Sometimes I look around at the world, the news, the people, and I wonder if I shouldn’t just stay single forever. I’m not going to lie — I seem to have very little faith in humanity on most days. I see glimmers of hope here and there, but not as …

Dear AMC, How do you know me so well? On the way home, my car asked to be washed; drizzly, misty days of late had turned it into a Dalmatian on wheels. As there was still daylight, and not wanting to spend the money at the hand wash up the street,…

I heard a Los Angeles man interviewed on KNX earlier this evening. He had traveled to Boston for the marathon, and was remembering the moments after the first bomb went off.He was about to finish the race, arms extended for a photo finish, when an…

Without fail, it seems whenever I’m really in need of some quality me time, couch time or down time, the programming gods deliver one of my favorite movies: Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, Dirty Dancing, The Shawshank Redemption, 300 or Whe…

A few months back, I ordered a bridesmaid dress for a wedding in June (hi, Nicole!). In the store, I was pleasantly surprised that the sample dress in the same style — a smaller size than I thought I’d be ordering — actually fit. Score. Ordered,…

One of the reasons I dislike the news isn’t because I don’t like being informed — it’s because I have a low tolerance for, well, stupidity. It seems like every time I turn around, something else is being legislated, new rules are put in place, mo…

“Rehab Addict” on HGTV featured a house that was saved from demolition and restored to its original(ish) beauty. The home was purchased for a dollar. It made me think about what’s important in life. Hint: it’s not money, although that’s certainly …

So last night I went to my physical therapy appointment, and my PT dude put some new moves on me. While he was working on my shoulder, he manipulated a few vertebrae that ended up significantly reducing some tension in my arm. I had no idea it had…

I don’t mean to seem 76 instead of 36, but sometimes I play a game in the evenings. It’s a game in which I see how early I can get to bed. Tonight is one of those nights. After work I went to my shoulder physical therapy, checked in on my honeymoo…

Every morning on my way to work, there’s a stretch of Beach Boulevard that draws birds from miles. These winged creatures, mostly pigeons, find the wide swath of grass that is littered daily with what looks like many loaves of bread. The birds are…