Dept. of Nance

( T his was mentioned in an email by my buddy Shirley as a possible topic to explore here at the Dept ., and when it came up in the commen...

O n Friday Rick and I ate dinner out, and I indulged in two of my guilty pleasures, martinis and People Snarking. It's a terrible thing...

(image from cleveland.com/darcy/) " I leave you now and you will write it. You will interpret it. That's your right. But as I lea...

T ime once again for Dept. of Nance to alert you to News In The Animal Kingdom . Lest you should worry that I am becoming something of a ...

Wow. Talk about "being off the grid." Hope you all had a great holiday and are looking at 2009 with at least some Cautious Optimi...

I t's time, Dept. readers, to take a Long Winter's Nap and spend that Quality Time with family and loved ones dear. I plan to rest,...

C hristmas shopping this year was brutal for--oh, so many reasons--and at one point, I just wanted to go buy one of those electronic bullho...

W e finally got The Tree up at the Dept ., and let me tell you--there is nothing that makes a bigger Scrooge out of me anymore than that jo...

"Mrs. D., why is it that all everyone talks about is sex?" I turned to face Alex, one of my juniors doing research in the l...

S o I'm going through my "Blogbits" folder on my computer. This is the folder where I save all the things I read online and t...

S orry for the stretch between posts. Things got a little... busy at the other place. I think I've got things well in hand over there ...

Y ou know, it's nice when it's not Americans making headlines for doing stupid things, for a change. I'm talking about this sto...

L et's play a little game. It's called Cheap Therapy. I get to dump a Whole Ton Of Mind Crap on you and toss my head junk out, and t...

W ords are my business and my passion. And I'm not going to lie: words are my favorite weapon, too. I teach my students that all the tim...

At last, my country again.

T hings have been so tense here at the Dept . lately. It's nonstop Politics--mainly because we're a Battleground State and we are i...

I hate Halloween. I just absolutely hate it. I've kvetched about it before here at the Dept ., so I won't get all in a lather agai...

S o! How is it that we ended up with yet more wine? I'd like to quote the famous reason for scaling the peaks of Everest: because it...

Que un weekend merveilleux! For those of you who do not read The Tie Report, where I made mention of it, (really, how could you not? It i...

It's important to note that The Hostage Crisis That Is The Bush #43 Presidency entered an important phase today. No longer do triple dig...