Harriet Posnak Lesser does it again. Here, she teaches, in her own inimitable way, the art of small talk. (And, small talk or not, may I just say that HPL is no slouch in the conversation department. We can talk on any subject in the world for hours on end.  Just sayin’.) – Melody Lesser […] Read more…

Harriet Posnak Lesser, the queen of wordplay does it again. Enjoy! (I laughed out loud as I prepared this for publication. You will too!) – Melody Lesser ************************************************************************************** Medically Speaking by Harriet Posnak Lesser SCALPEL … The top of a baby’s head. HYPERVENTILATION … Turn down the air conditioner! DYSPEPSIA … Dat Coca Colia. ABDOMINAL […] Read more…

Feeling discriminated against?  Start a protest group. It’s the 2014 thing to do. Find somebody else in the same leaky boat, come up with an identifying adjective, add a hyphen with the word “American” after it — and you’re an instant lobby. So let’s hear it for Shorto-Americans, an undersung, underappreciated, underpublicized and under-about-eveything-else-you-can-think-of group. […] Read more…