TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods are running promotions this holiday bemoaning the intense sales push of the season and offering their everyday low prices as the cure. People are encouraged to go back to celebrating what truly matters this season, like love and time with family, instead of seeking out sales. This promotion amuses me,…
The research I did on the safety of vaccines in an attempt to soothe the fears of a family member convinced me it’s high time I got a flu shot. I am not at high risk for it, but even otherwise healthy people can contract it badly enough to die from it. Now that I…
A conversation I had with myself in the very early hours of today. You don’t know. You don’t know what compromises were made. What alliances were broken. What palms were greased. What lies were told. What secrets were hidden, buried. What was done to get people where they are. You don’t know that. You DO…
Today I got a molar pulled. It was an easy extraction: no incisions, the tooth popped out with little tugging, and no stitches needed. The oral surgeon sent me home with a wad of gauze in my mouth to stop the bleeding. I stopped in the pharmacy to pick up my prescriptions and at the…
Yesterday I told my therapist about my research question for sociology class. He says studies have shown that depending on the field there is a certain age where you have to be discovered for you to be embraced by that industry. He mentioned age 14 or 15 for an instrument like violin, for example. The exception was…
