Licence to Learn

I'm at a computer and I know how to use it quite well. I know how to read. I have a daughter. There's free food upstairs left over from the training meeting. I'm at work, which means I have a job. I drove my car in to work today. That means I have my own car and it works. There were snow flurries... Sign in to see full entry.

How many of you hate what you do for a living, or at least would rather being doing something else? Sign in to see full entry.

My cushy $50K job as an Executive Administrative Assistant at a Fortune 500 (construction) company is history. I got the axe on the day after Labor Day and now I'm working in the company file room as a file clerk while I look for something else. It's a miracle that they gavel me the chance to help... Sign in to see full entry.

I've been listening to a series on talk radio in my car as I drive like a madwoman to work each morning. The radio hosts Bob and Bill are interviewing Chip Ingram who says marriages fail because we're doing the dating process backwards. First, we are attracted by the person's looks. Her tight skirt... Sign in to see full entry.

When I was a teenager I wanted to visit the French-speaking, Caribbean island of Martinique. But I haven't made it there yet. Then, about three years ago I was seriously thinking of going to Senegal, a West African country of about 10 million people. They officially speak French there too but the... Sign in to see full entry.

Often when a married couple start to break up, the wife says she'll take him for half of what he has. But does taking his money and assets make her feel better? Sign in to see full entry.

Housing costs are insane here in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Can you afford a new house in your area? It's about $400K to $700K everywhere I look. Sign in to see full entry.

Would losing everything destroy you? If you lost it all tomorrow, everything but the clothes on your back. Could you do it? Could you recover? Sign in to see full entry.

Why is it in middle eastern cultures when a male rapist is caught, he only goes to jail, but his victim is put to death to protect her family honor? He is the criminal, why not kill him instead of the woman? Why let him spend a few years in jail, then come out again to defile other women who will... Sign in to see full entry.

Is honor killing a Koran thing or just a cultural thing? I heard a story on the radio this morning about a woman (in Iraq or somewhere, I forget which country) who had washed her hair and it was taking a long time to dry, with her husband's permission she opened a window to let in the breeze so that... Sign in to see full entry.