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Reporters Pool Funds for Thesaurus (Washington, D.C., March 21, 2020)- Eight days after President Donald Trump used ‘two very big words’ to describe the current COVID-19 outbreak, reporters have decided that the two words, ‘National Emergency’,…
Epicenter Appears to Be White House (Washington D.C., March 5, 2020) Today, leaders at the Centers for Disease Control announced that the outbreak of idiocy first linked to events in 2016 has now reached pandemic levels…
Remember the final seconds of the 2015 Super Bowl when my beloved Seahawks lost to the Patriots- I do! To get over the pain I made a Doritos Super Bowl commercial about it. What a chip-storm!…
I really look forward to the Super Bowl each year. Not because it’s a time honored titanic struggle…a clash between two superior teams of finely honed athletes risking life and limb to achieve the zenith of athletic…
Dear Family & Friends, To quote William Shakespeare’s Henry V: “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!” Henry V had an easier time dying from dysentery than the Franklin’s did surviving this year. In…
I had been invited to my very first Christmas ornament exchange party. I didn’t know anything about these parties, but it seemed like a harmless enough activity. I envisioned we ladies would have some wine, nibble…
My husband can’t say ‘no’ when reality TV comes knocking, which is how we found ourselves meeting with a producer for the Home and Garden TV show called Warm Weather, WhiteChristmas. The producers had needed one more…
Remember ‘flash mobs?’ They were a big deal amongst the younger, computer-connected set awhile back. For those of you who missed this phenomenon, ‘flash mobs’ involved individuals assembling at a designated public place, doing something random…
First, let me explain that when you have kids, the best look you’re going to have on the weekends is tired. That ‘just been fucked’ look? It’s now more like ‘Just fucked.’ It’s no coincidence that…