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 B-Rant- Contributed by J.Burt on: 05/15/2008Why I Dread Pick-Up Time at SchoolBy Jacqueline Burt I dread pick-up time at my daughter Charlotte's Catholic elementary school. You'd think I would have it down by now. I grew up in this town, attended a school much like this one, spent the bulk of my formative years wearing the same scratchy maroon plaid jumper that Charlotte grudgingly dons every morning. But I didn't fit in then, and I don't today. Then, I was one of the only kids at my school with a single mom; now, I'm one of the only single moms at ...read more Throwing Away Money At The Mall...LiterallyKid: How come there's coins in the fountain? -- Overheard in: Fountain S.Hills Mall, NJ --
An Election, A Porta Potty & Scandals Of HillaryRick was having a hard time remembering how he'd gotten here. Sitting on one side of a square table, across from him the current Mayor, camera lights glaring, engaged in a debate in the Mayoral con When the primary election returns were counted and it was reported that Rick had won the Democratic nomination handily, Rick had thought it was a joke. He hadn't run, of course, and earlier had told some apparently lunatic local party "elders" that he'd rather eat desiccated mulch than run for this or any other ...read more |
 ...The fence came last week. After 10 years, they suddenly don't trust me?
 World Domination, One Drug Store at a Time Last year, when the big chain video
 Contractors Have Feelings Too  It's true. Those lugs who come into your house wielding massive power tools, and tear down your walls and floors and ceiling and, and if you're lucky, build them back up...they feel genuinely hurt by your insensitivities. Also frustrated, disappointed, enraged. Home contractors are people too, according to the NY Times. And they want...read more
 Florida To Drivers: No More Ornamental Bull Testicles Tallahassee, FL B-Take: That's right. You want to celebrete bull testicles, hang them in your house not off the bumbers of your cars. Apparently, Florida lawmakers are concerned the impressive oversized displays of bull-hood are too distracting (titillating) to other drivers? Decals of naked women, fun with guns...no problem. But bull gonads...God almighty, what's next? Gorilla butt cheeks hanging from the mirror?...get full story.
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rental store went out of business, and a branch of a bank no one had ever heard of opened up in its place, there was talk around town. The equivalent of Main Street had five bank branches already. How many banks does one town of 38,000 people need? The Chase Manhattan Bank has three branches and two "drive-thrus" in our town. In the ‘80s, if a bakery went out of business,
