BY DOROTHY ROSBY Ever since I read that the documents and other memorabilia of my hero Erma Bombeck will soon be displayed at her alma mater, the University of Dayton, I’ve been wondering what will become of my papers when I’m gone. Will they be exhibited in a new climate-controlled wing at my alma mater? …
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BY DOROTHY ROSBY I read that average Americans check their phones 344 times a day. That’s once every four minutes. If you’re checking your phone every four minutes, all I can say is good for you. At least you can find it. When I got up from my desk this morning, I couldn’t bear …
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BY DOROTHY ROSBY According to the manufacturers of Cascade dishwashing detergent, using a dishwasher to wash your dishes saves 30 minutes a day over handwashing them. I read a fascinating article on the subject while I was wandering around the internet today frittering away the half hour I’d just saved using my dishwasher. The author went on …
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BY DOROTHY ROSBY Did you know that ketchup can clean copper and that mustard can be used as an exfoliating face mask? Also, they’re both really good on hot dogs. And did you know that you can keep carryout pizza warm on the way home by setting it on the passenger seat and turning on …
BY DOROTHY ROSBY I’ve heard so much about oligarchs lately that I couldn’t help wondering if it might be a good career move for me. Before I made the switch though, I thought I should find out more, so I went to my go-to for career advice, my good friend Google. That’s where I learned …
BY DOROTHY ROSBY Early this morning, I received a text cancelling an event I’d planned to attend. That would not only save me the two hours of the event, it would save me the time it takes to dress in my leaving-the-house-uniform—hair fixed and something other than sweatpants. There was one problem. I’d been planning …
BY DOROTHY ROSBY I grew up thinking men invented football to get out of doing the dishes. I had nine siblings. There were a lot of dishes. And my seven brothers flocked to the living room after Sunday dinner, so you can see why I might have thought that. Despite all those brothers, I didn’t …
BY DOROTHY ROSBY For those of us who’ve been craving a little silent night since Thanksgiving, there was World Introvert Day on January 2. And I missed it. Introverts being introverts, I guess no one was out there promoting it. World Introvert Day has been around for more than a decade, and I’ve just learned …
BY DOROTHY ROSBY ‘Tis the season to run up our credit card bills and give our loved ones a good head start on their next garage sale. It doesn’t have to be that way. The year I bought two talking trout and a fruit cake at 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve, I decided it was …
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BY DOROTHY ROSBY I’ve been wondering lately if I might be a wimp. I’m not asking for your opinion, so don’t write and share it with me. I’ve just been considering the possibility ever since my sister and I compiled the stories our mother used to tell of growing up on the prairies of South …
