Nancy Franklin's MirthquakesThis website is about life's absurdities
Okay, I’ll admit it. I watched the premiere of “The Golden Bachelor.” I wasn’t alone. So did 4.1 million others, making it the most-watched “Bachelor” franchise episode since 2021. I also will confess that I have…
Which may be one of our funerals, the way we’re going. Have you heard about the “specialness spiral?” I learned about it just recently. It describes how an item can become so “special” that we fail…
I had a dilemma this morning. My husband’s iPhone alarm went off, and he wasn’t there to hear it. My husband is an early riser and was already at his home office desk just down the…
I’ve hesitated to write this piece. Probably because, back in February, I wrote a piece about Madonna after seeing her on the Grammys. She was unrecognizable to me, and I questioned whether her transformation was about…
Are you there, God? I’m back. I know it’s been awhile, but remember when I was praying for my first period? I would have prayed for a date with David Cassidy, instead, if I’d known that…
Recently, I was having lunch on a bright and lovely day with my daughter and her roommate in their apartment, not far from where her father and I live. My daughter has been “adulting” for several…
Food-patterned clothes are the new florals! And they’re expensive! But I’m offering original, one-of-a-kind clothing items from my closet for cheap! A little black and, now, tan dress. My wanker husband spilled his glass of Guinness…
Sure, it’s been a bad few years for anyone named “Karen.” You’ve taken quite a hit for being everyone’s racist, whining, complaining, entitled, worst-case-example-of-humankind ever. It must be hard introducing yourselves and being immediately compared to…
In an era when women are being marginalized for aging, Madonna had an opportunity to be a role-model and standard bearer. Iconic female pop artist Madonna made an appearance at the 65th Grammy awards last Sunday.…
Can I handle the truth? My husband and I are on the other side of 65. I would like to think I’m gracefully taking aging in stride; I stopped coloring my hair, am writing and reading…
