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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Self-improvement: 12 of 31

Getting Angry.......Losing Ground There's an old German expression which may help many of us cope with certain life situations..."too soon old...too late smart". Forgive me. I don't speak German but this literal translation offers the gist of the sentiment. As you get older you realize that certain situations in life , certa...
Creative Writing > Satire Satire: Meaning of life: 2 of 5

Its The Season To Be Bitchy.......... It's somewhat saddening to eventually realize that for many folks the last three months of the calendar year has transformed itself into a time dedicated to bringing out the very worst and not the best in people....especially the male of the species. Granted that Thanksgiving Day plays a...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: A message from Mrs. Claus: 5 of 9

Kids......Christmas.....and my Santa I'm Santa's wife and I have a question for you to consider. What is the one trait that children, my hubby Santa and the season of Christmas all have in common? They are all fun loving, innocent , playfully optimistic and unfortunately at times politically incorrect to a fault. Many people...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Lack of sanity: 42 of 69

The organized failure business model The term "business model" describes a broad range of informal and formal models that are used by enterprises to represent various aspects of business, including its purpose, offerings, strategies, infrastructure, organizational structures, trading practices and operational processes and p...
Autos > Driving & Safety Driver safety: Don't take risks: 6 of 9

"We learn wisdom from failure more than from success; we often discover what will do by finding out what will not do." - Samuel Smiles This past week I was driving to work in non rush hour traffic when the Check Engine Light turned on and stayed on. I discovered that this malfunction indicator lamp comes on to indicate that ...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: How I know it's Christmas: 15 of 22

Tis The Season To Be Bitchy...... It's somewhat saddening to eventually realize that for many folks the last three months of the calendar year has transformed itself into a time dedicated to bringing out the very worst and not the best in people....especially the male of the species. Granted that Thanksgiving Day plays an im...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Work: 131 of 189

A Catch-22 work world ruled by Murphy's Law From time to time it seems that a person's chaotic personal life and his/her supposedly ordered work-a-day world is based on Catch 22 themes ruled exclusively by the unwavering dictates of Murphy's Law. A Catch-22 is an absurd situation or its cause: a situation or predicament from...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Life: 229 of 316

Squeezable and Soft Yet So Darn Disgusting Electronic advertising as it relates to television has truly advanced since the earliest days of its inception. The Internet's Information Super Highway has turned the world into an informed global village. The world is now more compact. Information travels about the globe at the sp...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Things I think about while waiting in line: 65 of 65

Customer Flips Busy Cashier The Bird Roseauers. Safeway. Tidymans. Waiting in line to be cashiered out at any of these grocery store giants allows the attentive customer to truly appreciate the value of consumer choice...especially when the candy bar display always greets you so warmly and invitingly....with over choice. The...