Amateur Hour

• Lori Duff
• May 23, 2013

How come we don't seem to mind when young athletes make mistakes at their sports because of their age, but we aren't as forgiving when they try to sing or play an instrument?

Comedy

Call Me Maybe? Hi, Maybe!

• Lori Duff
• May 15, 2013

If you want to know what a bad joke about a pop song and a sparkly blue diamond have in common, read on: it's all about saying what you mean.

Living

What Your Guidance Counselor Won't Tell You

• Lori Duff
• May 9, 2013

My choice of careers shows a distinct lack of creativity. If you can think of it, someone gets paid to do it.

Books

Banning Books on Buses

• Lori Duff
• May 6, 2013

Unless I want to re-read my Nancy Drew collection (and even those have murders), I'm not sure what books I can read on the fifth grade trip to D.C. while complying with all the rules.

Family

The Variable Rules of Wall Ball

• Lori Duff
• Apr 29, 2013

I may never understand the rules of Wall Ball, since my children made them up and change them often, but it is fun to play, and I'm happy to see them get along.

Living

Coupon Queens

• Lori Duff
• Apr 25, 2013

If you want to buy $250.00 worth of grocieries for $12.38, more power to you. Just make sure you know how before you get in front of me in line.

Comedy

Cell Phoning for Dummies

• Lori Duff
• Apr 22, 2013

Another title for this one could have been "Cell Phoning Rules and Pitfalls for People Old Enough to Drink"

Family

Hey Mom Hey Mom Hey Mom!

• Lori Duff
• Apr 15, 2013

What's an introverted Mom to do with an extroverted son? Love him to pieces and drink lots of coffee, that's what.

Living

Scavenger Hunt

• Lori Duff
• Apr 11, 2013

Vultures perform a valuable service by cleaning up road kill and other dead animals in nature: so what cleans up a dead vulture?

Health

Where There's Smoke...

• Lori Duff
• Apr 8, 2013

I get why you'd want another cigarette because you are addicted. But why on Earth would you want the first one?