Island of Misphit Blogs

I, like most of us, was brought up to be truthful. In fact, it was a bit of a thing in my family - no shades of grey or excuses, you just don't lie to people. No claiming to be younger to get the kid's price, no pocketing the extra if you're given the wrong change, no staying home "sick" if you're not. And I really took it to heart. I eventually grew out of the wide-eyed absolutism of childhood, but the overall message stayed with me and while I'm not shocked-shocked-I-say at the white (and other colored) lies a lot of people are comfortable using, it's not for me. I'm not above smiling through food I don't like, but that's generally the extent of it. Except, today I had to choose between either relaxing that standard or putting a friend's job on the line and causing trouble for the rest of the company, and of course I chose the former. The disconcerting thing is, I think I was quite good at it. I wasn't happy about it, but the fa...

Sometimes having a super cool phone that keeps you connected ain't all that it is cracked up to be. While I am on facebook I'm hardly ever on facebook. I got an email tonight from someone named Cheryl who was looking for Michele there but found me instead. It took me a long time to respond. There was only one thing I could say. I gave her the address of the blog I started and let her know Michele had died earlier this year. It was just an odd way to start the new year.