The Expiration Date

Is Longer Better?

December 6, 2011

By Robyn Justo – One of my readers emailed me the other day. “Another break-up?” he queried, after reading my most recent column. I had to giggle, as I realized how it might look to someone on the outside.

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A WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN’ GOIN’ ON!

November 7, 2011

As I entered the crosswalk this afternoon in downtown Santa Fe (I had the light and the little walking man icon on my side), a car approaching from my left was aimed and headed through it too and

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Backup In Case of Contingency

October 4, 2011

By Robyn Justo — Some species mate for life – man not being one of them, oddly enough. Swans, gibbons, bald eagles, some species of birds and even termites and some parasitic worms (know I’ve dated a few of those in my time, but purged them as quickly as possible.) And penguins are “serially” monogamous. [...]

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How Many Strikes Does It Take?

September 1, 2011

By Robyn Justo – When I started seeing one of my ex-boyfriends recently, I mentioned to him one of the few rules I have in relationships; please don’t insult my intelligence.

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More Betta Without A Vendetta!

August 5, 2011

By Robyn Justo – Growing up Italian was confusing. I was taught the Lord’s Prayer and to forgive those who trespassed against me, but I was also taught how to hold a grudge. “You’ll feel betta with a vendetta.” I was just never any good at holding onto one for very long.

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WHITE NOISE AND LOVING KINDNESS

July 6, 2011

I am trying to practice the Buddhist ideal of loving kindness. I try to catch bugs instead of kill them, talk to the ants who have made their way into my place, and generally be nice to other humans. I now have a cottage apartment in a late 1890s mansion. The walls and the floors [...]

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Ant Rants and Chants

July 6, 2011

I live alone in a peaceful, Buddha-statue-filled, sanctuary-like cottage. Or at least I thought I did, until I recently discovered a few uninvited house guests. This is how our conversation went. Me: “This is NOT your home.” Ant 1: “I know. Just checking things out.” Me: “Where in the hell are you coming from? I [...]

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Jock and the (Bean) Stalk (Or Beware of Yellow Objects)

April 5, 2011

So I’m minding my own business at CVS, waiting in the pharmacy line for my prescription, when all of a sudden I see a blinding light. No, wait. It’s a man in a bright yellow ski jacket. When my eyes adjust, I notice a really good- (and normal-) looking, clean-cut man inside of it. He [...]

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Some Things Are Just Wrong

March 3, 2011

My Mom was the thirteenth child of thirteen children, born on Friday the thirteenth. I kid you not. She has super powers because of this and not just the typical mom kind. She could always tell when my Dad was lying, she could predict things for me, and I am convinced that she has a [...]

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Mad Love

February 2, 2011

The guy I’m seeing thinks I’m mad at him a lot. Maybe I am sometimes, or maybe I’m just tired because I don’t sleep that well anymore (he snores) or maybe I’m grumpy because now I need to shave my legs every 1.5 days again. Or perhaps it’s because of old emotional triggers that have [...]

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The Expiration Date: Sleeping with the Enemy

January 3, 2011

I was out taking a walk the other day and passed an attractive gal who looked to be around forty. She was on her cell phone, obviously talking to another female friend. “They can’t all be @#!$%^$, can they?” she asked, her mouth turned downward in a pitiful pout. That got me thinking.

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The Expiration Date: I Don’t Want to Know!

December 3, 2010

Sometimes we’re better off not knowing some things. Take high cholesterol, for instance. I was doing fine until a few years ago when I was told that mine was off the charts and that I would need to take drugs to get it down (translation: immediately age twenty years and inherit the energy level of [...]

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The Expiration Date – I Hear Voices

November 8, 2010

I hear voices. Well, it’s more like just one little voice. I’m sure it won’t be long before I start seeing dead people. I’m not Sybil and I don’t have a split personality. And I have never had imaginary friends. I’m not sure if it’s God I hear, a little angel, my Higher Self, or [...]

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The Expiration Date – An Acronymisnomer

October 1, 2010

An Acronymisnomer I have a new obsession and I’m sure I’m not alone. It’s Facebook, FB as they call it in the inner circle. Yes, I know. I dissed it before I got addicted to it, but it’s a great way to make friends on the other side of the world, look at really cool [...]

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The Expiration Date

August 1, 2010

Economics 101, Or When Currency Isn’t Current Anymore Once upon a time, many, many years ago, necessary goods and services were exchanged, necessary being the operative word. If someone was hungry, he offered a service or something to the person who was providing food. If someone needed shoes, they offered the shoemaker something that he [...]

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The Expiration Date: Misery Loves Company

July 1, 2010

One of my fellow writers recently told me that I should write about happy relationships, the hits instead of the misses (or in my case, the misters). If I had a healthy and awesomely rewarding relationship and wrote about it, would I be able to write a column about dating? No. And by the way, [...]

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The Expiration Date: The Magic Goose Egg

June 1, 2010

My editor told me that I’m funnier when I rant. He said sometimes I think too much. My editor is a man. So when a man not only gives me permission to rant, but invites me to do it, it’s full speed ahead. I don’t like people much right now. This is hard for me [...]

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