Family Words

“I have a fuzzy in my coffee,” I spoke to a couple of my coworkers.
“A what?”
“A fuzzy…you know, a thingy,” I tried to explain.
“Something floating in your coffee?”
“Yeah, exactly. How would you describe that?”
“I’d just say there’s something floating in my coffee.”
This exchange didn’t surprise me in the least, because I had long been made [...]

Too old for eye candy?

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The Colors of a Recession

Pink, white, and blue…the colors of the American recession.

Si se puede…que?

Sonya Sotomayor, the first Latina supreme court justice, was sworn in today, amidst cries from the Latino community of “Si se puede!” (“Yes we can!”). This cry is a traditional triumphant cry in Spanish, having the cultural undertones similar to “We will overcome!” It’s a phrase laced with racial meaning.
So let me ask you this, [...]