It is a given. Sex DEFINITELY sells. That’s why sex is so prevalent in movies, on TV, in music. Sex in books & magazines. Sex in print ads, commercials and on the web. Even your local brick & mortar shops use sex to attract customers. Come with me on a drive as I prove …
We’re into November and it is already downright boring. I think the month of November is the lull between October’s beauty & fun of halloween…to Decenber’s bustling Christmas season. November is the straight rail of a roller coaster between two hills. Oh sure, the month has it’s holidays; Veteran’s Day & Thanksgiving–for one, …
Time to clear up and clean out. Time to get rid of a bunch of lame-o jokes written about news stories in recent days. (Aren’t ALL my jokes lame?) With that, My Odd Sock presents…”Sock Witless News.” Today’s top story…a tanker truck carrying nearly 11,000 gallons of gasoline overturned …
As a species, we are evolving. Taller. Stronger. Faster. That is unless you are looking at those in the buffet line at Golden Corral. “Would you like beef or ham?” OK besides that, we ARE evolving. Just take my word on it for shits & giggles. But since my MS diagnosis back in 1996, I …
“You go ahead, I’m winded” I said to those watching me attempt to blow out the candles. The heat rising from the cake was enough to singe the hair growing in my ears. Birthdays are inconsequential to me. Just numbers really. So I don’t care when mine comes around. As a kid, birthdays are a …
Buying a home can be overwhelming. Buying a car can be confusing. But buying a new toothbrush should be neither! Or so I thought upon facing the toothbrush “aisle.” (Yeah, when something has its own “aisle,” you know you’re screwed!) I thought it would be a no-brainer, grab & …
You have heard others say it. And if you have multiple sclerosis, you have probably said it yourself… “…I am stiff as a board.” Spasticity (muscle stiffness) is a major side effect of MS. It is for me anyway. Throughout my hips, legs & ankles, spasticity makes …
A friend told me of her recent troubles. “I have some issues I must deal with,” she said. This Odd Sock just stood there nodding his mammoth, brain-case in agreement like a bobbing-head doll. I wasn’t nodding because I agreed she had issues—it was more of a nod of empathy. I could relate …
