Christine and Christopher Piss Off the Dance Teacher

Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Christine.
Categories: True Story.

We knew it was going to happen sooner or later, right? At some point, the CVC couple would find a way to draw attention– perhaps one might label as “negative” attention– to ourselves as we progress down the road of life-long learning in the pursuit of learning how to ballroom dance. Last night, on the third Wednesday of our class, it finally happened.

Let me give you the backstory. Last year, Christopher agreed to take a ballroom dance class with me. So I found a class that started in January and went for 9 weeks, one hour a week, on Wednesday nights. Because of my work schedule (I’m usually in meetings …

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The Secret to Happiness

Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Christine.
Categories: True Story.

What is your answer to this question…?

Which person do you think is happier– a person who has won the lottery one year after he/she won, OR a person who has become a paraplegic one year after he/she lost the use of his/her legs?

It seems sort of obvious to most that if, given that choice themselves, they’d choose the first believing that winning the lottery would make them happier than being wheelchair bound. In an actual study of both groups of people, they actually all reported the same level of happiness in their life.

I recently watched a 20-minute presentation by Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert on www.ted.com (Technology, Entertainment, Design– which is an annual conference where intelligent, innovative …

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20 reasons I�d be a good trophy wife

Posted on January 21st, 2008 by Christine.
Categories: Hilarious.

1. I laugh at all jokes, even ones that are sexist or simply not funny, just to make your friends feel good about themselves.

2. I look pretty in expensive clothes and don�t mind if other women hate me for bragging about how much money you make.

3. I don�t eat much which keeps the grocery bill down and prefer eating out anyway.

4. I have experience and expertise in hiring maids, nannies, and gardeners.

5. I don�t mind using your credit card to have the car detailed a few times a month so people don�t think �you let your wife drive around town in a dirty car.�

6. I always shop at the same high-end boutiques, play tennis at …

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Happy Martin Luther King Day!

Posted on January 21st, 2008 by Christine.
Categories: Hilarious.

Just a quickie to say Happy Martin Luther King Day.

For me, Martin Luther King Day will always remind me of the big earthquake in California that demo’d the 10 Fwy back in 1994. I was in college at the time, living in an apartment on the tenth floor of a downtown high rise, and it was the first earthquake I’d ever been in… a very memorable experience to say the least.

To celebrate, here are some facts about MLK Day that you might not have known:

MLK Day is always celebrated on the third Monday in January. That Monday was chosen because it was close to Dr. Martin Luther King jr.’s birthday which is January …

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