Page 1 of Gerry Charbonneau's writing

1. Sometimes There Really Is No Place Like Home If you are an apartment dweller actively seeking a new place to live seriously consider embracing this one important concept that many real estate brokers always stress to their clients: location. The word has a wide range of meanings and in this... (posted by Gerry 239 days 20 hours ago.)

2. Impatient People Should Never Become Bus Drivers Ralph Cramden, a television character portrayed many years ago by Jackie Gleason, was a bus driver for the fictional Gotham Bus Company. He was a soft-hearted man who loved his wife, was frustrated by his lack of personal success and had a very... (posted by Gerry 247 days 6 hours ago.)

3. Time To Smarten Up About Grade School Politicking " Remember in elementary school you were told that in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file from smallest to tallest? What is the logic in that? What, do tall people burn slower?" — Warren Hutcherson It is that time of... (posted by Gerry 265 days 4 hours ago.)

4. Jello --- A Tasty But Truly Deceptive Dessert "The jello jiggled in the bowl. It jiggled upon my spoon. It jiggled towards my mouth. Ooops!!! What is this?" Sometimes reality bites a person gently on the butt. Other times this gentle nibbling transforms itself into a more forceful... (posted by Gerry 273 days 4 hours ago.)

5. Are You Dressing Badly For The Warmer Weather? "Summer is the season when a man thinks he can cook better on an outdoor grill than his wife can on an indoor stove." --- Anonymous. The current warmer summer weather affords many people the ideal opportunity to catch a great tan, barbeque... (posted by Gerry 278 days 3 hours ago.)

6. A Teacher's Competency Should Be Evaluated Often Anatole France: "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. " For many of the luckier students a new school year is about to... (posted by Gerry 279 days ago.)

7. Some Folks Have No Real Sense of Courtesy "How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young? " ---- Paul Sweeney Patience has become the one internalized social virtue that modern man seems to... (posted by Gerry 280 days 5 hours ago.)

8. Trading In Your Gold For Cold Hard Cash Can Get Confusing "I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok." --- Shaquille O'Neal (humorous quotes) The price of gold has been skyrocketing almost daily soaring high into the uncertain... (posted by Gerry 282 days 20 hours ago.)

9. Let Us Demote Sports Heroes to Entertainer Status "People say athletes should be role models. I never looked up to any athlete, did you? I liked them. I didn't copy them. Did you ever listen to one of those guys talk? Would you want your kid to turn out like that?" -- George Carlin. Autumn is... (posted by Gerry 286 days 6 hours ago.)

10. Sorry Buddy, Your Dog Cannot Drive The Car! " I used to look at (my dog) Smokey and think, 'If you were a little smarter, you could tell me what you were thinking', and he'd look at me like he was saying, 'If you were a little smarter, I wouldn't have to.'" --- Fred Jungclaus Imagine... (posted by Gerry 293 days 4 hours ago.)

11. Some Creative Ways to Manage U.S. Debt Crisis " Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian." --- Dennis Wholey Many times in life doing the right thing, even for the right reason, has its hidden and not... (posted by Gerry 300 days 5 hours ago.)

12. Morticians and Makeup Artists Share Common Goal : Deception Morticians and professional makeup artists share a common goal: deception. The former attempt to rekindle a momentary but memorable instance of animation and vigor in their charges for grieving family and friends. The latter hope to spruce up and... (posted by Gerry 302 days 20 hours ago.)

13. Young Pharmacists Frequently Commit Errors When Dispensing Drugs "I feel that nasal spray is a wondrous medical achievement, because it's supposed to relieve nasal congestion, and by gadfrey, it relieves nasal congestion." -- Dave Barry (Dave Barry's Greatest Hits) . A pharmacist is first and foremost a... (posted by Gerry 304 days 19 hours ago.)

14. Using Myth, Magic and Deception When a Family Pet Dies "If I have any beliefs about immortality it is that certain dogs I know will go to heaven, and very very few people." --- (James Thurber) People form very close and personal attachments to their pets. Children especially tend to develop long... (posted by Gerry 306 days 4 hours ago.)

15. New Mothers Offered Private Breast Feeding Station "If nursing in public offends you, please feel free to put a blanket over your head! “ T-shirt slogan. These days it appears that breast feeding is becoming a truly vanishing art in the United States. Many nursing mothers are socially... (posted by Gerry 307 days 4 hours ago.)

16. Should Friends Really Email Friends Chain Letters? "A lady inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: "Husband Wanted". Next day she received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: "You can have mine." - Anon. Have you ever received a chain letter emailed from a long time and trusted... (posted by Gerry 310 days 2 hours ago.)

17. Some Brushes Geared More for Hippo Than Human Teeth "There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of his stomach and the enamel of his teeth. Some evils admit of consolations, but there are no comforters for dyspepsia and the toothache." ---- Henry Lytton... (posted by Gerry 311 days ago.)

18. Fraud Squad to Investigate Easy Cycle Shipper "I decided to take an aerobics class. I bent, twisted, gyrated and jumped up and down for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotard on, class was over." ~Anonymous On May 10th of this year I decided to order an Easy Cycle exerciser for myself.... (posted by Gerry 314 days 5 hours ago.)

19. Composite Dad as Important as Biological One "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years." -- Mark Twain This is the weekend dedicated... (posted by Gerry 342 days 4 hours ago.)

20. Overly Endowed Women Wooed by Foundation Manufacturers "Good lingerie joke will make him laugh; good lingerie will make him gasp!" -- Uncategorized Nowadays it seems the svelte and well-tanned models from Victoria Secret are freely prancing their bodies and their enticing lingerie ensembles on the... (posted by Gerry 344 days ago.)

21. Freshness Seals on Many Coffee Jars Defy Easy Removal "I think we all pray to the first cup of the day. It's a silent prayer, sung while the mind is still foggy and blue. "O Magic Cup," it might go, "carry me above the traffic jam. Keep me civil in the subway. And forgive my employer, as you forgive... (posted by Gerry 344 days 2 hours ago.)

22. Indifferent and Overly Protective Parents Often Stymie Children's Social Skills Most literature on the culture of adolescence focuses on peer pressure as a negative force. Warnings about the “wrong crowd” read like tornado alerts in parent manuals. . . . It is a relative term that means different things in... (posted by Gerry 345 days 4 hours ago.)

23. Many Hockey Arenas Merely Mausoleums To Ineptness And Injury The gladiators of ancient Rome were heroes to the masses. Slaves, generals, merchants , the poor and occasionally the emperor himself flocked to the colisseum to be entertained and enthralled by the superior skills and performances of these... (posted by Gerry 345 days 4 hours ago.)

24. Do Not Rescue (D.N.R.) Me -- Im Quite Alright Really A recent editorial comment published in a nationally recognized weekly publication took the position that many people believed there was way too much governmental control, influence and interference in our daily lives especially in regards to safe... (posted by Gerry 345 days 4 hours ago.)

25. Bitchy Women In Business Not Necessarily The Better Bosses Bitchy women, who often time view themselves as being the more competent leaders and action planners in the male dominated work place, often miss sight of the fact that their overly aggressive behaviors and attitudes alienate fellow employees who... (posted by Gerry 345 days 4 hours ago.)