[New year, same lousy puns on the first weekday of = every month]   There is no conclusive evidence about what happens to = old skeptics when they die, but their future is = doubtful.   Dijon vu? I’ve had the same mustard = before.   Shotgun wedding: A case…

DIALOG WITH DEPRESSION   Tossing.  Turning.  Churning.  = Antacid. Scalding tears.  = Again.  Headache.  Again.  Aspirin. Heart strings being tuned tighter and tighter, = Come on, one more notch, please…tighter.   Someday soon that string will go PING! And = There won’t be any more music in my soul. It…

If loving carbs is wrong, I don’t want to be = right.   A clean kitchen is a sign of a misspent = life.   Thou shalt not weigh more than thy = refrigerator.   Help = keep the kitchen clean – eat out.   May = the fork be…

A messy kitchen is a happy kitchen and my kitchen = is delirious.   Mom’s bed and breakfast – You make them = both.   No husband has ever been shot while doing the = dishes.   Two choices for dinner: take it or leave = it.   Never trust…

"Beware of cafeteria food when it looks like = it’s moving." ~ Rob, age 10   "Stay away from prunes." ~ Randy, age = 9   "Never dare your little brother to paint the = family car." ~ Phillip, age 13   "Forget the cake. Go for the icing." ~…

Thinking back to when I was 9 (yeah, sixty years ago) = and how life has changed since.  Not on every matter, but on so = many I’d wish it was back in a simpler time. *BACK THEN, I = asked my dad for a penny for the gumball machine.…

WM sent some possible signs you = may have a Weight Problem after the holidays.  Test yourself . . = .   10. Your favorite reading = materials are take-out menus. 9. Your Cross-fit training = starts as you CROSS your fingers and pray you FIT into your = jeans.…

Comparing the two rivals at Christmas . . . = Santa lives at the North = Pole … JESUS is = everywhere.   Santa = rides in a sleigh … JESUS rides = on the wind and walks on the water.   Santa = comes but once a year ……

This is the time of year when we think back to the = very first Christmas, when the Three Wise Men went to see baby Jesus, = and “presented unto Him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.”  = These are simple words, but if we analyze them carefully, we discover an…

A grandmother in a retirement high-rise was giving = directions to her grown grandson who was coming to visit for Christmas = with his wife:   "You come to the front door of the apartment = complex.  I am in apartment 14T. There is a big panel at the door. …

Time for some odd jokes for kids of all ages . . . =   Did you know that sending a letter to Santa Claus up = your chimney is definitely black mail?   Why should = you cover your eyes in ketchup?=A0 Because Heinz sight is = 20/20.  …

Admiring the = Christmas trees displayed in his neighbor’s windows, Nathan asked his = father, ‘Daddy, I know we’re Jewish but can’t we have a = Hanukkah Tree this year?’ ‘What sort of = question is that? No, of course not,’ said his = father. ‘Well, why not?’ = asked…

[What my friends are saying about their lives. Not. = Me.]   “Sometimes getting out of bed ruins the whole = day.”   “You know you have family issues at Christmas = when they all unfriend you on Facebook.”   “Give = up carbs?  Over my bread body.”   “If…