Welcome to the jungle gym

It was time for recess, and my two favorite playground structures had primal names – the monkey bars and the jungle gym.  Monkey bars were made of cold, grey steel.  There was a straight up ladder on each side, connected by a horizontal ladder in the middle.  You traversed one bar at a time, gripping…

The endangered cup of coffee

What’s the difference between a non-fat vanilla latte with a sprinkle of cinnamon at most coffee shops, and the same drink at the Pacific Coast Café?  It’s the secret ingredient – Donna.  She’s in her mid to late 30’s, with dark brown hair neatly tucked under her cap, and glasses that slightly magnify her smiling…

Facebook is not a charity

There is currently a Facebook group with over 3.8 million members circulating the message “We Will Not Pay To Use Facebook. We Are Gone If This Happens.”  Come on… are these people really serious?  Is Facebook a non-profit or a business?  I understand that most of them are saying they prefer advertising-supported over fee-based.  But…

Your favorite martian?

I was talking recently with a friend of mine who considers himself a real man’s man.  He made a sweeping, but interesting, generalization about women.  He said “most women just expect a man to be strong…showing too much emotion is a weakness.”  Is there some truth in that statement?   In his book, Men are…