Archive for June, 2009

Don’t Let Technology Replace These Things

Technology is great. It allows us to do many things more efficiently. It offers us new methods of completing old tasks. It keeps life interesting. However, new technology isn’t always the best tool for a job. Some people fail to realize this. They let new technology replace things that shouldn’t be replaced. This is particularly [...]

My Plans for This Weekend

I’m so glad it’s the weekend, because I have so much I need to do.  It’s so hard to get things done during the week sometimes, because my husband and I share a car and he needs it during the week to go back and forth from work.  If I get up in the morning [...]

How to Be Cool to Teens

I spent yesterday, and will be spending most of today, with my 16-year-old nephew.  He’s told me several times that I’m a cool aunt.  Wow!  High compliments, coming from a teenager.
Does this mean I let him do anything he wants?  No, definitely not.  But I think the key to being thought of as fun by a teenager [...]

Pet beds and surprise deliveries

So, I’m on my way to a business networking meeting this morning, and as I’m walking out the door, brief case, coat, and hat in hand, my wife tells me that we need to get new pet beds for the dogs. “Uhm, okay,” is pretty much all I can muster, wondering why she picked that [...]

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

You’ve probably heard the saying “Bald is beautiful.”  Unfortunately not everyone feels that way.  A great many men with hair loss don’t feel that way at all, actually.  Hair is more important to a man than one might think, and therefore find that your hair is thinning and your hairline is receding can be extremely [...]