Despite my nighttime conviction to get up at 5 am, which frequently sounds like a good, perky idea before falling asleep, I was fully unprepared when the alarm went off this morning. By 5:01 I was halfway through Kubler-Ross’ five stages of grief, passing through denial, anger and bargaining while I attempted to hold onto the last [...]

I was tempted to go even further with my critique, and dub “Tru Colors” the worst hair salon in the universe, but then I realized that there might possibly be a more despicable experience to be had on Mars. I mean, in addition to cringe-worthy “customer service,” on the Red Planet, you wouldn’t have access to sufficient oxygen, [...]

Anyone who’s been to my house can vet for my love of shoes. More specifically, boots. And even more specifically, platform boots. I’m talking sky high. The kind that are virtually impossible to walk in. With square toes and chunky heels and real leather, of course. In platform boots, petite sized jeans actually fit me. 
So you can [...]

Today I can barely hold my head up at work. The obvious solution, I thought, was to relocate the phone to the floor and stretch out beneath my desk. The ringing phone would serve as an adequate alarm clock and, even sleepy, I’m reasonably certain I could operate the voicemail transfer buttons.  A good plan, but flawed; [...]

I thought the scent emanated from some kind of high desert flower, since the first time I smelled it, I was in Taos, NM. Last week, however, the buttery spring goodness wafted to me from the site of a future daycare center in Sheridan, WY.
I want to say it’s sweetgrass, or sweet clover, but every time I try to identify the [...]

According to local sources, the practice began long before Napoleon Dynamite made tater tots “cool.” (Or as cool as opening credits can make something.) Here’s the sitch: two Mexican eateries in town wrap tater tots inside their burritos. Along with the fake sour cream, no-avocado-in-sight guacamole, lard-y beans, and instant white rice. Tater tots. As [...]

Little Sheridan, WY struck a major blow at the capital of France this week, when the city council approved two sidewalk tables for the Rib & Chop House. Despite the objection raised by one longstanding member of the council, that allowing two tables might very well open the “pandora’s box” of outdoor dining, the mayor stood his ground. [...]

Rationally, I understand that spammers employ tantalizing subject lines to get people to click on their e-mails. No, I don’t think my in-box is really full of Angelina Jolie nude shots, tragic scenes of new earthquakes in China, or Rolex watches at 80% off. But for some reason, when these creeps tell me “You look stupid, cnelson,” [...]

According to Chapter Nineteen of my small Wyoming town’s Municipal Code, “It is unlawful for any person to annoy, harrass, frighten, chase, tease, annoy, torment, goad or throw missiles at, or otherwise irritate in any manner whatsoever any city park animals.”
Ahm… ‘throw missles at’?
I suppose bows-and-arrows and slingshots and poison darts and rocket launchers are all prohibited, [...]

Before leaving the house for the 7:20 showing of The Happening, the man and I agreed that this was M. Night Shyamalan’s very last chance to separate us from our hard earned money. To date, I’ve coughed up for theatrical showings of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs and Lady in the Water (The Village was [...]