Editor’s note: While Patty Kimerer is on leave, we present this Classic Kimerer column originally published March 5, 2006: It is incredible, the amount of life the average person spends waiting. Consider the minutes you’ve racked up while in road traffic, grocery store lines, or biding ...

Editor’s note: While Patty Kimerer is on leave, we present this Classic Kimerer column originally published April 12, 2004: The other day I was babysitting my 9-year-old niece and 6-year-old nephew. While my niece and my son, Kyle, get along swimmingly, sometimes the two boys are like, ...

Editor’s note: While Patty Kimerer is on leave, we present this Classic Kimerer column originally published Oct. 9, 2005: Some things happen every single day like clockwork. The earth completes one full rotation, the birds squawk out morning chatter, the scale tells me some vicious lie and ...

While Patty Kimerer is on leave, we present this Classic Kimerer column originally published Nov. 9, 2003: Have you ever noticed how many things we say in everyday conversation that we truly do not mean? I was thinking about that after I received a telephone call meant for someone else. ...

While Patty Kimerer is on leave, we present this Classic Kimerer column originally published Aug. 24, 2003: I don’t know if you realize it, but rarely when the word “root” is included in a sentence or phrase is it in any way associated with something positive. Think about it. “The ...

While Patty Kimerer is on leave, we present this Classic Kimerer column originally published Oct. 2, 2005: I saw a commercial today that really scared me. It was an ad for Troll dolls. Remember Troll dolls? They’re the questionable-looking little figurines with the wild and wooly hair ...