Santa smokes Marlboros. I know this because I’ve seen the legend in action. 

It was 1971, and along with my cousins from my dad’s side of the family, we’d all been packed, double occupancy, into any and all available beds in the upstairs of my house. … Read full post »

 

This recent article about how long-time unemployed Americans are giving up and watching What Not to Wear reruns instead of looking for work is yet another case of a writer being paid to extrapolate on the obvious.

Since that day in November of 2008 when I lost my last… Read full post »

Today is the second anniversary of the day I was fired from my last full-time job.

I thought about taking this time to write about how I was wronged (I was) and how the last two years have changed me considerably (they have) and how when that door closed, some… Read full post »

As I am sure you’ll be relieved to know, there is now scientific proof that “beer goggles” actually exist.  That’s right - someone paid somebody else to study the well-known fact that when people drink, they often make bad choices in sex partners (although “/… Read full post »

A couple of commentaries/articles about matrimony - the lack of, the state of, the dissolution of - caught my eye recently in that they are so alarmingly irrelevant.   They bear little, if any resemblance to the attitudes and experiences of the women I know, and I happen to have a very… Read full post »

While it saddens me to no end that Sally Field suffers from osteoporosis, I can tell you from personal experience that she’d be much less perky if she found herself a victim of the affliction that dare not speak its name.  

I’m talking about incontinence. 

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Sunday afternoon, a goofy, half-grown basset hound wandered into my yard with no collar.  Unable to check for a microchip until the next morning, I set him up in my living room with a blanket and chew toys and some water.  He kept us up all night anyway, whining and scratching/… Read full post »

 If you are a woman of a certain age, there will come a time when you can no longer avoid it. Initially, it will be on the periphery of your life, something you can ignore, laugh off, pretend that you'll never participate in, thank you very much. But you will eventually/…

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So I know as a feminist that I'm supposed to see Sex and the City as some sort of man-eating throwback disguised as emancipation in Manolos, as a slap in the face to authentic, real-sized, middle-class women like myself who do most of their living and loving in Skechers and flip… Read full post »

If you're a man and have ever wondered why it is your wife takes so dang long to get ready to go anywhere, you need to read this post in Psychology Today. Here's the jist: It says that one of the indicators of marital stability is that the female is -… Read full post »

This past Saturday night I had the pleasure of spending the evening in the company of three wonderful ladies known as the Divine Sisterhood of the Traveling Blender.

"It's incredible," the sisters will tell you. "But wherever we are, there's a kitchen appliance that makes perfect margaritas!"

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So this morning I was going to write about gender equality issues in the workplace, but instead, I'm going to tell you about the fight I had with my husband yesterday. 

   It was over this gas can.

Here's a little background: The typical gender stereotypes are somewhat rev… Read full post »