One night after work last week, I had to stop by the salon where I buy my shampoo and conditioner. My coif is somewhat particular. As one of the ladies was ringing up my purchase, she said to me, “This is great stuff. Have you ever used it before?…

Not unlike the way we become desensitized to some things we hear about on the news, I find I’ve become desensitized to the number of people on the planet.Then again, I’ve probably never been at a place where I ever really understood how many other…

It’s funny what people do for attention. Bad mouthing, disrespecting, trash-talking.It’s funny that people buy into it. They believe it, they feed off it. It’s funny the people who accept it, who condone it, who perpetuate it, who seemingly ask fo…

It’s so easy to look around and wonder why we don’t have what others have, or why we have some burdens to bear while others seem to skip through life without a care. It’s easy to wonder why we’ve been saddled with a particular task, a duty or an o…

“A lady always knows when to leave.” It’s a line that I first heard in a movie years ago, and it’s a line I’ve heard used by many in various contexts since then. I find it to be a lovely truth, and it’s one that I’ve tweaked to apply to certain si…

“If someone cuts Joel, I bleed. We are that close.” These were the words spoken by a man’s wife – a man who went into the hospital for a normal, routine surgery, and who then then ended up having a heart attack during his recovery. Extreme stress …

Love is a funny thing. It all seems so random, so full of chance. It seems like it can happen, change or end as quickly as the winds shift. No rhyme, no reason, and there’s usually no forcing it – in either direction. What’s meant to be is meant t…

As human beings, we talk a lot. About who we are, about what we like, about what keeps us up at night, about what motivates us. I think the talk can also be an interesting peek into the soul. Our talk can be recalling things from the past that we’…

So it’s been pretty cold here lately. Cold for California, that is. Frankly, I’m into it. I love the cold. Getting all bundled up before heading out or snuggling into a blanket on the couch are awesome. Then there’s all that stuff you get to parta…

I’ve concluded that blue cheese hates me. I’ve been on the hunt for the Laughing Cow Light Blue Cheese wedges for a few months now. All the stores that used to carry them no longer do: Ralphs, Vons, Vons Pavilions, Walmart, Target — you name it, …