Humor

  • I’m Not Above Bribery

    I’m Not Above Bribery

    Look, I know. You’ve seen the posters (psst, last post). You’ve watched the reels. (You did do that, right?!?). You’ve read the post where I offered to write daily if someone donated $250 (Ok, no getting out of it, you definitely did that – I saw 7 of viewed it – I mean, I may…

  • Cars

    Cars

    I realize I’ve really failed on the story front, so here’s one of my latest mis-adventures… Last month I lost two cars. Two. Not one, but two. Did I mention two? Two cars. Two. One wasn’t even mine, because why not, why limit yourself to just your car when you could lose someone else’s, too.…

  • The Potato

    “Can I just share a random story?” One of my oldest friends, her sister, and I were sitting around a restaurant somewhere in San Diego. They’d just made good choices when ordering, and I’d ummm added basil to mine and declared it “practically a salad.” Well, not aloud, of course, but my brain knows leafy…

  • Wisdom

    For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be wise. I wanted it more than I wanted to be a ballerina, a cheerleader, an architect, a mythologist (which my cousin once informed me wasn’t a job, thus dashing my pre-tween dreams – I’m looking at you, Tonya!), a star on Broadway and a…

  • Lucy!

    Fact. I live in the longest-running I Love Lucy episode. And since we’re talking about an episode(s) and it’s my episode and I’m a Beth rather than a Lucy, I’m starting with a flashback. Two and a Half Months Ago FADE IN INT. STEP-MOTHER’S BATHROOM – DAY An over-engineered pristine, porcelain, walk-in contraption resembling a…

  • The Great Sidewalk Attack of 2022

    So, I was out walking, minding my own business (and by “minding my own business” I mean, “I was totally caught up with staring into this random family’s house because they had the same model, and I was wondering how they had their front area set up”) on a beautiful Saturday evening (and by “beautiful”…

  • The Hippo Menace and Other Thoughts

    I think all of us have that friend/family member who, in a social gathering (you remember those, right? The idea hearkens back to an innocent time where people would leave their homes and come together in groups greater than six – a time when we naively referred to our friends as “friends” instead of “vectors,”…

  • The Way I Was Raised: Idea Fairies

    Co-worker: Beth, did you plan a White Elephant Gift Exchange? Beth: No, I didn’t. However, if you’d like to plan one feel free to do so! Co-worker (actual quote from email): Couldn’t remember if we were doing it…maybe next year you can plan it 🙂 (The smiley face at the end is truly one of…

  • A November Promise?

    If you felt I was a bit pushy with my fundraising efforts for the Out of the Darkness walk here on The Big Blue Mess, well then we’re probably not friends on Facebook. This is not a bad thing. I hammered those guys – friends, family, former co-workers, improv classmates. If you once dared to…

  • The Way I Was Raised: An Idea!

    Introductory post to a new blog feature about manners in a modern age.