Published inAbout Me Stories·PinnedMember-onlyAbout Me — Courtney BurryWhirling dervish. Adventurer. Reformed helicopter mom. Fighter. — Chapter 1: On the Move I was born in White Plains, New York to Canadian parents. Both of my parents came from big Catholic families and had 5 brothers and sisters apiece. Interestingly, my father’s sister also married my mother’s brother. …About Me8 min readAbout Me8 min read
Jan 24Member-only3 Surefire Signs You Don’t Give a Toss About Your Job#3: You are in it for the money — Scientists announced today that they have discovered a cure for apathy. However, they claim no one has shown the slightest interest in it. — George Carlin Have you ever had a job that becomes so routine, you feel like you can do it in your sleep? You start to operate…Work6 min readWork6 min read
May 25, 2022Member-onlyThe Mass Shooting in Texas and Our Right to Bear ArmsWhat’s it going to take America? — As a parent there is nothing more tragic than seeing a child die. My kids are roughly the same age as many of the teens that were shot in Oxford, Michigan in November 2021. They are older than the elementary school children who were just senselessly killed in Texas. What’s…Guns4 min readGuns4 min read
Published inOpen Letters To·May 15, 2022Member-onlyAn Open Letter to Clarence Thomas on the Shocking Breach of TrustWe feel your outrage — Dear Clarence, This week you told the Associated Press that the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of the draft opinion on Roe v. Wade. You asserted that such a breach of trust is undermining our judicial institutions. And we feel your outrage. Because clearly, the leak…Satire3 min readSatire3 min read
Published inOpen Letters To·Mar 9, 2022Member-onlyAn Open Letter to the Company That Tried to Give Their Female Employees Makeup Lessons for International Women’s DayIt’s good to see how far we’ve come — Dear multinational company based out of France that rhymes with Map In the Sky, It’s International Women’s Day — a day to celebrate all the kick-ass women across your organization. It’s a special time to champion gender equality and inclusiveness. And you meant well. We know you did. After all…Satire3 min readSatire3 min read
Jan 2, 2022Member-only50 Years Ago Today: What Has Changed?As we head into 2022, how much progress have we really made? — Some things change for the better. Some things barely change at all. And some things, change for the absolute worst. History gives us an unvarnished lens into our progress. It reminds us of all our mistakes and our triumphs. So, as we head into 2022 — here is a blast…History8 min readHistory8 min read
Published inOpen Letters To·Jan 1, 2022Member-onlyAn Open Letter to the Woman Trying to MeditateYou call it mediation. I call it the silent treatment. — Dear Sally You breathe in and out. In and out. You close your eyes and try to focus on your breathing. Only I am not going to let you, because I really hate this game. You call it mediation. I call it the silent treatment. …Satire3 min readSatire3 min read
Published inPop Off·Dec 26, 2021Member-onlyShould We Ban “Baby It’s Cold Outside” and “Fairytale of New York?”Two Christmas tunes with some very troubling lyrics — A friend of mine just asked an interesting question on Facebook. Should two popular Christmas songs, “Baby it’s Cold Outside” and “Fairytale of New York City” be banned? This friend is an English teacher, and he is having his students debate the issue. …Christmas5 min readChristmas5 min read
Published inOpen Letters To·Dec 20, 2021Member-onlyAn Open Letter to Amazon from SantaLeave this Christmas to me Grinch and all we hold dear, and you can take every other day of the year. — Dear Amazon, You have your bazillions and your large empire too. Your Grinch stores flog everything including Whole Foods. You sell bells and bicycles and hula-hoop hoops, books, toy planes and run-away trains looping-de-loop. You have thousands of workers that bow down to Prime. …Satire3 min readSatire3 min read
Published inOpen Letters To·Dec 19, 2021Member-onlyGreat Fallbacks for Rent-a-Hitman.com. An Open Letter to the Woman Who Tried to Hire an Assassin.Clearly every wife knows there are better ways to get the job done — Dear Wendy, You know the saying never look a gift horse in the mouth? Well, they were referring to you. And that gift horse was Rent-a-Hitman.com. That’s right. It probably seemed like a good thing at the time. After all, you had an ex-husband you wanted to kill. And Rent-a-Hitman.com…Humor5 min readHumor5 min read