All posts tagged society

Trolls

Trolls are nasty creatures. The misshapen, ill-mannered, ill-tempered, kidnapping monsters hide from light and morality and eat their kinfolk and farm animals. From their Norse beginnings to their modern internet incarnation, trolls are objectionable on all levels. (Buckle up, Betsy. I think this may be a rough ride.)

I know that’s true…Momma said.

Do you believe everything you hear? Everyone I have ever asked that question has answered, “No.” But were they telling me the truth? Urban Wives Urban legends are the information age’s answer to the old wives’ tale of the baby boomer generation. They are the same thing, in a word: myths. Over the ages, challenging […]

What is the world coming to?

How many times have you heard The world is going to hell on a skateboard? OK, so if I did not tell you, you probably heard The world is going to hell in a handbasket. After last night’s post, I returned to a chain of thinking which always leaves me scratching the noggin and ends in […]

Gimme Three

Survey Off the Grid Today, I turned to IRL people for the answers (and intentionally refused to gaze at the email). I discovered some pretty amazing things about marriage from some interesting sources. Who says? My survey participants included singles, shack-ups, happily marrieds, not-so-happily marrieds and some still in the aftershock of divorce. The age […]