Remember that huge bed bug scare of 2010? The one so bad you stopped going to movie theaters and didn’t want to “check” your coat at restaurants and almost fought people for bushing up against you on the subway? I still shudder at those days. Thankfully they were PM (Pre-Maximo). But as one nightmare fades, another will follow. Along with school comes lice. And it’s inevitable. Short of scalping… Keep Reading
Archives for May 22, 2016
The Unwilling Companion
“On this super horror journey [into China] I wheedled an Unwilling Companion, hereinafter referred to as U.C., into going where he had no wish to go.” – Martha Gellhorn referring to her husband, Ernest Hemmingway as he accompanied her on disastrous worldly trips as a journalist. I have a lot of nicknames for people, and it brought a smile to my face to I learn that Martha did the same. If… Keep Reading