The summer was a whirlwind of camping, beaching, kid-wrangling and general chaos; a blender-blur of fun. My husband and myself are tired! So, you can imagine how excited we are…
As a senior citizen, I’m prone to heart-stopping moments of fright occasioned by the pop-up messages from my anti-virus program, cast in inflammatory colors and couched in the language of…
Many Christmases ago I did something for love that should definitely have been made into a Hallmark holiday movie by now. But since the “leading man” and I didn’t end…
It’s that time of year where I’ve started to be bombarded by cards and magnets wishing me “Happy Holidays” from family far and near. In between scheduling my meager days…
Welcome to the season of overindulgence. ‘Tis the season for too much… everything.. And for some reason, the bulk of the planning, orchestrating, and cleaning up after the holidays falls…
If you love to send out holiday pictures of your whole family dressed up in embarrassing costumes, but you’re running low on ideas, don’t stress out! We at The Syndrome…
Are you stuck for GIFT IDEAS for the women in your life with sarcastic senses of humor and a burning desire to make this world more just and equal for…
- Health & BeautyMental Health
Why Is It So Noisy in My Head at This Silent Retreat?
by Ginny Hoganby Ginny HoganI’d say I was there for all the right reasons. I wasn’t looking to make friends. I wasn’t trying to get famous. I didn’t desperately need a week of only…
One thousand dead crickets in a box. That’s what I’m looking at right now — 1,000 belly-up insects in a rectangular receptacle. I paid $30 for them. If that sounds…
I looked out through the passenger-side window at a man holding the handles of a large wet bag of KFC, standing at the corner crosswalk, seemingly indifferent to the soggy…
- Feminism
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: Let’s Just Call It “Take Out the Trash Day”
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is baffling. What are we supposed to do on this day? Do wife beaters and abusers take the day off…
- Lately, my Facebook feed has been filled with ads for the Embr Wave, a personal temperature control device. This wrist-worn high-tech doohickey senses skin temperature and emits warming or cooling…
Not everyone gets the appeal of the food/sex combo. At an outdoor BBQ, I was watching the neighbors play yard games when another observer asked me, “Do you play cornhole?”…
I was trying to write an online dating profile. I stared at pictures of different men in their various fitness poses: straddling bikes, standing – arms outstretched on mountain tops,…
Hey, guy in the Bobby Wagner jersey, yelling at the refs for calling an obvious penalty in between sips from your Bud Light. Yes, you, who chuckled at my observations…
I was ready. Well, I was certainly ready to try, anyway. It had been 22 months of celibacy, 5 months of therapy, and 11 months of taking antidepressants. I was…
