Archive for the ‘From The Donkey’ Category
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Better Safe Than Sorry
I am going to share a gem of wisdom with you today. It may seem counterintuitive, but hear me out:
Don't try to be accurate when guessing your arrival time at home.
I can't tell you how often this has come back to bite me. Each day my wife ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Debilitated Donkey
My wife loves watching The Amazing Race and says we should be on it. I have seen several episodes over the years and I must say that I agree. I'm sure it would be entertaining to watch, but I really think we would be a good team. She has ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
I'm in California on another "vacation" (business trip). My wife is too tired tonight to read through the post and has authorized me to post whatever I want. She suggested summing up Mother's Day. I was hoping to do something controversial, but decided to use a little discretion.
Someone at work ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
We are still recovering from our great vacation and now my wife left me to babysit for 3 days while she attends a conference. Although it has been crazy, I’ve found a minute to write a post based on an experience from our trip.
During the trip some of my wife’s ...
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
I came across an interesting article about health and marriage. Two researchers studied the effects of good and bad marriages on healing physical wounds. These researchers discovered that couples identified as "hostile" took up to 40% longer to heal from general sicknesses or wounds. On the other side, healthy marriages ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
Several readers have asked me to develop the Housewife Job Description. Since I am in HR, I have written many job descriptions in my life, but never for a housewife. As you may recall, I have developed a Housewife Performance Appraisal, and as soon as I dig it up, I'll ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
My wife is at the movies with her friends, so I decided to take a minute and tell a story from yesterday. I'm sure I will be in trouble for this, but it was just too funny.
Yesterday my brothers and I met up to play games and eat a bunch ...
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
It looks like my latest quick tip backfired on me. Yesterday I was presented with a pile of note cards for Christmas. Each had a separate gift written on the card. I was completely shocked to discover that my wife had gotten me nothing for Christmas and instead relied on ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
We had our Christmas party at work the other day and I wondered whether or not mistletoe would show up. I was 99% sure that it wouldn't, but I was thinking how funny it would be if someone hung some up when no one was looking. Unfortunately the party was ...
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Don't get too excited by the title. I'm just referring to the secondary definition of dominatrix--a woman who dominates.
I came across a journal article about the differences between males and females, written by Dr. Richard Driscoll--author of The Stronger Sex. The conclusions of his studies were interesting, and potentially controversial.Here ...
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