Ten on Tuesday: That’s history now

I’m not sure what inspired this Ten on Tuesday theme, “10 Favorite Moments in Your Country’s History,” but I suspect that it might be related to a recent event that’s actually on this list; you’ll know what I mean when you read it, I’m sure. (OK, I have to be honest; this post is itself history, since this was actually last week’s theme. Due to my vacation, guest posts, and trying to work out the […]

Ten on Tuesday: Workin’ it, annoyingly

10 Things That Annoy You About Work What, we have to stop at ten? We had a similar topic last summer, “10 Things You Don’t Like About Your Job,” so I thought I’d start with those and see if anything has changed (last year’s item is in italics, with a strikeout if it doesn’t apply anymore, and no follow-up comment if it’s still about the same). The commute Still annoying, but now I’m paying more […]

Ten on Tuesday: (Not) waiting on the world to change

This week’s Ten on Tuesday asks for “10 Ways the World Has Changed Since You’ve Been in School.” In which school, I wonder? I haven’t been in a classroom full-time since I graduated from university in April 1987, and those twenty-one years have seen some pretty big changes in life as we know it. However, if I go back to high school (let’s hear it for the Class of ’82!) – not that anyone would […]

Ten on Tuesday: Time’s a-wastin’!

You would think that a Ten on Tuesday topic like “10 Favorite Time Wasters” would be a breeze…but it didn’t turn out that way for me. That isn’t to say I never putter around and waste time, of course. It’s more that I can’t come up with ten specific, different ways that I do it – most of my time-wasting activities fall into fairly broad categories. I’m also inclined to consider something more of a […]

Ten on Tuesday: Movies My Husband Can’t Wait to See

This week’s Ten on Tuesday prompt, “10 Movies You’re Excited About Seeing,” was just made for my husband. Tall Paul is always downloading movie trailers and checking out the latest information on IMDb, so I’m turning the blog over to him for this post. Here are 10 movies that Tall Paul is excited about seeing, either this summer or whenever they make it into theaters. (For the record, I’m with him on #1, #4, and […]

Ten on Tuesday: Good stuff

This week’s Ten on Tuesday topic, “10 Things You’re Really Good At,” is the kind of topic I find difficult to address. While I was thinking about it earlier in the week, Meg Fowler posed some related musings on Twitter: megfowler: here’s a question: which is more your style, self-promotion or self-deprecation? and why? megfowler: do you think self-promotion = arrogance? and self-deprecation = humility/down to earth? megfowler: i find the bias that people attach […]

Ten on Tuesday encore, with special guests!

This is a special follow-up to this week’s Ten on Tuesday post, with – the Talls! My husband Tall Paul occasionally likes to give his own answers to the memes I do here, and he lets me post them; this time, my stepdaughter Tall Girl wanted to play too. It’s two guest posts for the price of – well, nothing. Nothing more than tolerating my editorial comments, anyway. Ladies first, so here are Tall Girl’s […]

Ten on Tuesday: New travels, plus random nosiness

This week’s Ten on Tuesday theme, “10 Places You’d Love to Travel To (That You Haven’t Gone to Yet),” presents a bit of a challenge for me. It’s not that I don’t want to travel more, but some of the places I’d most like to visit are places that I’d be returning to, so I can’t include cities like New York, San Francisco, and Boston on this list. When I thought about it, I ended […]

A quirky Ten on Tuesday, plus ten more…

**Holy moly – this is post #500! Where does the time go?** I think this week’s Ten on Tuesday is a bit like the “7 Random Things About Me” meme (which I’ve never done, by the way) – it’s asking for “10 Superstitions, Traditions, and/or Personality Quirks.” That’s a topic with potential and a lot of wiggle room. I do not like to rush in the morning. I need time for my morning grooming/dressing routines, […]

Ten on Tuesday 4-22: Loving it…and the iPod Random Ten, too!

“Love, love, love…” Everybody sing! There are things to love. There are lists of love. There’s even a whole day dedicated to love every week in Blogland. This week’s Ten on Tuesday topic, “10 Things You Love About Your Life,” seems designed to force positive thinking, and that’s pretty positive in itself. For once, I’m going to try to limit myself to a simple list without a lot of editorializing; let’s see if it works. […]

Ten on Tuesday 4-15: Hahaha! LOL! Favorite Comedies

Before we get started, a PSA for you married folks: this coming Saturday, April 19, is Husband Appreciation Day! And while we’re appreciating spouses, mark your calendar – wives get equal time on September 20. —————————————————–I think a sense of humor is an essential survival tool for modern life; as St. Jimmy of Key West once said, “If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.” Therefore, I love this week’s Ten on Tuesday topic, […]

Ten on Tuesday, and then ten more..

(I may have mentioned that I’m trying not to post more than once a day, so when I can find ways to tie two or three things together into a single post, that definitely works for me.) I think lists like this week’s Ten on Tuesday prompt, “10 Favorite Actors/Actresses,” are supposed to be easy for most people, but for some reason I have a very hard time with them. I’m not sure why. It […]