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LaughLines: X-rated X-citement Is Cause for Discussion
Our son Ben, barely 14 years old, has been caught viewing “inappropriate material” on the Internet. Translation: Ben has discovered porn. Which means I have rediscovered porn. When I was growing up,...
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LaughLines: Co-workers Are a Lot of Work
I recently made a career change and for the first time in my professional life, I don’t have co-workers. I’m working as a consultant, so at any given moment, you could say I technically have a few...
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Death While Driving
By Cate Drew I thought about death this weekend during my weekly house-cleaning. As I was whipping out the Fantastik and the toilet bowl brush, my 15 year old daughter happened to stroll by. “Hey,...
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LaughLines: Let It Snow, Let It Snow – Okay, Enough!
We live in a northern climate, which is a vague way of saying it starts to snow in November and pretty much doesn’t let up until March . . . or April . . . and one year, May. That’s okay, because if...
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LaughLines: Time to Light Up! Holiday Decorating 101
White lights? Multi-colored? Single-color? The Great Holiday Décor Debate heats up in our house right after Thanksgiving. Yup, we’re in for the usual knock-down, drag-out about this year’s holiday...
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If the Pants Fit, Wear Them!
My New Year’s resolution was to get to my ideal weight (one that doesn’t include any numbers above 3) but I’ve crashed and burned already. I’ve made the same resolution every year for the past two...
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LaughLines: How to Sleep (Almost) Anywhere
The weather’s been awful this winter, and we’ve seen lots of news reports of stranded travelers at airports, sleeping on floors and benches. I can relate, since I’ve slept in some very odd spots over...
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LAUGHLINES: Wham-Bam! Watch Your Rear End!
I’ve always been proud of being accident-free driver, and since my daughter is about to start driver’s ed, my clean record has given me an air of superiority. All that changed last month. I was in my...
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LaughLines: Friendly Skies?
I’ve got a few business trips coming up, and I’m thinking back to the days when the friendly skies really were. I’m a pilot’s daughter, so we used to fly a lot, back when flying was glamorous. People...
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LaughLines: Spring Has Sprung – Pass the Calamine
Every spring I vow it won’t happen — and every year, it does. I feel the familiar twinge, then itch, then burning sensation. A few days later, there’s a lone blister that blossoms into a widening...
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LaughLines: Your Dogs Social Life
Puppy Training Part II–Like some of us, Puppies take time to warm up to other dogs as well as people. Make sure you allow your dog to get comfortable with everyone in the house, give her time to learn...
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LAUGHLINES: The Joy(lessness) of Cooking
I hate to cook and I don’t care who knows it. I’ve tried to cook. I once cut a few dozen recipes out of women’s magazines, but I’ve yet to make even one. They’re too complicated, they have too many...
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LAUGHLINES: Color Me Beautiful, but Gray
Last night, Matt asked me about my next hair appointment. I thought he was going to complain (again) about the cost of my highlighting, but no – he instructed me to get the gray out. Ouch. I have...
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LAUGHLINES: She’s Got the Wedding Bell Blues
Matt and I went to a wedding over the weekend, and wow. What a romantic event. Made me ashamed of my wedding, back a million years ago. This wedding was the kind you see in a movie. Less than 100...
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LAUGHLINES: Power to the People – Please!
This past weekend, the power went out (again) at our house, which meant firing up the generator and firing up everyone’s tempers. It’s hard to be in a good mood when you’re restricted to one room with...
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Hot Husband! Sex With The Tin Man
By Cate Drew My husband Matt is a real hottie. Good looking, tall, broad-shouldered, gorgeous full head of hair. Wow. No, I’m not the only one who thinks so: when he was 51, I entered him in a...
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LaughLines: The Sum of All Fears Is CRAZY!
Does everyone have a phobia but me? Our big dog is suddenly afraid of telephone poles, and as we quickly returned from our morning walk to the relatively safety of our pole-less driveway, I realized...
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LaughLines: Co-workers Are a Lot of Work
I recently made a career change and for the first time in my professional life, I don’t have co-workers. I’m working as a consultant, so at any given moment, you could say I technically have a few...
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LaughLines: It’s Not Easy Being Clean
Matt and I are painting our bedroom. Of course, we’re doing it in mid-winter, which means sealed windows and paint fumes strong enough to choke a horse, but no matter. We’re determined to replace very...
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