276: Is It A Hobby Or Therapy?
Hobbies are meant to turn free time into productive pastimes. Some people collect coins. Others collect stamps. I'm going to collect time for a new hobby....

277: Is Saying Please Inspirational Motivation?
During different times in my life I've experienced different inspirational motivations. Now I'm wondering if my alarm clock qualifies as inspirational motivation....

278: Is It Coincidence Marriage Contains The Words I Age?
The secret to a happy marriage is to realize the for better part usually is and the for worse part is when you should be thinking about the for better part....

279: Do You Talk To Talk Radio?
Wouldn't it be nice if teenagers listened to talk radio. Then I could say, "Turn that damn thing up so I can hear myself think"....

280: What's Good About Good Nutrition?
I don't think an apple a day keeps the doctor away. However, I'd eat an apple every day if I didn't have to wait to see the doctor....

281: Who Knew Toothsome Meant Tasty?
My grandmother used to say if you take your teeth for granted, you won't be taking them with you....

282: How Many Bad Habits Can A Good Person Have?
I'm trying to increase my good habits. How am I doing? Not bad....

283: Presents Or Presence Of Mind?
It doesn't surprise me it only takes Santa one year to make presents for all the children in the world. It doesn't surprise me he can deliver all the presents in one night. What surprises me is he asks children what they want. Santa never had any children, did he?...

284: Is Seeing Believing On TV?
Supposedly, you can believe whatever you see with your own eyes. Is this still true when you see it through your TV's big eye?...

285: Don't Babies Make The World Go Around?
I was one, I had two, my two will have more. There's no shortage of babies, but each one is special - well maybe not quite as special during the terrible two's....

286: Have You Been To France?
Some say Pris is for lovers. If it is, Provence is for lovers of food and wine and no bathroom scales....

287: Who Invented Traffic?
Traffic provides a place for people with no place to go an excuse for not going anywhere....

288: Who Carries The Beach Umbrella?
The beach is a sandbox for adults. We bring toys and take home sand in our clothes....

289: Who Ordered The Mail Order Catalogs?
I didn't order the carving set that looked like drumsticks from a kitchen catalog and I didn't order the curried almond stuffing mix from a gourmet catalog. When it came to mail order, I'd gone cold turkey - again....

290: How To Know When You Are Being Date Blocked
Many guys might not be aware of when they are being date blocked and some know all too well. The signs can sometimes be elusive at first, especially when you are at a beer bash party where a lot of people mix and mingle. I learned this last weekend at a party where I discovered that blocking takes on many forms, each with it's own ugly face....

291: Is Hurrying Stressful?
I identify with the White Rabbit in "Alice In Wonderland". He scurried around yelling, "I'm late, I'm late - for a very important date". I hurry instead of scurry and every day on the calendar is an important date for me....

292: What Do You Want In A President?
The best argument in favor of cloning is our need for a person worthy of being President. Where are George Washington and Abraham Lincoln when we really need them?...

293: Are They Stories Or Lessons?
As a child, I listened to fairy tales. Now as an adult, I can read between the lines of those tales....

294: When Is A Makeover Over?
Having seen the miracles of makeovers on television and in magazines, I decided to have one. Unfortunately (or fortunately, as far as my husband was concerned), life has a way of unmaking makeovers....

295: Do You Remember Your School Daze?
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times". I learned that quote from Dickens' Tale of Two Cities in high school. I thought the quote was about high school....

296: When Is It A Wine's Time?
I don't understand the complexities of wine. I know if it's a white wine or a red wine, if it should be chilled or served at room temperature and if it tastes good. Wine tasting isn't rocket science...

297: Are You Running On Automatic?
On vacation one day rolls into the next and I forget what day it is. Not it's happening when I'm not on vacation. Unfortunately, the days aren't rolling by. They are whizzing by. It's like I'm running on automatic, but my breaks don't work....

298: Do You Give Yourself Credit?
There are plain credit cards and gold credit cards and platinum credit cards. There are credit cards that give you points for free gas and clothes and airline tickets. There's so much credit out there it's discreditable....

299: Can You Compare Apples And Oranges?
"Another day, another dollar". "Time waits for no man". "The bigger they are, the harder they fall". These are adages or truisms, but how true are they?...

300: Want Your Picture Taken Or Returned?
Some people are photogenic. I'm not one of them. When it comes to cameras, I want to be out of the picture....