Category Archives: Mrs. Potato Head
I’ve Got Barnacles WHERE?
TODAY’S LAUGH: I had a dental appointment on Monday. I’d missed my last appointment so I had a full year of crud to be excavated from my teeth. Hulga the Hygienist scraped and scraped at one particular spot. As she … Continue reading
Next Stop: Traffic Court
TODAY’S LAUGH: Have you heard the latest? A new term describes the newest driving offense: DWT for “driving while texting.” I’m not coordinated enough to get arrested for this. Besides, texting costs a small fortune on our cell plan. I’m … Continue reading
I Led Three Lives…and it was exhausting!
TODAY’S LAUGH: A friend complained about her brother the other day. “He’s miserable every moment, complaining about what ‘coulda, shoulda been’ and dreading what might come next–all at the same time! He’s just like that old TV show – ‘I … Continue reading
DaMama’s Wisdom
APRIL THANK YOU NINE-BOOK GIVEAWAY: THE WINNERS ARE Joanne Kobussen, Janet Searl and Mary Lou Lowrance. Send me an email with your instructions for signing and mailing and I’ll get your books sent out. CONGRATULATIONS! TODAY’S LAUGH: Spring in Wisconsin: … Continue reading
Say What? Who? Why?
TODAY’S LAUGH: I just caught the news online and had to read the headline twice: “FICTIONAL CHARACTERS TO BLOG.†Good grief! Enough REAL people jam the blogosphere every day without FAKE people blogging! The big question isn’t who, but WHY? … Continue reading
A Nest in My Hair?
TODAY’S LAUGH: I just read this Chinese proverb: “That the birds of worry and care fly about your head…This you cannot change. But that they build nests in your hair…This you can prevent!” I’ve had a flock–or TEN–flying about at … Continue reading
“Happy New Year… You’re FAT!”
TODAY’S LAUGH: This new year brings the usual gazillion TV commercials for diet plans and miracle body-shaping gizmos, but also new TV shows like Canada’s “X-Weighted” and the “National Body Challenge” on the Discovery Health channel. Both feature folks who … Continue reading
Lost in Translation
TODAY’S LAUGH: I recently received an Indonesian translation of my first book, retitled simply, “When You Stop Being Barbieâ€! I sense a tone of in-your-face (so to speak) fatalism as if to say, You WILL stop being Barbie! And when … Continue reading