THE SHOWER SPEECH YOU MIGHT WANT TO SHELVE By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com You know it’s bad when you start practicing the speeches. You know, the little speeches you rehearse in your head for the grand and glorious moment when you finally get to tell so-and-so what you really think.
[Read More]ODE TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS: UNSUNG HEROES OF AMERICA By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com You can usually tell by their hands. Gnarled and rough, dry and cracked, bearing scars from years of twisting metal, pounding concrete, ripping lumber, stripping plastic and pushing and shoving all kinds of rough material into awkward.
[Read More]GOSSIPERS AND GOSSIPEES: WHO HAS MORE STREET CRED? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Why are we so willing to believe bad things about good people? Have you ever noticed how easy it is to get sucked in by gossip? Sometimes it doesn’t even matter where it came from. If it’s.
[Read More]WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT ME IS ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com “Don’t take it personally.” The reason this is such a common expression is because we so often do – take it personally that is. Especially children. I can’t tell you how many times my.
[Read More]WHY I HATE THE BACHELOR By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com It’s wrong. It’s just plain wrong. It violates the social order of the universe. Yes, I’m talking about The Bachelor, the horrific reality show where a group of attractive young women compete for the attention of one man. It’s just.
[Read More]FORGIVENESS: ANTIDOTE OR ABSOLUTION? By Lisa Earle McLeod “I can never forgive him.” How many times have you heard that? We all want our own mistakes to be forgiven. But how many of us truly want to forgive? Especially on the big stuff? Every time I write about forgiveness,.
[Read More]THEY DID WHAT WITH OUR MONEY? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Many of you are criticizing certain corporations for misuse of public funds. But I’d like to call a time-out on all this whining. We’re in a crisis people, and the last thing we need is for a bunch of.
[Read More]DOES THE FLAP OF A BANKER’S JAW ON WALL STREET CAUSE A DUST BOWL IN DETROIT? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Forget world peace, we just need to make money. To recycle a phrase made popular during another political season – it’s the economy, stupid. You can’t open the newspaper,.
[Read More]ELECTRONIC SHUNNING: WHY I’M UNFRIENDING MY HUSBAND ON FACEBOOK By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com It’s official, I’m a loser. My daughter refuses to friend me on Facebook. Yes, I am one of the grown-ups who’s making Facebook uncool. Once the purvey of hip teens, Facebook is now mainstream and middle-aged..
[Read More]ELECTRONIC SHUNNING: WHY I’M UNFRIENDING MY HUSBAND ON FACEBOOK By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com It’s official, I’m a loser. My daughter refuses to friend me on Facebook. Yes, I am one of the grown-ups who’s making Facebook uncool. Once the purvey of hip teens, Facebook is now mainstream and middle-aged..
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