Every so often I get an email of doom from a friend that they got from another friend that had been circulated around the email universe for a year or more. The latest one I received warned that we are on the verge of a severe Global Chocolate Shortage. I immediately had my doubts. But since this was chocolate they…
There were many years when we would spend the whole month of October, and sometimes, even some of September, planning out my kids’ costumes for Halloween. The problem was there were way too many costume choices, and the stores started promoting the holiday way too early. This has had the combined effect of – a) working my kids up into a…
We now take a break from our regularly scheduled humor blog to whine about the freak October storm that barreled through the northeast and knocked out power for 2.5 million people. Yes, I am one of the many, the proud, the powerless. Whoever said, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til its gone,” clearly must have been talking about electricity.…
When Halloween ends, and November arrives, I always get a little twinge of excitement for the next holiday. You know which one I mean. It’s the one that is all about eating. Yes, I am really excited for National Deviled Egg Day. What, you didn’t know? Deviled Egg Day is celebrated on the 2nd of November each year. Unlike that…
When the air gets a hint of a chill to it and the leaves start drifting down off the trees, I know that the time has come for me to quietly bid farewell to summer… and start to FREAK THE HECK OUT about Halloween candy. Yes, it’s true. I have Halloween candy neurosis. The problem is we live on a…