"Trust No One." Those were the ominous words I saw recently on a poster promoting the new Harry Potter movie. In the context of the life and death struggle between the forces of good and evil portrayed in the movie, the warning may well be justified. However, when that approach migrates from Hollywood fantasy to... Continue Reading →
Conversations that Count
Some advice to the lovelorn I read many years ago suggested that the best way for a young woman to reel in a young man was to ask him lots of questions about his favorite topic -- himself. From the vantage point of the 21st century, there are any number of objections one might raise... Continue Reading →
Look At Yourself
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkd5dJIVjgM Hello everybody! Look at yourself. Now back to me. Now back at yourself. Now back to me. Sadly... you are not a Monster. [A MONSTER????!!!] Those are the words of Sesame Street's engaging blue monster, Grover, spoken in a clever twist on the now-famous Old Spice Man television commercial. (See below) These videos show... Continue Reading →
Flat KM
Back in the 1960s, the world was introduced to Stanley Lambchop. As you may remember, an unfortunate meeting between Stanley and a bulletin board rendered poor Stanley flat as a pancake. As a result, he became known worldwide as Flat Stanley. The books Jeff Brown wrote about Flat Stanley provide detail on what it might... Continue Reading →