Retail therapy

For many people, indulging in a little retail therapy helps them to feel better when they are sad or anxious.  If these people are going into debt for this "therapy," that's obviously not healthy, but if you feel like treating yourself to a pair of shoes and that will honestly cheer you up and you … Continue reading Retail therapy

2012 in review – Thanks, readers!

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 42,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 10 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report.

Careers and cookies

I wrote before about quitting, and how it can be a freeing and incredible experience.  It's very tempting to leave behind the daily grind and step outside the box, whether that box is a job, a relationship, a location, a booked calendar, or anything else.  It's freeing to quit and do something that brings us … Continue reading Careers and cookies

When “just in case” is a good thing

  You may or may not have heard about a little storm called Hurricane Sandy smashing up the Caribbean and up the East Coast lately, but she is.  I'm in Ohio, worried about my East Coast friends and family and also worrying about myself -- we are expected to get strong winds and gusts, and … Continue reading When “just in case” is a good thing

My wee flat

I absolutely adore my apartment. Allow me to regale you with boring tales of apartments past.  When I got married, we looked for apartments.  I did internet searches and came up with a few, and I think we only went and saw one place, and we just said "Yeah, this will do," and we moved … Continue reading My wee flat