Author: Elsa

Contest

This is a true story. I worked for Frito Lay at the time. I was twenty- six, when a contest was announced. It was a random drawing of salespeople (10,000 of them) but I knew that I could win as soon as I touched the paper. Why? Because I’m clever…

Humans Living In A Post-Truth Society?

I read this claim or accusation, almost all Americans argue in bad faith.  Specifically,  we are a post-truth society, where people say things and argue things they don’t even believe.   This was the observation of a foreigner (or a bot, how woul…

Born On The Same Day, But Different Years

Hi Elsa, I am part of a loose couple, we both share the same birthday, but born on separate years. Have you heard anything like this happening? Hello! I do see people with the same birth date, connect pretty frequently. But it’s not that common i…

Seriously, Just Do It!

Regarding this morning’s newsletter, Direct Action, Hope, Faith & Crazy Luck, I took my own advice. Baby Driver quit procrastinating, got in her car, and took it to be serviced.  I had a brake light out, so I went to Auto Zone and a man there…

What Drives A Person To Go To Therapy?

Lamari stated she was curious about time I spent in therapy on the Organized Abuse thread. I’m surprised I made it to therapy. I don’t think I’d have thought of it on my own. I left home when I was fifteen years old and had quite a ti…

The Red String Of Fate

On the Things That Make You Go, Hmm, front, my husband and I were talking about situations where couples don’t seem to have the ability to separate.  They get together, separate, swirl around and wind up back together. They might be quite sick of…