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..
[Read More]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,.
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