For the Dudes
10 Refrigerator Rules to Dating
Every week here at Spike the Water Cooler, we will bring you a different top ten list. We will start with the basics: everyone could use a little reminder about how to keep a successful relationship, well, successful. Enjoy! &n...
How to Make Valentine’s Day More Meaningful
According to the National Retail Federation, the average person plans to spend $130.97 on Valentine’s Day gifts this year. Total spending will reach $18.6 billion. When it comes to buying gifts, how do we know what the right ...
In Defense of Dads
The other day saw me engaged in that time-honored February tradition of wading through a sea of pink hearts to find the least nauseating Valentine’s Day cards possible for my family and friends. This year’s crop actually wa...
What “The Bachelor” Has Taught Me About Dating
Men and women are innately different. That much we know. In the United States, men are on average six inches taller than women. They weigh on average 30 pounds more. As a whole, women are more instinctively nurturing than men. ...
Surviving the Pain of Airplanes
Having gone to college in New Jersey and being from San Francisco, I am no stranger to plane travel. I am speaking of the long-ish, cotton-mouth, dreary-eyed kind of plane travel, unfortunately. However, since starting to teac...
The Politics of Thanksgiving
What am I thankful for? That the election is over and strained talk of politics at large, chaotic family celebrations (is there any other kind?) is essentially over. Or so I thought. I work in politics, so personally, I secretl...
The End of Marriage??
Two weeks and two huge storms later, I am still on my couch, under a blanket, watching reruns…still Sex and the City, with the added bonus of Say Yes to the Dress and My Fair Wedding. (David Tutera, if you need another as...
The Communication Conflict
I can remember sitting in one of my Communication classes listening to a movie drone on about the different communication styles between men and women…and then I got offended. It said that women’s communication style wa...
Real Men Wear Pink
Remember these words, as I will never say them again … I was inspired on Saturday by the Ryder Cup. I’m not a golf person – my sidekick E and his whole family love golf. They love playing, they love watching, they love ta...
Sexual Harassment-Discuss Amongst Yourselves
There’s a harsh reality about working in a man’s world…you may, somewhere along the way, encounter a man or two who makes you think you’re still lobbying for women’s suffrage. And here’s an even harsher reality that...
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