Earlier tonight I was watching the news and the very distressed looking anchorwoman reported that a bobcat is “on the loose” in an Orlando neighborhood. I pointed out to her (from my news desk on the couch) that bobcats, as well as other forms of wildlife, are actually supposed to be “on the loose.” I don’t think […]

In AA we learn that we can only be disturbed if we’re disturbable. That means our defects of character are showing. Pride, ego, envy, self-pity, self absorption or any number of negative emotions mushrooming into negative actions. The program teaches us to identify negative feelings and squash them with positive thoughts and actions before they […]

First dates can be ignitable chemistry or real duds — and the trick is that sometimes the ignitable first dates fizzle out and fade away while the real duds just take longer to get going and slowly boil. Here are some tips to make first date conversations get you where you want to go — […]