My favorite spot is on the top of the hill at Bay Street and Ocean Way. I stood there watching the sun dance across the silvery blue water, thinking how the colorful umbrellas looked like giant blooming flowers rising up out of the sand, when suddenly everything changed.
I’m always skeptical when the reasoning behind a course of action changes over time. Once the justification for invading Iraq became spreading democracy, for example, the flimsy argument about relieving Saddam Hussein of his elusive weapons of mass destruction became nonsense.
When Illinois Sen. Everett Dirksen remarked a half-century ago, “A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money,” it was said with a sense of irony.
Raising kids has to be incredibly hard. The constant pressure on a parent to teach lessons, to be aware of the impact of their words, to know that their actions are teaching lessons far greater than any homework, must be a tremendous burden on a person.
I went to get ice cream the other night and had to decide which flavor to get. Should I buy the cake batter or vanilla cinnamon flavor? What about peanut butter chocolate? Then I had to decide which “mixings” to get, which opened up a whole new can of worms.
The City Council election is a year off but one early bird is already getting the worm. Councilwoman Pam O’Connor is the first member of the dais to announce her re-election bid — for her fifth term.
Welcome to the “fear chamber” or “doom room,” home to Fox News Channel’s political commentator and television news host, Glenn Beck. Beck has become a media phenomenon.
A lot of banks are in trouble these days, but at least one seems to be doing fine. It’s a sperm bank. Years ago, when we first heard about sperm banks, people speculated that women would want to have the fathers of their babies be geniuses, or financial wizards, or great athletes.
Dear Rachel, I need someone to save me from my own guilty conscience. I’ve been dating a girl for a year. She’s sweet and adores me, but she’s too naïve and passive for my taste.
Last week I debated writing about serious local, state, national and international world issues, but frankly they were too depressing. Take California for instance (before the state goes in a big garage sale).
Dear New Shrink, For most of my adult life I have struggled with weight and body image issues. Over the last two years I have gained over 50 pounds and can’t seem to kick my unhealthy habits.
It recently came to my attention that opportunity once knocked on my door but unfortunately I was upstairs at the time taking a nap with a pillow over my head.
