Lunchline

Do you remember the lunchline in your school cafeteria? Or maybe your college dining hall? Were you a line-cutter? Did you save seats? Or hoard your lunch money for ice cream instead of the featured entree? Remember getting your ticket punched, or exchanging your prepaid milk ticket for an 8-ounce carton of whole milk?  Do …

Song of Joy

My awesome sister gave me this Captain & Tennille CD for my birthday!  THANKS, BETS! We had this LP when we were kids and listened to it incessantly, if memory serves. That is, when Barry Manilow and the K-Tel Greatest Hits weren't on the turntable. (Attention Kids: There's likely to be a lot of Dated …

Expectations vs. Reality

Next Thursday, I'm heading down to Virginia for what's being heralded as the Virginia Blogfest. It's hosted by bloggers extraordinaire Chesapeake Bay Woman and Big Hair Envy, and it's designed to bring together bloggers and commenters who've gotten to know - and like - each other through cyberspace. Many of us have never met "IRL" (that …