“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, con a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”  - Robert Heinlein

I remember watching my grandmother pluck hairs from her chin when I was a young girl. I was horrified. Would this happen to me? Would I turn into a man? My grandmother laughed and shrugged, “it’s just part of getting old.” It’s official. I am old. I got my first chinny chin hair the other day. Read the rest of this entry at http://www.confessionsofaninsomniac.com/?p=283.

People painted across a vast landscape of stores, restaurants and planes … The airport may not be the most picturesque place to watch people, but the fluorescent lights definitely illuminate the many lives that walk past the numbering system that we all have grown to associate with flying. The Atlanta Airport is the melting pot of civilization. Every state and nearly every country is represented. Read the rest of this entry >>

The September nights have faded, but the speeding ticket that was handed to me on that horrible Monday still lingers. It is amazing how much of my life has been determined by a stupid piece of paper. On the right path? Until recently, “careful” and “cautious” were two words that never fit in my vocabulary. I was reckless, daring and quite frankly … stupid. Read the full entry >>

Now playing in VHS … Three people sit in a dark room laughing hysterically at a TV screen. Next to them is a box of video tapes. Each is labeled with a name to identify the life playing out on the screen. You watch as one person picks out a new tape. “Can we watch this one again? I do not think that I have ever laughed as hard.” Read the full entry >>