My Face In The Tile On The Floor

Was it real or a figment of an overactive imagination already on drugs? I saw my face in the tile on the floor. I’ve never even seen my face in a puffy white cloud. Ever. But there it was. Me, on the floor in the bathroom. The past few months haven’t been pleasant or comfortable. … Read More »

The Junk Mail Trip Wire

What’s in your email inbox that should not be? Most of your email. Catching up on email messages in the inbox is not fun. Fortunately, 90-percent of email is junk and easy to spot. If you’ve been using the internet and email as long as me, and have as many old email addresses as me, … Read More »

If You Love Someone, Set Her Free…

Are we butterflies, birds, barnyard animals, or people? I don’t remember when I first heard the phrase, “If you love someone, set her free…” The implication being that you cannot capture someone to love. Like a butterfly that might be damaged during capture, forever destroying the beauty, setting free the creature you wish to possess … Read More »

Backwards And In High Heels

I’m known for being able to dance as well as I sing. Make no mistake. I can’t sing. Jim Carrey’s The Mask was an entertaining movie made more so by the dance scene with Cameron Diaz. If I were gay back then, I would have been in love with her. Diaz is a Southern California … Read More »

What’s In A Copyright? Lawyers.

Why isn’t the design of my dress, or bra, or blouse copyrighted? Is there a reason we have copy protection on music but not clothing? Why are there no lawsuits over jeans? We live in a society which is populated by double standards and double takes. Take copyrights. Puhleeeeze. The recording industry and the movie … Read More »

Copyright © 2004 - 2012 Tera Talks. All. Rights. Reserved.

TeraTalks is published by Tera Thomas O'Brien, Chicago, IL.