Laughing @ Middle Age, a Cartoon by Pat Achilles
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You Want a What for Christmas?
A Middle-Aged Woman Laughs at a Christmas Gift ListBy: Mary Fran BontempoHELP WANTED: PERSONAL INTERPRETER / PURCHASING AGENT Qualifications: Must be fluent in techno-speak, able to understand and translate any and all terminology referring to electronic gadgets. Must be willing to schlep around shopping malls, enduring surly crowds of shoppers all frantically searching for the latest technological marvel. Ability to scour endless advertisements all claiming to have the latest thing at the best [...]
Laughing @ Middle Age, a cartoon by Pat Achilles
If you have a friend that you'd like to give a chuckle to this holiday season, this cartoon is available as a greeting card with the message: 'Warm Wishes for the Holiday.' Click on the animated gift box in the left column of this blog to order.
Preparing for Battle–It’s Christmas Time Again
A Middle Aged Woman Laughs at The Most Wonderful Time of the YearBy: Mary Fran BontempoOkay ladies. It’s that time of year. Time to gird your loins, don a full complement of battle gear and prepare for your annual dose of battering and bruising.The holiday season is upon us and while displays of twinkling lights, smiling Santas and dancing sugarplums try to lull us into a seasonal stupor, we women know better. This [...]
Laughing at Middle Age–A Cartoon by Pat Achilles
It's that time of year again--time to spend a mortgage payment on holiday cheer! Pass along some NRFGP fun to your friends who share your sense of holiday fun--or horror!
Leaks and Other Signs of Aging
by Chrysa SmithAll this banter about WikiLeaks this past week has left me googling it all. Quite frankly, I don't get it.Some Aussie, who looks like he could be one of Carmen's gaunt, vampire characters (and not as hot as Becquer) has told our national 'secrets' to apparently anyone willing to listen. Is it dangerous? Is it detrimental? Is it classified? Is it a crime? Will someone get whacked? Or is it stuff [...]
But It’s a Tradition!
A Middle Aged Woman Laughs at TraditionsBy: Mary Fran BontempoTradition. According to Webster’s Dictionary, it is defined as follows:1: an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior 2: the handing down of beliefs and customs from one generation to another 3: cultural continuity in social attitudes, customs, and institutionsLeave it to an intellectual to water something down to the point where it becomes almost unrecognizable. The Webster’s elite have managed [...]