This morning I was talking on the phone with friend who was at work when she was interrupted by a coworker who came screaming into her office. Knowing that ours was not a work-related call, my friend abruptly ended our conversation, hurrying me off ...

For the past few months, I've been on an organization kick. I'm making my way from room to room throughout my house and analyzing the use or necessity of every stinking thing. Throughout the process, I'm following two rules in a take-no-hostages, ...

I adore irony. Truly, I’m a big fan of it.  Not much pleases me more than a superb example of the ironic. For me, one of the most delicious bits of irony occurred back in 1996, when the lyrics to Alanis Morissette’s Ironic revealed that ...

Last month, my desk drawer broke.  The frickin' thing was so packed full of crap that it just wouldn't close, and that one last push did it in. Correction: last month, I broke my desk drawer. The push forced the drawer straight through the back ...