Well, there was no Captain Steubing, and it was not the Love Boat, but we sure loved the boat that took us on vacation. Here’s a random re-cap. 1. No wi-fi and/or texting is a blessing. The end. 2. Just kidding!!! There’s more! Angel (pronounced “Ahn-HELL”) was our dinner waiter, and Marko was his assistant. […]
Briefcases and Banter: An Article That Will NEVER Appear in the ‘New York Times’
A gender re-imagined parody on the New York Times laughable article, “Purse Politics”: WASHINGTON, DC — Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), was sitting in his large, sunny office recently, riffling through the contents of his black leather briefcase. After several moments, he laughed and produced a neon-pink earplug. “Here’s an earplug from the helicopter,” he said, still […]
Silver Bullets? I’d Rather Have Chocolate Ones.
A seven-year-old boy named Myles wrote a letter to Vice President Joe Biden with his solution for gun violence. Chocolate bullets. The Vice President is completely on board with this idea, because, as he says in his letter back to Myles, “People love chocolate.” Some fellow writers at The Broad Side had very strong reactions to this story. Danielle declared […]
A Fork in the Grass
The following is a conversation that really took place last week, with no embellishment on my part. Allow me to set the scene: Nicky’s baseball game. Sunny, beautiful, breezy Sunday afternoon. I was sitting next to our friend, Glen* – our boys have played baseball together for the last few years, and even though he […]
Happy Mother’s Day!
Here’s why I love this comic strip very much. One might read this and think its creators are saying, “Damn teenagers. They have no vocabulary. They never talk to us. They never TELL us anything.” I see something completely different in this comic strip. 1. Teenagers are moody. 2. Teenagers have trouble figuring out what’s […]
The Original “Take Your Daughter To Work Day.”
I’m at The Broad Side again today – this time recalling the real, original “Take Your Daughter to Work Day”. In my life, anyhow… Please click over, enjoy and share! 🙂 xoxo, Aliza
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