I have a close friend named, Rutgg. Well, her name really isn’t Rutgg. It’s Ruth. I just happened to have had a hard time entering her name in my cell phone. I couldn’t figure out how to reverse, correct and pull out after entering a “g” instead of an “h” at the end of her name … [Read more...]

Normally I’d call a professional repairperson to fix a major appliance. It’s the prudent thing to do. Then again, no one’s ever described me as prudent. The problem with my fridge started out small: a drip here, a pitter-patter there. My first reaction was that of any normal … [Read more...]

From my living room window, I see Republicans in boxer shorts sipping chicory coffee out of “Go-Bush” mugs as they relax on vinyl Lay-Z-Boy recliners propped on a grassy piece of land running up the street. It’s a week before Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the Endymion Parade is … [Read more...]

A 59-year-old Brazilian bricklayer has surprised his family by turning up to his own funeral. Relatives of Ademir Goncalves thought he had been killed in a car crash in southern Parana state the previous day. Police said the victim had been so badly disfigured relatives had … [Read more...]

My grandmother had Alzheimer’s disease. This is not funny but you either laugh or cry at the memories. She was the picture perfect Grandmother. She wore dresses with pearls and always carried a sweater over one arm (even though she lived in Florida) and a purse over the other. … [Read more...]