Perusing the Internet between students Tuesday, I see this: “Christina Slammed over Performance.” And I think “But, of course.” It was about Christina Aguilera flubbing a few lines in the Star-Spangled Banner at the Super Bowl on Sunday. Horrible woman that she is, Aguilera, singing one of the toughest songs there is to sing before about 111 million…
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The AOL headline on Friday asked the question, “Do you remember where you were 25 years ago?” and it didn’t take a photo of the Space Shuttle Challenger to jog my memory. There are some things you don’t forget.

My husband wanted to get me a real birthday present this year, he really did. Because he gets nervous doing it on his own, he dangled all kinds of nice ideas. Jewelry even. I guess he still remembers how I reacted the year he got a new TV for our bedroom and tried to pass…
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I might complain that I’m sore from my two days of golf over the last week, but when you’re married to someone who has spent the last five days shoveling dirt, they win. Yes, Rick is still sweating and digging a giant hole in our front yard – it’s like watching an old prison movie….
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I would have wished my husband a Happy Father’s Day this morning, but I couldn’t find him. Rick always – and I mean, always – wakes up before I do, so having to hunt him down is not something with which I am unfamiliar. I looked in the kitchen, where he normally empties the dishwasher, but he…
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