“You’re a pessimist,” said Mike my SO (Significant Other). “If you were more of an optimist, you’d recognize that my pessimism is actually helpful,” I countered. Mike retreated to his bunker deftly traversing what he perceived as boobytrapped logic. There he engaged in online battles with fellow game players. The fallout from those encounters didn’t… Continue reading A Fine Kettle Of Fish
The message delivered dread and foreboding as well as timely news. A new cable box is available memo highlighted on the screen appeared in a cheery blue oval mimicking a WELCOMED communique. I clicked on it using my perfectly fine, but outdated remote, to reveal the parameters of this change. I needed to switch out my… Continue reading Remotely Successful
“Interested in a movie, tonight?” I asked Mike. “Five o’clock at the Regal?” Mike agreed to both in a nonchalant manner unaware of the psychological and magical drama that had unfolded prior to securing $5 Tuesday Regal bargain tickets to “Oppenheimer.” My quest to obtain the tickets rivaled J. Robert’s quest to gain security clearance.… Continue reading All Is Not Lost
The pink tinged blob wheedled its way onto the lawn, nudging aside the clover. It looked like the answer to a children’s puzzle where two obviously related items like a shoe and sock were grouped with a unicorn. Then, the puzzle solver was challenged to identify the misfit. A unicorn blossomed on my lawn. Unicorn… Continue reading Shopping The Lawn
Hesitation stalled my poised spoon as it hovered above the frosty ice cream Brandy Alexander. With a past health history of lactose and glucose intolerances I weighed the consequences of diving into the creamy drink. Fat chance that my intestines wouldn’t bloat or my A1C wouldn’t rise. Then I plunged in headfirst. Little Risk, Little… Continue reading Not Always On The Safe Side
A Few Choice Words By Anita 