An Important Note to the Following:

Wal-Mart employees: It is not good for business when you carefully inspect and comment on every item in my shopping cart while I check out. Especially if I'm purchasing feminine hygiene products for my wife.

Aspiring authors: Just because you discover the meaning of an obscure word does not mean that you need to weave it into your next literary masterpiece (blog). After all, maybe they quit using the word originally because it was *lame*. Is that pithy enough for you?

Michael Moore: Making movies is part of capitalism. How ironic. And convenient.

Wives in two-parent households: A recent study (although I won't mention the source or you will laugh) confirms that wives tend to under-report and undervalue the household tasks performed by husbands. That is, until the husband is gone from the home due to a separation, divorce or death. Then, the frequent reflection is "I never realized how much he really did help out around the house." How about a little recognition once in a while for the man who isn't afraid to do a load of dishes, bathe the kids and wash some laundry?

Husbands of stay-at-home moms: There is a reason your wife takes the time to calculate the monetary value of being a stay-at-home mom. Figure out how to help her feel recognized and valued for this all-important job and she'll put down the calculator. Something is wrong with our society when actors and sports figures make millions and stay-at-home-moms have to try to prove they are valuable.

My mother: Remember the time your mom came to our home when I was a kid and offered to pay me a dollar if I would clean up the living room and sweep the front porch. I always thought that was so nice, but now I understand what was really going on!

Conservatives: Is everything you are trying to conserve really valuable enough to be worth conserving? How about this: let's conserve a few high-quality, important things and then fix the rest?

Liberals: I married a true liberal. When she was five years old she used to go door to door in her neighborhood. She would tell each person who answered the door that she loved them and then she gave them her money (true story). It's kind of fun, until you are all out of money.