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In Today’s World, the Need for Niceness & Nonsense

I’ve been told I’m too nice. In today’s world, is that a bad thing? Niceness won’t take away hurts or bring loved ones back, but it helps. Here’s why the world needs niceness and my promise to never stop being kind – or silly.

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Music, Memories & Madness

Music transports us, soothes our soul, even stirs up the pot. From CCR and Def Leppard to Judy Collins and Tina Turner, tunes define us. These are my memories. What are yours?

Boats are strewn among houses amid wreckage from Superstorm Sandy in Sea Bright, New Jersey. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Hurricane Sandy Hit & We’re Giving Each other The Finger?

All that slamming rage and a relentless, unforgiving tendancy. Hurricane Sandy, yes. But unfortunately, it seems to be human nature too (hurricane or not).

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How Pumpkins Can Help Your Brand: Trying New Approaches to Generate Awareness

We’re all suckers for those “did you know” tidbits, those product and people backstories that give the world some fresh information. What ones are a potential “in” for your brand? Pumpkins? Kazoos? You never know.

Yes! They liked the way the ad looked. The heck with the copy!

10 Things to Never Say to a Writer

Yup, everyone’s a writer. Yeah, and Paula Deen has a Brooklyn accent.
Read on to learn more about the 10 things a writer never wants to hear.

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Frozen Peas and Capris? Yes, Please.

Attention shoppers. It’s time to kick the Grannie bloomer and kitty turtleneck “WalMyth” to the curb.

Here's Lookin' at You, Spud

Is it me, or is that Potato Smiling?

Yesterday, Mick Jagger’s face appeared on a Tater Tot. Today, your shoe string smiled at you. What’s with this face-seeing phenomena? And why is it happening in such unusual places? Read on.

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Trick. Or Treat?

Some pretty scary things have happened to me in life. Knee surgery. Meetings. Air Supply. That kind of thing. But nothing was scarier than the real-life moment an intruder entered our home. Scary? Not in the end.

Irene & Irene.

Stop Saying My Grandmother Blows!

Almost overnight, both of my grandmothers are on everybody’s you-know-what list. They both have the same first name: Irene. So suddenly, with headlines like, “Irene Blows,” my innocent Grammies have become doily-making demons, publicly branded as ruthless little ladies who, well, blow.

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Lent, and Thoughts of Another Man

It’s Lent. Here’s my steamy confession and why I’m counting the days until Easter Sunday.

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