Happy Retro Day! This is for all of you who have or had braces. (I’m a post-braces kid too. Never been so happy to get rid of something- 2 years without popcorn is an eternity!) I love the way Catey turned her not-so-great orthodontist appointment into a hilarious story. Enjoy! ~ Halee
by RTF Staff Writer Catey Yuen
So, I’ve had braces for almost the 18-month slot they allotted me (and if I have to go a day over, I think I will go mad).
Let me tell you a little bit about my braces experience. I HATE THEM.
I am a rule keeper as it comes to a lot of things. I got this nine-page long braces care sheet when I first got braces and on that nine-page long list sheet was this million-item list titled: THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT EAT WITH BRACES.
So I didn’t eat the stuff on there.
My friends aren’t really rule keepers. They saw THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT EAT WITH BRACES and read it as THINGS THAT YOUR ORTHODONTIST WOULDN’T LIKE YOU TO EAT WITH BRACES BUT YOU CAN STILL EAT ANYWAY. (more…)
By RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick
My True Love,
Why did you leave so soon? We were so close. I spent all my time with you. I told you all my secrets.
You were the first one to know when I had a new story. The first one to know when I had late-night insomnia.
I ate with you. I cried on you. I was entertained by you. (more…)
By RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick
A few years ago I was walking along the sidewalk of a public building, minding my own business, when a woman came flying up to me and skidded to a stop. I swear — there were skid marks from her tennis shoes on the pavement.
By RTF Staff Writer Jamin Goecker
A lot of instances come to mind when I try to think about something funny that’s happened to me.
There’s the time I misheard someone on the phone when I took a message, so I told a lady that the Secret Service wanted to talk to her.
There’s the first time I drove a manual transmission on the streets. Got rear-ended.
There’s the time I became a “fisher of men” when I hooked a complete stranger in the hand while I was casting.
My personal favorite, however, would be the time I locked myself out of my car and used a slim jim to get inside. (more…)