WE DID IT! NLCS CHAMPS, GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES BACK TO BACK.

+++RYAN HOWARD IS THE NLCS MVP AGAIN.+++

HERE'S MY COOL STORY ABOUT MEETING THIS VERY COOL GUY. 

Game One, NLCS, 2009...

"Why is it there are so many nice guys… Read full post »

Below is the result of a writing assignment given by an English professor from the University of Colorado. A “tandem story” was to be written by two students, one male, one female.

The story was to be compiled in alternating paragraphs via email, with CC’s to… Read full post »

 UPDATE: LETTERMAN'S FULL DESCRIPTION

"I'm motivated by nothing but guilt. If you know anything about me, I am just a towering mass of Luthern, Midwestern guilt." David Letterman     

Yes, his revelations Thursday night were stunning and handled with David Let… Read full post »

(If you've already read this post, you'll find the Update at the bottom, just above the comments. I SO urge you to read it).

"The anniversary is more for people who were not there. For anyone who lived through it, the anniversary is pretty much every day… Read full post »

Patients shall have the right to:
- Considerate and respectful care at all times and appreciation for their individual dignity. PATIENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS, Boca Raton Community Hospital

Everything in this Healthcare Nightmare is true. It  happened to my parents this week. And they're among… Read full post »

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"Beneath the surface, Novak was a sweetie.." Bernadette Malone, former Novak reporter; Senior Editor, Penguin

"There was nothing more fun after a long day than to sit down with Bob Novak and argue about capital-gains taxes, the Fed, the Contras or [any other] topic. But nobody ever doubt… Read full post »

I am NOT a follower. Especially of trends set by Hollywood. Or even Vogue. Well, maybe the Gap. But that's more about comfort. Personal preference.

I've always believed I had my own unique style.… Read full post »

That Pogo cartoon about Earth Day was co-opted as a key feminist symbol in the 1970's. A reminder to women everywhere that we can be our own worst enemies.

Our version said, We have met the enemy and she is us.

It helped us remember that fear of owning our/… Read full post »

"Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined." Johnny Carson

Late Night TV was created by Jack Parr… Read full post »

"The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." George Washington

I support religious freedom. All of us should be allowed to worship, to congregate, to practice and teach whatever faith, combination of faiths or even non-faith we want. In o… Read full post »

No, this isn't a list of deathbed quotes. No, this isn't that old list that starts  with "the check is in the mail" ... you know the rest. This is more modern, hip, annoying, real.

These are phrases most of us have heard or said at one time or another.… Read full post »

This is not Beauty. But it could be. Maybe it is.

She is exquisite. The face you see in glossy magazines and think, no one really looks like that. But she does. I stare at the long, lean legs extending far below the black smock, making it seem ridiculously tiny, and wonder who is… Read full post »

Me, near the beginning of Before, @200 pounds: (still searching for those hidden pics that will truly show the SIZE, since I can't show the PAIN)

[Found some... still looking...]

@200 pounds                 &nbs… Read full post »

 
Bob Dylan: Nashville Skyline

Can you please crawl out your window?
Use your arms and legs it won't ruin you
How can you say he will haunt you?
You can go back to him any time you want to.
BobDylan: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?

Come with me as I open a window to… Read full post »

 

Michael Phelps might be in trouble, but he's in pretty high end company, scandal-wise. The reporter who broke the Big Bong Story is Georgina Dickinson, the US Editor of the English tabloid News of the World. She's the scandal-monger who brought us Sarah Palin in a hot red swimsuit,/… Read full post »

Brian B got a lot of us thinking and reminiscing with his post Do You Remember Your First Kiss?. I was going to answer as a comment, but you know me, the… Read full post »

 
The kid, who could care less, it's all about the somersault.

Warning: PG-13 description of childbirth below. Clearly marked with an additional warning for any wussies who want to skip over it.

I already told you about not wanting to marry and how that changed. Here's Part 2.

Back Sto… Read full post »

There's been a lot of talk lately about age and aging and feeling old or young or somewhere in between. Here are two ways to find out, via a list and a… Read full post »