Teaching Kids to be Thankful is Not Just for Thanksgiving

It's November!  That magical month where people magically become softer, kinder, gentler, and more vocally grateful!  I love seeing gratitude.  I love hearing folks proclaim their gratitude. Now, I am not good at much, but gratitude and thankfulness?  THAT'S MY JAM.   If you know me at all then you know not a day, hell, …

Jimmy Kimmel’s Halloween Pranks are Not Funny. And No, I Do Not Need to Lighten Up.

Jimmy Kimmel's Halloween prank videos are not funny.  They are just mean.  I know that's an unpopular opinion, and I know that many of you will tell me to lighten up or that it's just a joke.  If you don't know what I'm talking about, all you have to do is google it and watch …

I Almost Punched a Little Girl at the Library

BUT I DIDN'T.  Don't call the authorities on me. I am a lover, not a fighter. I mean thank gods for that impulse control we can harness, amiright? OH THIS GIRL. Here's the scene.  The girl (3 or maybe 4 years old) is at the train table, you know train tracks and about 20 different …