Jan Bono’s Blog

“You’re not like other girls,” said my best friend Dave back in high school. “Most of them come on all sweet and soft and nice, but when you really get to know them, inside it turns out they’re kinda bitchy.” “Your point?” “You pretend to be tough as nails—so strong...

Unless you’ve been living under some kind of cosmic media-free rock, you’re well aware that today is Super Bowl Sunday. Especially if you live in Washington state, where there’s been a run on blue and green face paint for the past several months. Two weeks ago, we...

Quick! Name the two special event days in the United States that result in the greatest amount of annual guacamole consumption. Yep, Cinco de Mayo is a no brainer, and if you’re paying any kind of attention to the sports news this week, then you can easily guess the...

I’ve been wondering if there’s anything mystic in being born with a certain astrological sign, or perhaps with a certain birth date. Oh, I’m not about to plan my life according to what is “forecast” by some self-proclaimed interpreter of the stars (a.k.a: horror-scope...

On this date in 1984, Apple computers unveiled their first Macintosh personal computer. Always a little techno-challenged, it took me six years to bring home my first Mac, a “Classic,” with a 9” screen and a slot for 3.5” “floppy” disks. I was forced into the computer...

It’s been a month now since the winter solstice, and already I’m feeling a lot better. I’m just not one who handles the dark side of the seasons all that well. Combine it with illnesses and deaths of several friends and it’s enough for me to pull my head firmly back...