Barb Best

Woe is me.

As relationship expert and best-selling author Margaret Paul, PhD. writes at HuffPost Healthy Living, “While life is often challenging, lonely and heartbreaking, misery is a choice.”

HERE ARE MY 7 TIPS  – HOW TO BE REALLY  MISERABLE

• Wear Spanx underwear daily, preferably in a size too small.  (Guess what? It’s ALL a size too small.)

• Read, listen to, or watch The News. This applies especially to anything remotely political.  (Ugh. It’s ALL political.)

• Deprive yourself of chocolate before noon.  (Cocoa Puffs were created for a reason.) [...]

What’s Cookin’?

Pet peeves are not just about our pets!

What’s perturbing YOU these days?  Let me guess…

The kale juice cleanse you just went on 5 minutes ago is already causing homicidal cramping.

Dirty dishes

The rising price of high-octane gasoline, French Roast coffee, California Chardonnay, and 72% cacao dark chocolate

Phantom gunt pain [...]

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Hey, how would YOU like to tweet AFTER you die?

(True, some of us don’t even want to tweet before we die.)

But if YOU want to keep the discussion going…

You’re in luck! There is a new APP “LivesOn” that will allow you to do just that. [...]

Damn, I’m tired!  Are you, too?

Are YOU getting enough sleep? What keeps YOU up at night?

25 MORE Reasons I Can’t Sleep!

1) Dog needs to pee.

2) I need to pee… again.

3) The cat suffers from restless leg syndrome and is kicking me in the private parts.

4) Kardashian fetus already making more $ than me. [...]

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Duh. WHAT?  We are not quite as smart as we think we are?

“A Stanford geneticist says humans have so many genetic mutations that we’re less intelligent than our ancestors, and it’s getting worse.”   -POPSCI.com By Rebecca Boyle Posted 11.19.2012

Perhaps some of us are merely in a pop culture coma – numbed by dumb. [...]

At your service…

5 Tips for the The Long Weekend

• Skip reality TV. Instead, read the hilarious Vulture.com TV Recaps. Julie Klausner rocks the RHOBH series!

• Sleep. A lot. Sleep is not just for the week. Just like Sudoku and killer karaoke, it sharpens your mind. [...]

Scan of a Valentine greeting card dated 1909. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Dear Jack,

Enclosed is your annual Valentine’s Day evaluation. Comments will address key aspects of your holiday performance.

1. You receive above average marks on maintaining a positive attitude for most of the evening.  We’ll forgive (but not forget) the grumbling under your breath when I sweetly requested you serenade me with “Baby.”

2. You demonstrated initiative and creativity (albeit with my constant prodding and direction) by making plum restaurant reservations for the mandatory romantic dinner.

3. You enthusiastically participated in the consuming of the extravagant calorie laden meal and (especially) the drinking of the inordinately over-priced French champagne.

4. Needs improvement. It is acutely evident that you need to work on the development of greater concentration skills (soup spoons are not percussion instruments) and on becoming a better listener. [...]

Valentine’s Day is a super occasion to demonstrate some self-love.

Give yourself a hug. Indulge your senses. Treat yourself.

The pressure is on!  Satisfy yourself!

BTW Need a quickie fun gift for YOU (okay… or a loved one) for Valentine’s Day?

How ’bout My Funny Valentine paperback or ebook?

* Less calories than a box of luscious chocolate truffles.

* Funnier than fudge. [...]

You’d think with all the money the government spends, they could hire better photographers at the DMV.

Must law-abiding citizens’ driver’s licenses resemble mug shots?

And why do they order you NOT to smile? Most of us look more attractive if we are smiling (or at least faking it). [...]

Is your mood ring murky?

Got the winter blahs?  The blues?  Perhaps Seasonal affective disorder?

Are you somewhere between Siberia and Sacramento on The Misery Index?

You’re in style. The winter blues are the new black.

Lightnin’ Slim on the cover of his Ace Records Winter Time Blues album (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Are you tired? Do you have Low T?    Do you poop out at Pilates?

The problem with January… It’s December weather without the presents, [...]