*when things were so much better. Joel: “Mom, how was it back in the days when you were a kid?” When I was a kid, we were tough. We didn’t whine like kids today. Nobody had “peanut allergies” back then. Sometimes people’s throats just closed up for no reason, and we accepted it. We didn’t…
.Grandma.
Yesterday we buried my grandmother which was almost as bad as the day she died. Happiness and good cheer felt like distant memories. They felt like something I had lost when she died. But my grandma knew that even in the darkest times, we can still laugh; we can still smile. Those are the times…
.I Suck at Mathematics. *
*an article I dedicate to my brother Thomas Weiss, who I dearly love and look up to when it comes to anything numbers. And a lot more, too. Sometimes it feels like the things we learned in school are useless and nothing drives that point home more than the countless math rules that do not…
.Jesus’s Diary.
Enough with the eggs already! No more chocolate-egg eating! My house is stuffed with chocolate eggs. The church bells next door are ringing again every fifteen minutes so everything is back to normal but there is so much more church stuff going on. My son’s communion is approaching and I have been reading along with…
.LGBTTQQIAAP for Easy Understanding in Case You are Lost. *
Good morning dear applicants, we are proud to announce that the Literary Ladybug Guilt (LLG) would be open to all applicants even the non-binary. Non-Binary Defined: “Some people don’t identify with any gender. Some people’s gender changes over time. People whose gender is not male or female use many different terms to describe themselves, with…
.Endemic.
Everyone’s still so scared of COVID. But come on, people. It’s going to be endemic soon enough. And that has to mean, uh, something. Endemic means freedom, more or less. For some time. Sometimes more, but occasionally less. They say less is more, and that will be the case here. Except when more is less. It…
.Life Hacks.
Spring is here which is the season for drinking cocktails and devouring salads while wearing light summer dresses. So what do you do if you don’t drink anymore? We all know that only small children, recovering drunks, and people in ankle-length vintage skirts choose not to drink, right? To avoid the questions and concerned faces…
.Refrigerator Rules.
Employees: Now that we are all finally starting to return to the office, I just thought it would be helpful to remind everyone again of the rules we had and have in place for keeping food in our shared refrigerator. Please follow these guidelines to help ensure the fridge remains a sanitary and healthy space…
.Were my Twenties the Best Years? About Romance and other Things.
In the 1938 novel The Conspiracy, Paul Nizan writes: “I was twenty once, and I won’t let anyone say those are the best years of my life.” This sentence always made me feel less lonely. My twenties weren’t the best time either. I spent them thinking they should be extraordinary, exciting and romantic, and I…
.Zoom is Down.*
*but we still need to have the important “Executive-Bored” meeting. 9:34 a.m. Good morning, everyone! First of all, there is no “I” in team. It’s Jay from upper management, aka your boss, with a quick update about today’s executive meeting. Did I mention that there is no “I” in team? In the latest twist of…