One Hundred Things My Mother Taught Me A Million Times – Chapter 43

#43  “Don't flush the toilet every time you pee, that waste water; just pour a little Pine Sol in the bowl to keep the odor down.”

 This "drawing' of "Saint Inez, Patron Saint of Incontinence," that I did as a joke one time, seemed appropriate for this blog post.

As gross as this one of one hundred things my mom taught me a million times sounds, I have to admit that it is really pretty practical. Bathroom behavior is not something I am really comfortable writing about, but then it’s a little hard to write about mom’s #43 without discussing pee pee, potties and tp (we will not, however be discussing poop).

So about pee pee and Pine Sol, and by the way, this is not an endorsement of Pine Sol, it just so happens that was the “disinfectant” of choice in our household. And honestly, I’m not sure it’s not the same thing as that “blue lagoon” of liquid that never seems to quite cover what needs to be covered in the bottom of a porta-potty (gag reflex engaged). 

Part of why #43 makes a lot of sense to me is because I’m a waterholic, which naturally also means I’m a pottyaholic. Yep, I’m in there about every 30-minutes between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm. A low-flow toilet uses 1.6 gallons of water per flush. That means I’m using 25.6 gallons of good, fresh, drinkable water a day, just to slosh my pee pee away. That’s pretty horrible – 25 gallons of water! Yikes. I suspect there are entire villages in Africa that survive on less than that every day. Click on Read More Below...

The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths By Pat Brown

When I do a book review I always check to see what other people have to say about the book and how it’s rated on various book review pages. These don’t influence my review, because there’s really no getting around how you feel about a book. But it is interesting to me how books affect other people as well.

The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths by Pat Brown was one of those books that people loved or hated, and even the ones who loved it hated some things, and vice versa. The ratings were all very high or very low, nothing in between.  I believe I know why. 

First, most of you would probably take a wide detour around this book unless you’re fascinated by what makes serial killers and psychopaths tick. I’m not sure why, but I can’t get enough of the who’s, why’s and how’s. So the readers of this book have expectations created through experience (not killing but rather lots of reading about it). Pat Brown didn’t let us down on the juicy details. Her descriptions of the suspected killers, their motives and methodologies were really quite satisfying (that sounds a little sick, right?) Click on Read More Below...

My Latisse - Not So Clinical Trial - FINAL Results

Yep, it works. Enough said. I’m tired of writing about it and you certainly must be tired of reading about it. Plus looking at photos of my face that close up is simply too depressing. As Bette Davis said, “Old age ain’t no place for sissies.”

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