “once you go Black, you’ll never go back” For years Phred and my Dad used to go shopping on Black Friday.  Last year several stores including WalMart began opening up late on Thanksgiving night to get a jump on the Black Friday shopping sales.  Apparently it was a smashing success…