The last six weeks of my life have been punctuated by awkward phone calls full of bad news, visits to one hospital after another, and sleepless nights on uncomfortable chairs in sterile rooms. Although my family has been historically pretty healthy, we’ve been dropping like flies lately. My current illness, a particularly persistent cold that’s been making me miserable for… Read more »
Dear Rude Boy: If you hadn’t crashed into my sister-in-law and me multiple times in the wave pool this weekend, I wouldn’t have said anything. I know what it’s like to splash around and have fun with your friends, and sometimes you get distracted and bump into someone. I get that. But when you do it repeatedly despite the fact… Read more »
(www.sass-pants.com) — We ran out of dishwasher detergent last week and I had this really bizarre realization: I’m 27 years old, on my second home, and have been out of my parents’ house for going on 9 years, yet I have never bought dishwasher detergent in my life. This is particularly strange because of the two homes we’ve owned in… Read more »
(www.sass-pants.com) Dear Jerk: Here’s a scenario I can understand: It’s a beautiful day , so you roll down the windows and, unbeknownst to you, a tissue or piece of paper in the back seat blows out the window. Here’s a scenario I can’t understand: Same as above, except that, unbeknownst to you, the entire contents of your car ashtray blows… Read more »
(www.sass-pants.com) — I laughed out loud last night when I saw a commercial from Microsoft’s new “Windows: Life Without Walls” marketing campaign. There was nothing inherently wrong with it per se, but let me ask you this: Where in the world would you put a window if you didn’t have any walls? And why would you need one anyway? Obviously… Read more »