| When Do Strangers Stop Being Strange? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| My grandmother always told me that I could turn strangers into friends. Well, my grandmother would be proud of me. I turned a stranger into a husband. |
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| My Secret Life as a Junk Man or My New Cognitive Behavioral Materialism Therapy by Jack Deal |
| Wallow in your stuff to gradually wean yourself from it. After a while you won't want to go to the mall anymore. |
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| Do Open Houses Open Minds? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| When I had my first open house, I thought U should be there to answer questions. Not a good idea. Home is where the heart is - and where part of it will stay. |
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| Gadgets - Mechanical Or Maniacal Devices? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| Gadgets are a part of progress and I'm trying to progress too. If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we stop clocks from blinking 12:00 after power failures? |
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| Does Any Port In A Storm Include Airports? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| No weapons in carry-on luggage - fine; but I've had bruises on my shins that prove wheeled luggage is a weapon. I think wheeled luggage should have directional signals and break lights or airport police should give tickets for moving violations. |
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| Can People Be Winterized? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| I'm cold challenged. I used to live in New England. Every winter I dreaded the snow and ice and freezing wind chill factors. I don't understand why people stay there in the winter, but I may have figured out why the Smurfs are blue. |
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| What Makes The World Go Around? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| Judging by the line of cars at Starbuck's drive-in window, coffee makes the world go around. Sometimes the line of cars causes traffic problems, but that doesn't seem to bring the police around. Oh - no donuts. |
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| Can Errands Be Walked? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| I always have errands to do and there seems to be more every week. Maybe I've read too many books by Stephen King, but I wouldn't be surprised if my errands grew long ears and cotton-ball tails. |
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| Do You Watch Out For What's In? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| Because my grandmother wanted to give me what was in style, she gave me what girls in her neighborhood wore. When my grandmother's eyesight started to fail, she went to Plan B. She asked me what I wanted. That's always in fashion. |
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| Is Running Late Exercise? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| If the movie "Snow White" were made today, the seven dwarfs wouldn't sing "Whistle While You Work". Instead, Grumpy would have a solo. He'd sing, "Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think". |
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| The Embarrassing Incident With The Volvo Keychain by Kathy Austin |
| Have you ever had your car stolen It is a gutting experience, especially when it’s your fault |
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| Are We Programmed More Than TV? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| When we're driving and see a red light, we're programmed to stop. Those who don't are programmed to look in their rear-view mirrors for at least twenty seconds. |
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| Is Nostalgia A Sugar-Coated Memory? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| Last fall my husband and I took a trip back East. The tress were glowing in shades of yellow, orange and red. As a transplanted New Englander, I started to get nostalgic. Then I heard John say a four-letter word - rake. |
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| Who Knew Toothsome Meant Tasty? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| My grandmother used to say if you take your teeth for granted, you won't be taking them with you. |
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| Why Do Alarm Clocks Have To Be Alarming? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| You often hear people say there's something they couldn't do without. Actually, there's a lot of things I'd like to do without. |
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| What Are Those Three, Little Words? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| When someone says they want to have a few words with you, a few can be too many. I think most things can be said with just three, little words. |
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| Do You Take Personal Development Personally? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| For personal development you have to be goal-oriented. Being a soccer mom, however, didn't qualify me as goal-oriented |
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| Have You Developed Personally? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| If you compare the personal development of a couple that has children with a couple that doesn't, you'll see that the parents'development is much less personal. |
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| Sick Of Eating Healthy? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| Coffee's good for you, then it isn't. Eggs are good for you, then they're not. Eating their words can't be good for nutritionists. |
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| Was The Hula Hoop An Original Idea? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| A hula hoop is a combination of the hula movement and a hoop. Is that an original idea? Maybe God had the only original idea. |
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| Is Chocolate Milk A Compromise In A Glass? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| Politics is one of the many things that requires compromise. Is that why some of our politicians have been caught in compromising positions? |
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| Who Invented Traffic? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| Traffic provides a place for people with no place to go an excuse for not going anywhere. |
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| Are You Running On Automatic? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| On vacation one day rolls into the next and I forget what day it is. Not it's happening when I'm not on vacation. Unfortunately, the days aren't rolling by. They are whizzing by. It's like I'm running on automatic, but my breaks don't work. |
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| Do Clothes Horses Wear Polo Shirts? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| If clothes make the man, woman constantly remake themselves and teenagers should make amends. |
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| Is Hurrying Stressful? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| I identify with the White Rabbit in "Alice In Wonderland". He scurried around yelling, "I'm late, I'm late - for a very important date". I hurry instead of scurry and every day on the calendar is an important date for me. |
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