1. Visit a friend who is in the middle of putting a puzzle together. Notice how much you enjoy helping him with it. 2. Receive a puzzle from said friend as an ostensible gift. (WARNING: If friend is giving you a puzzle that he has not yet put together himself first, ask yourself why.) 3. […]
self-destruction
Don’t Ask Me, I Just Shop Here
When I walk out of the grocery store, I’m usually carrying forty-two bags of frozen fish sticks and Chocolate Peaberry SnarkFest Bananarama-nom-nom ice cream that weighs me down like so many elephants. I don’t have time to stop and chit chat with the clipboard-festooned eager beavers asking me if I’m registered to vote. So I […]
New Year’s Resolutions for 2010 (and not just mine)
Hello! And welcome to the This Time I Really Mean It! campaign of 2010. Do we humans make New Year’s resolutions because we aren’t perfect and should strive to be better people? Or do we make them because we’re pathetic individuals with low self-esteem who think we’re never good enough and therefore need a list […]




