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What You Think About Me Is All I Can Think About

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.

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Why I Hate The Bachelor

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.

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They Did What With Our Money

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.

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Does The Flap Of A Bankers Jaw On Wall Street Cause A Dust Bowl In Detroit

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,.

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Electronic Shunning: Why I'm Unfriending My Husband On Facebook

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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Electronic Shunning: Why I’m Unfriending My Husband On Facebook

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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Be Yourself Everyone Else Is Already Taken

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..

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Nurse Betty: A Woman Ahead Of Her Time

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.

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Teen Trends: Is Fiscal Prudence The New Cool

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.

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Science and religion: A marriage made in Victorian England

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.

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