It's Always Something
Nikki Stern
- Location
- Princeton (for now), New Jersey, USA
- Birthday
- April 10
- Title
- What do you have in mind?
- Company
- I'd love some
- Bio
- writer, editor and first-time book author (Because I Say So: The Dangerous Appeal of Moral Authority comes out next spring); always up for a little discourse
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Yeah, I remember you
from boot camp a few years
ago. You were
really SCARY,
espec…”
2:33PM - “well captured”
2:29PM - “see - it's "my" cold,
not "may" cold”
2:26PM - “This is a great post and
I have lots to say - when may
cold
leaves and takes
the…”
2:26PM - “Excuse me but I was a
contributor to the article on
"History
of the Garlic
P…”
November 03, 2009 09:06AM
Nikki Stern's Links
- New list
- 1 Womans Vu
Now These Are Truly Scary Halloween Costumes.
"scary"
My next door neighbor's son Jason was crestfallen when he got the memo from school about this year's Halloween celebration: no vampires, no zombies, no monsters, no devils; no swords or stakes or axes or ropes or hockey masks with breathing holes. Forget the fake blood or… Read full post »
How could you not like this incredibly succinct lede from the Christian Science Monitor: "Public likes public option for healthcare. Joe Lieberman doesn’t."
The Independent from Connecticut isn't particularly interested in polls showing a majority - slim but ever-present - of… Read full post »
Redefining the Family

Around the time I turned forty, I finally got the family thing together. Newly hitched to a handsome, strapping, and utterly devoted man from upstate New York, I also married into his large extended Italian family. My small family was intact as well. Over the years, although we d… Read full post »
Shooting Fish in a Barrel
our Afghanistan policy can't possibly be simple
According to the weekly news index from Pew Research, Afghanistan has become the focus of both old and new media – at least until some cute video of a pet or a baby starts circulating or some reality show contestant starts complaining, at wh… Read full post »
(the information contained herewithin may have been altered to protect the innocent, protect the guilty, or enhance the plot line)
My part-time friend
and sometime literary agent Adele called me in the middle of a
full-blown meltdown. "No one wan… Read full post »
A friend of mine alerted me yesterday to the hoopla
surrounding a tweet from entrepreneur and career counselor to young
women, Penelope
Trunk, who posted the following last week: "I'm in a
board meeting. Having a miscarriage. Thank goodness, because
there's a fucked-up 3-week ho… Read full post »
Can't Men Control Themselves?
Several recent stories have prompted some deep thought about a subject that bothers me: Are men in many societies so out of control that special protections, not to mention numerous restrictions, are required for women all over the world? Is it that difficult for men to get a handle on… Read full post »
Uncivil Society? Oh Shut Up!
Today’s headline in USA Today reads as follows: “What Happened to Civility?” At the risk of sounding rude: hahaha, oh that’s a good one, RAFLOL.
Our current rash of incivility is nothing new but it does seem at times to be particularly threatening. Once thought to be th… Read full post »
Take It Off; Take It ALL Off
(Yeah, yeah, you were expecting naked pictures.
Here): 
After nearly eight weeks away from Open Salon (which I immediately amended to "I won't post but I will lurk and occasionally comment"), I'm back. I managed to get some things done this summer (although I obviously didn't lear… Read full post »
Nikki Stern's Favorites
Updates
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WoOf ItS DoGgOnE SaTuRdAy! For Zuma
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Villanelle (with Bird Call!)
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Not a piece of fabulous writing, just my adorable kid
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The missing link
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"Death By Stoning" Sales Tactic Increases Local Business
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Halloween Images One Week After
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Memoirs of a Victoria's Secret Boot Camp Drill Instructor
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Sample of Non-OS Writing: Signs of Life ;0)
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