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Better to be Happy


“If Mamma aint happy, aint nobody happy”
Truer words were never spoken.
Pat was upset at me and our house hold was in disarray. We had argued about something, I can’t remember what. It was something small and trivial, like the plural of hippopotamus. We had hardly spoken to each other all day, and as the day began to come to an end, I could feel the toll that being disharmonious had produced. It was hard to concentrate on anything other then how to convince her I was right.… Continue

The Gift of Words-4GIFTmenot

for.gift (v) 1. to forget to acknowledge a special occasion or the giving of a gift to a friend or loved one
2. failure to present a gift to someone in recognition of a job well done, birthday, holiday or, just because.
3. neglecting to treat or reward yourself; i.e., forgifting one’s self.

Just what does it take to get a new word or phrase entered into the dictionary?
Do you have to replace an older word? Do you have to petition Webster’s? Maybe you have to… Continue

Now that Christmas is over, and our various motives for giving to friends, family, coworkers, employers, employees, students, teachers, bus drivers, the mailman and even practical strangers have been met or even exceeded lets turn our attention to a holiday that bemoans us to search out that particular individual and express to them our heart felt desire to have them in a category all to themselves, as our Valentine.
I have to confess that I’m guilty as well of being a ritualistic gift giver. Du… Continue