Home By Midnight

Sharon finished her hairdo and makeup, slid into her skinniest jeans and a tank top.  While walking down the stairs, her mother reminded her that the curfew was midnight. Yes Mommy.  Fully aware.   The curfew was always midnight but Sharon broke it pretty much every...

Tax Day

Tomorrow’s my turn.  2:00 with the same accountant I’ve used for almost ten years.  And it never goes well.  I consistently leave with my Armenian tail between my Armenian ass.  But the one year I tried to do it myself on TurboTax … WHAM BAMM Fines...

Will Win / Should Win

It’s Oscars Day.  If you’re fanatical about movies, this is the night when most of what you thought about what you saw gets tossed out and replaced by either the stuff you saw and said “eh” or the stuff you never thought twice about seeing at...

Big Wig

Meaning: An important person, especially in a particular sphere Origin: Back in the 18th century, the most important political figures would wear the biggest wigs, hence today influential people are called big wigs. Implication:  We’ve still got an important...