For a year or so, I've been getting phone calls from CardMember Services. The caller is some computer with an authoritative female voice. Every time she calls, it is my final call. There have been many final calls from this company. Yesterday,… more »

It is prom day, so the story begins with a bicycle ride to to buy important prom accessories - gold flecked nail polish, hair ties, fancy hair pins, gold eye shadow and diamond stud earrings. And a stop at the supermarket to get bagels. I had to ad… more »

The story begins in the summer of 2011, when my daughter soaked her flip screen cell phone in Canadian Asian brown sauce. The only key that still worked was the 6. It was Canadian because she was in Canada. I don't actually know any details of th… more »

Russian Smuck is a game we played when we were kids. It could be described as one-against-all (American) football. The playing field was the side yard of a house that had one or two trees at the end near the street. This was the end zone. To s… more »

I was at the mall today and looked at the play pit, where kids can 'play'. Everything is shiny, carpeted, and safe. Kids aren't allowed to wear shoes so they don't hurt each other. No food is allowed. In this controlled environment, kids just ha… more »