Clear your stuffed nose! Forget Sudafed. An easier, quicker, and cheaper way to relieve sinus pressure is by alternately thrusting your tongue against the roof of your mouth, then pressing between your eyebrows with one finger. This causes the vomer bone, which runs through the nasal passages to the mouth, to rock back and forth, … Read more
If your throat tickles, scratch your ear. When you were 9, playing your armpit was a cool trick. Now, as an adult, you can still appreciate a good body-based feat, but you’re more discriminating. Take that tickle in your throat; it’s not worth gagging over. Here’s a better way to scratch your itch: “When the … Read more
This is a visually interesting web site: All My Faves. Do you have a bunch of “wire clutter” around your computer? Here’s one person’s solution: Click on the image to see how to build such a thing, all for less than 34 Canadian Dollars. We celebrated mom’s 75th birthday today at the Country Squire Inn … Read more
Today was one of those days that I was truly grateful for being able to work only two days a week @ IBM—both from a financial perspective, and from the perspective of having an employer who offers a “Leave of Absence Work Option” allowing me to do so. I had a productive day doing just … Read more
Have I mentioned that I love Prudie? Oh? Only a hundred times? Okay. Here’s the ending of a letter from a guy who is concerned about the way he’s aging… I only want to know how one adjusts (if there is adjustment to be made) as one gets closer to check-out time. How do I … Read more
Wednesday One-Liners: ‘That’s What She Said’ Conductor: Okay, folks, we’re actually running ahead of schedule. We’ll be stopping for approximately 40 minutes, so if you like you can get out and spread your legs. Spread your— stretch your legs— —Amtrak train into Penn Overheard by: KT Girl on cell: Hey, Mom. Hold on a second, … Read more
I’m much better today, and actually drove into the office to work. I got in early enough that traffic wasn’t an issue. Since I’ve become an editor, been working only two days a week for nine months now, and going into the office maybe once every other week or so, I really don’t have any … Read more
I just love this woman! Can’t you just feel the finger snaps in her response?!? Dear Prudie, My husband and I are expecting our first child in June. I will have at least five showers. I was wondering if it would be acceptable to ask that one of my showers be a “gift card shower” … Read more
We got up at about 9:30, and I made a breakfast of eggs and toast. We read “the morning paper,” while enjoying breakfast. The morning paper is in quotation marks, because what it really means is that we sat across from each other at the kitchen table, with back-to-back laptops reading wral.com, and the N&O … Read more
So, of course, I’ve seen the plethora of online news items about Anna Nicole Smith, in which the word pneumatic is often included, in the context of “the pneumatic blonde.” And of course I’ve heard this word before, but I tend to associate it with the word pneumonia, which doesn’t seem to be working in … Read more