WIN, DON'T WHINE: TWNETY YEARS LATER Twenty years ago, I wrote a book called: Thou Shalt Not Whine: The Eleventh Commandment. After twenty additional years of research… I have reached an important scientific conclusion: Nobody listened. People are still whining. In fact, we've gotten much better at it. Twenty years…
APPENDIX WOE IS ME, I’M A CELEBRITY The Cele-Bratty Edition Over twenty years ago, I wrote Thou Shalt Not Whine: The Eleventh Commandment. And I discovered something very important. Apparently, being rich, gorgeous, successful, and internationally famous… does NOT cure whining. Who knew? You would think celebrities were the luckiest…
POSTSCRIPT WIN, DON'T WHINE: 20 YEARS LATER Twenty years ago, I wrote a book called: Thou Shalt Not Whine: The Eleventh Commandment. After twenty additional years of research… I have reached an important scientific conclusion: Nobody listened. People are still whining. In fact, we've gotten much better at it. Twenty…
BEST FRIENDS: THERAPY WITH MARTINIS & MUNCHIES Friendship isn’t one thing. It’s a million little things. And your BEST FRIEND is the person who knows all one million of them— and still answers the phone. A best friend is somebody you can call at three in the morning and say:…
CHAPTER ELEVEN GRANDPARENTS: THE REWARD FOR NOT KILLING YOUR CHILDREN The other day a friend asked me a very serious question. She said, “January, if you had to do it all over again, would you have children?” I didn’t even have to think about it. I said, “NO! NO! NO!…
MEN: THEY DO HAVE FEELINGS...ABOUT SPORTS! All men, no matter what their age, whine about the same things. Can you imagine a world without men? There would be no Power Rangers, no wrestling, no wars, and no ESPN. I It used to be that he who made the gold made…
SENIORS: LIVING, DYING, AND NOT WHINING When I wrote my book, twenty years ago, I was observing seniors. Now I am one. Apparently, this book was not social commentary. It was advanced planning. Seniors and whining go together like prunes and constipation. One usually leads to a lengthy discussion about…
CHAPTER SIX BABY BOOMERS: WE CAME, WE SAW, WE FORGOT WHY? In this chapter in Thou Shalt Not Whine, I've decided to share my thoughts and prayers for all the Baby Boomers. However, technically, I’m not a Baby Boomer since I was born shortly before the boom. So I’m the…
WOMEN: DON'T WHINE. THEY COMMUNICATE WITH EMPHASIS The thing women have yet to learn is that nobody gives you power. You just take it. Roseanne Barr After 20 years, I feel it is fair to say that. Women still do not whine. We communicate—with emphasis. Men use approximately 2,000 words…
INTRODUCTORY LESSON FEAR OF FLYING I have a confession. I am afraid of flying. Which ordinarily would not be particularly interesting… Except that I became an Eastern Airlines stewardess. Obviously, career counseling was not an option in 1963. I came from a family that did not believe human beings belonged…
You know your children are becoming teenagers when they stop asking where they came from—and start refusing to tell you where they’re going. Teenagers are children who have learned two important things: How to roll their eyes… And how to hire themselves as their own attorneys. Every conversation becomes a…
When I wrote Thou Shalt Not Whine: The Eleventh Commandment twenty years ago, I never suspected that this chapter would eventually be written for myself...some 55 years later. Top Ten Singles’ Whines #1 Money #2 Love Life #3 Jobs #4 Bills #5 Cost of Living #6 Weight #7 Bad Hair…
20 YEARS AGO... I wrote Thou Shalt Not Whine: The Eleventh Commandment many years ago, wanting to share in the couples' chapter my own incredible marriage mergers. It is wonderful to find that special person who will stand beside you through all of life’s trials and tribulations. Of course, you…
20 YEARS AGO... Apparently, as I recall, I wrote Thou Shalt Not Whine: The Eleventh Commandment long ago. Chapter One was about children whining. Chapter Two was about teenagers whining. And Chapter Three is about parents whining. Because eventually, I had to investigate where the children caught this whining disease.…
You know your children are becoming teenagers when they stop asking where they came from—and start refusing to tell you where they’re going. Teenagers are children who have learned two important things: How to roll their eyes… And how to hire themselves as their own attorneys. Every conversation becomes a…
20 YEARS AGO... I wrote a book called Thou Shalt Not Whine: The Eleventh Commandment. My name is January Jones, and I am the original Whine Tester. Welcome to my latest revised edition, and to my crusade to rid the world of this toxic, easily curable habit for once and…
INTRODUCTORY LESSON FEAR OF FLYING I have a confession. I am afraid of flying. Which ordinarily would not be particularly interesting… Except that I became an Eastern Airlines stewardess. Obviously, career counseling was not an option in 1963. I came from a family that did not believe human beings belonged…
With the arrival of Ancestry.com, many people have discovered new family members that they never knew about, such as My Baby Brother Ron and Myself. It goes like this: My niece Kimberly called me and said ‚Hi Aunt Jan, You better sit down? I’ve been contacted through Ancestry.com by a…
What was my favorite honeymoon? That is an interesting question. Most people would tell you about their first honeymoon, but I was lucky enough to have several. Actually, there were four honeymoons, one with David and three official ones with Leif, followed by hundreds more. Anytime we would travel, Leif…
Working for the CIA, known as the Central Intelligence Agency, was really one of the most exciting and dangerous adventures that Leif and I ever had done together. How did it begin? Well, one of my stewardess roommates that I lived with in New York and Miami married a wonderful,…
One day I received a phone call from the World Series of Golf asking to speak to me. I replied, “Well, if it’s about golf, you must want to speak to my husband.” No, they wanted to invite ME to play in their tournament in Las Vegas. Are you kidding…
Joker's Wild & the Neighbor & Family Fued In 1972, in my spare time, while I was busy as a suburban wife and mother raising 4 kids, I randomly applied to be on The Joker’s Wild, which was a Game Show on national TV. I did an interview and was…
HELLO everyone Here's my Eastern story...the good, the bad, the ugly, and really funny! Well, in 1963, I flew from Detroit to Miami to become an Eastern Airlines stewardess when I was just 20 years old. I was the first person in my family ever to fly. My grandmother always…
January Jones shares her comedic take on meeting the famous pilot Charles Lindbergh in 1969, and it only took her over 50 years to realize that he had been flirting with her.
