Pierce Brosnan, besides having a terrible singing voice a la Mamma Mia! is the father of 5 kids, is a talented painter, is married to Keely Shaye Smith who is neither lipo'd nor anorexic as so many of her hollywood peers. And he is a generous philanthropist.

He came from simple… Read full post »

Almost 30 years ago I worked full-time at an alternative newspaper in Santa Barbara. I wrote articles and helped keep the community events section organized as well. Men and women worked there, there was smoking inside while working, pot smoking in the back, beer drinking at night while working late… Read full post »

The night the neurologist threw a tantrum and stormed out of the hospital with me crying after her to come back was one of the worst experiences of my life. Until my husband almost stopped breathing due to too much narcotic pain medication and almost pulled a "Michael Jackson" as the… Read full post »

When my teenage son wanted to get a lip pierced we went around and around until it was decided, yes, he could do this but it would be the only one. End of subject. And that lasted for one month. The lip piercing almost got infected, got complicated, rings went… Read full post »

21st Century Teenage-hood. I wonder what they were like in caveman days? 800 B.C.? 14th century? Before they had a cellphone, a computer, a pierced lip [or is that just mine?], an ipod and lots of fresh air, free food and a room of their own? Never in the history of… Read full post »

In India and Tibet, some lama's meditate for years next to the funeral pyres of the dead being burned. It is to remind them of how fleeting this life is and to focus on what we cannot see, instead of the material world.

Farrah Fawcett is my burning funeral pyre. She… Read full post »

For Monday June 22nd, 2009 release:

Jon and Kate apologized today for accidently causing Hilary Clintons elbow fracture. Jon and Kate and their 8 were in Washington as part of their reality show. They were touring the White House as a family when Clinton was rushing up the steps to a… Read full post »

Tuesday May 5th: Happy Cinco de Mayo.

Today I head in to see my Naturopath. He has the results of my saliva test and will start me on supplements and give me the game plan. Not a moment too soon. I haven't had a period in 4 months or more, I'm… Read full post »

Holly Hunter gave birth to twins at the age of 48. When they are 10 she will be 58. When they are 20, she will be 68...if she lives that long. Ditto actress Geena Davis and her twin boys. There's a long list of Hollywood women who put off having children… Read full post »

The first clue that we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto, is that all of my co-workers are 20-somethings. I'm a baby boomer. I took this job as Assistant Manager for Starbucks when my Corporate gig got unendurable, see: [http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=74808] I took this gig because:

1. I… Read full post »

What to you do if your nemesis dies? Besides feel the appropriate grief and conflict?

I worked for D. for 5 years. For 5 years she was my supervisor. At the risk of sounding cranky and bitter, she came in with no qualifications, because it's a who-you-know Corporation. Perhaps they all… Read full post »