Posts by perri-wpguy-loriduff
‘Til Death Do Us Part
When my anniversary comes this March, I will have been married 23 years. This means that my marriage is old enough to drink, though not old enough to get a…
Read MoreTV Dinners
Back in the day before microwaves and an entire aisle in the grocery store wasn’t dedicated to frozen meals of increasing gourmet pretensions, there was the TV Dinner. TV Dinners[1]…
Read More(th)Inking about the past
In the past, I had two sweet little babies. As it turns out, I don’t have children anymore. I mean, I have offspring, but not children. My youngest turned 18…
Read MoreKnowing What to Ask
At the risk of sounding more get-off-my-lawn-y than usual, I want to lament the demise of research using books and paper. Don’t get me wrong – I appreciate the heck…
Read MoreNew Year’s Resolution
In case you hadn’t noticed, it is now 2022. I saw on Twitter this morning that the release of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” was closer to D-Day than it is to…
Read MoreSparkle in the Mud
Generally speaking, I’m not what you’d call fancy. If you have the misfortune of seeing me on the weekend you might think to yourself, “I mean, is she going out…
Read MoreHello Dark
Hello dark, you’re not my friend. I can never remember which is daylight savings time – the fall back one or the spring forward one. Honestly, I don’t care which…
Read MoreTargeted Marketing
As a fifty-one year old woman, I don’t have a lot of use for penile enlargement supplements. As a person who posts pictures of her dog more often than her…
Read MoreTopics to Talk About
My son turned twenty not too long ago, and my daughter is on the verge of eighteen. I talk about this an annoying amount because it means that in a…
Read MoreFull-Grown Adult
My son is about to turn 20 and I have some feelings about that. When other people turn 20, I think, well yeah, he’s an adult, of course he’s 20. …
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