BE YOURSELF EVERYONE ELSE IS ALREADY TAKEN By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Do you ever feel like you’re just faking it? You know, walking around in a grown-up body acting like you know what you’re doing, when really you have no idea who you are inside. We all play act..
[Read More]Her name was Betty. She was the middle child of seven children. She wanted to be a nurse. But it was the 1920s and her family didn’t have much money. Her father wasn’t inclined pay for an education, at least not one for a girl, so she worked her.
[Read More]TEEN TRENDS: IS FISCAL PRUDENCE THE NEW COOL? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com The recession is now official, my teenager no longer shops at Abercrombie & Fitch. Yes, it’s true, teens who were once ashamed to be seen in anything but top-label, strategically distressed clothing are now ponying up to.
[Read More]Science and religion: A marriage made in Victorian England By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com It was an unlikely marriage. He was a scientist and she was a religious studies major. He went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for a book about evolution. She became a children’s book author, often.
[Read More]Control freaks: Unsung heroes of home and work By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com He or she is such a control freak! It’s a common criticism, and it’s usually directed at the crazy person running around barking orders. You know, the one who’s about to bite your head off because you.
[Read More]WHY DO CHEATING MEN RISK A LIFETIME IN THE DOGHOUSE? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Why do men cheat? With two high profile affairs making the headlines these days, that of former presidential candidate John Edwards and that of reality star Jon Gosselin of “Jon and Kate Plus Eight” fame,.
[Read More]Confessions of a TiVoholic By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com I love television. I truly love it. I wept when TiVo was invented, because it meant I could watch even more of it. Sophisticated people claim to be “soooo busy” that they don’t have time for mindless TV. Or at least.
[Read More]Four Tips for a Great Taxi Ride (or Anything Else You Want) By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Do you ever notice how some people always seem get the best tables, the most helpful sales people and that nobody ever messes up their order at the drive through? Is it just.
[Read More]Is Your Body Revealing Secrets? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Is your body giving away the secrets of your mind? We all know that body language can convey thoughts and emotions. But did you know that people are more likely to respond to your non-verbal messages than they are your.
[Read More]DROOLING GAWKERS MISSING THE REAL BEAUTY By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com It’s a middle-aged rite-of-passage. It’s the moment you become invisible. It’s when you realize that people (people of the opposite sex, that is) are no longer looking at you; they’re looking through you. And its even more depressing if.
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