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God save the queen–from any further encounters with our (not mine, I didn’t vote for him) prudence-plundering president. I’m just wondering, does he actually practice his speeches before he makes them? If so, does he get his helpful feedback from Batman’s joker or what? Something is going repeatedly and horribly wrong.
This time it was only Queen […]
Yet another fabulous saying I’ve heard in AA is, “Take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth.” This advice would be well heeded by non-alcoholics too. The older I get, the more I notice that people can’t stand to stop talking and listen.
I’ve always been a motor mouth. My parents […]
When “Sex and the City” character Carrie Bradshaw announced she was marrying herself and registered only for Manolo Blahnik shoes, it was a bit of a commentary on our gift-giving culture. With gift registries — basically places where people can go and formally say, “buy me this” for my shower, wedding, baby, or new job […]
The trend in tipping is that more people are tipped than ever before. Why? Because there are more people in our lives. We’re much more interactive than ever before.
We have tech support guys, hair stylists, hair colorists, nutritionists, accupuncturists, yoga teachers, kids’ doctors, kid’s piano teachers, kid’s Little League coaches and more.
Many people tip doormen, […]
“Faster, faster, faster!” — No, it’s not a command that one bed partner gives another — it’s the rate of love with text messaging as the medium! Text messaging makes feelings of the heart fly at lightning speed, and makes there be NO EXCUSE for not keeping in touch. It also makes wannabe polygamists […]
My former boss had a less than stellar command of the English language. I would call it more of a cellar command, actually. The fact that she worked in advertising for most of her adult life has caused my head to itch on more than one occasion.
This woman had an uncanny knack for mixing phrases […]
About the “five-second rule” — that rule that states food that has been dropped on the floor is safe to eat if picked up within five seconds.
Clearly the five second rule was made up by bachelors who were trying to convince their girlfriends — and later, their wives, that if a piece of food […]
Hugs are traditionally a sign and expression of intimacy and casualness. Formality used to be a bow or a curtsey, and with time, the kissing of a woman’s hand to show enchantment at meeting her, and eventually, a handshake among men, and then, later, among women.
As men found their feminine sides — for better […]
The proper etiquette for attending an event or a dinner start with a response to the invitation.
Always respond to the invitation by letter or a phone call — as indicated by the invitation itself. Let your host know who will be coming to the event, and if you’re not sure of the attire required, ask […]