Leave ‘em Laughing When You Go…

How many times have you heard the expression that laughter is the best medicine? Probably hundreds. Come to think of it, I believe that some research has indicated that the saying is more than a mere maxim. I wonder, then, if comedians might someday replace doctors? [...]

The State of the News…

Sexy Too Soon

I read with some interest an article today entitled Sexed-Up Images in Media Hurt Young Girls. The article is the outcome of a study by the American Psychological Association, and it gives some scientific credence to something that has been fairly evident to many of us all along. Women, we know, have been [...]

Ode to the Tasmanian Devil

If you’re in the same general age bracket as I am, you probably grew up with the Looney Toons. You know — Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote, and the whole gang. Ah, the good old days when cartoons were created with imagination and were actually funny on many levels! Those [...]

Worth the Extra Effort? Indeed!

When I started this blog, my intention was to write about as many things as possible — sometimes just for fun, and other times to share thoughts that might be meaningful to someone who might stumble across this page. It was not necessarily my intention to write extensively on relationship issues. There are [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day!

T’was the Day Before Valentine’s Day…

Today is February 13th. (Trust me on that.) Tomorrow, then, is the day that some women dream of all year. And it is the day that most men dread. The TV ads started several weeks ago. You know the ones — mostly from jewelry stores. [...]

Day-Tight Compartments?

Since giving birth to this blog last night, I am quite sure that readers the world over are wondering about the title I have chosen — Daytight Compartments. None, of course, have commented or emailed to ask, surely out of the potential embarrassment of wondering if everyone should just know. I will [...]

My Very First Blog — Ever

Hello, World! Please welcome me to the wonderful world of blogging. It’s all Amy’s fault. Like many in the “over-30″ group, I had no idea what a “blog” was. (It is a “web log,” for anyone in my soon-to-be vast readership who may not know.) Then Amy started one. I became a loyal reader, and [...]