From the category archives:

Reality Check

My Life as The Crazy Cat Lady

I like to describe myself as “an eccentric genius.” People always laugh, because they think I’m joking. I always laugh, because they think I’m joking. Elsa P., my favorite astrologer, once titled a reading for me, “If she’s not crazy, there’s no end to the good she can do you!” I laughed for a solid [...]

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The Census to Dixie: “We’ll get the information somehow!"

imageThey came back. After I saw myself described as “paranoid and reclusive” for acknowledging how I don’t trust the census and it bugs me how much the government is over-reaching into our personal lives, the good ol’ US of A’s main man, Uncle Sam, is back at it…this time, with a threat.

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Gifts in Ugly Wrapping Paper: Goals that Work

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Goals aren’t about achieving a specific result, but achieving a specific feeling.

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Dixie vs. the US Census

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I (sorta) stood up for my principles and the census worker left, but not before making it clear I had transgressed.

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Checking Out

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A client of mine and her husband killed themselves in Rome. I’m still not sure exactly how I feel about it.

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Living a Humble Life

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A humble life doesn’t have to be small.

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Holy Socks, Sherlock.

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Do you throw out what doesn’t work for you, or do you wash your holey socks again and again, expecting them to miraculously heal?

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Hideous Hyperbole Hides Hidden Agendas

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One of my pet peeves: hyperbole and drama-queening it up to manipulate. No freakin’ patience for that, man.

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