The Last Leaf

Is it pointless to rake leaves if they haven’t all fallen off the tree? Would you wait until all have fallen but three? Two? One? Or do you just pray for a big wind to blow them all into someone else’s yard? There’s a best way to do this autumn activity. I’m still trying to …

20 reactions

Occasionally in life we’re confronted with those incredibly grouchy people who simply cannot be persuaded to find the good in anything. On those occasions it can be helpful to be armed with a few phrases to either interrupt the grouchy pattern or create enough of a diversion to make an escape. Here are 20 potential …

Weird Things

We all do weird things. Here are a few of the weird things encountered recently and collected specifically for this list: She cries out for control when she has none. He dunks his bread in everything, even his glass of milk. That guy sneezes louder than seems necessary. He passes gas constantly—a loose sphincter. She …

Reparations

Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah got a severely raw deal all the way through history. Most of the time, when you hear about those three they are referred to as Shadrach, Mishach, and Abed-nego. The raw deal is that the commonly known names are their slave names. The three were taken captive by the Babylonians and …