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.
[Read More]ARE TEXTING TEENS FORGETTING HOW TO TALK? By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Last month my 16-year-old sent and received 8,307 texts. Yes, you read that number correctly – 8,307 text messages in one billing cycle. Of course, she says that number is misleading. “They count the sent messages, too, and.
[Read More]THE NEW NORMAL DOES NOT INCLUDE WHINING By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com Welcome to the new normal. Your 401(k) has tanked, your job is hanging by a thread, and purchases you once considered routine are now major life decisions. Many have suggested the current economic challenges are causing us to.
[Read More]The evil stepmother is a staple villain of fairy tales. A wicked witch who cackles into a mirror, she starves her husband’s children while she wallows in riches. Today’s stepmoms might not be accused of casting spells, but talk to any first wife about her husband’s new wife and.
[Read More]The evil stepmother is a staple villain of fairy tales. A wicked witch who cackles into a mirror, she starves her husband’s children while she wallows in riches. Today’s stepmoms might not be accused of casting spells, but talk to any first wife about her husband’s new wife and.
[Read More]WHAT THE GREEK? CHOMPING AND CHATTING By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com I may be a pasty-faced white woman with working-class German and American roots, but I think my soul is Greek. I love this country. I’m writing from Greece, where I have discovered an entire country of people who share.
[Read More]JUDGING THE MOMENT MAKES MISERY FOR EVERYONE By Lisa Earle McLeod www.forgetperfect.com It’s just a moment. It’s the moment when the usually calm mother screams at her kids, or the normally kind man losing his temper or the competent TV news anchor rolls her eyes after a trying segment. Yet.
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