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Winona W. Wendth

Winona W. Wendth
Location
Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA
Birthday
September 21
Bio
Winona Winkler Wendth is a peripatetic New Yorker and freelance writer who lives near Boston. She is chronically annoyed.

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Keep This in Mind
June 01, 2009 10:23AM
“It was hard not to see this coming . . . the circumstances that were so interesting to the public are exactly those that should have warned us of this…”
About: The Ballad of Susan Boyle: Has Life Killed the Dream?
June 01, 2009 10:16AM
“I am still unhealthfully interested in this cultural phenomenon . . . and now, especially, since Limbaugh has been making such a public mad-person of h…”
About: The Devastation of What's-Her-Name Palin
April 05, 2009 03:44PM
“A great, back-upable threat to a kid who doesn't live right. "If you do this . . . you'll get sick, you'll have to take anti-biotics (again), and…”
About: The grossest medical procedure ever!
March 16, 2009 05:22PM
“Yup. When the Governement starts messing with contracts--including those marriage contracts that were signed in California--we have trouble. On the o…”
About: A.I.G. Bonuses, Ethics, and the Rule of Law
March 12, 2009 04:31PM
“"I promised myself I was going on a Palin diet, but I also promised I was going to limit my consumption of Cadbury Mini Eggs, and that isn't worki…”
About: Bristol Palin: The OS Conversation
March 12, 2009 02:44PM
“Has anyone (who matters) thought of an international, post-industrial nation task force to study what these events have in common and set up some kind…”
About: School shooters are crazy
March 12, 2009 10:10AM
“Absolutely, go. I had had the same questions, and it changed my life. You'll hear stuff that will surprise, shock, ameliorate, encourage, validate.…”
About: Should I go or should I stay? My 40th High School Reunion
March 11, 2009 09:39PM
“All of this is undoubtedly true (after all it's in the NYTs); that said: if men had ovaries (they do have testicles and prostate glands), we would have…”
About: What if the screening test hurt more people than the cancer?
March 11, 2009 09:34PM
“It's good news/bad news when (ersatz) politicos are afraid of comedians. We have only bad news when radio talk show hosts start to aspire to political…”
About: Entertainment Isn't an Insult
March 11, 2009 09:23PM
“Great work, great writing. We need more of this kind of photographic detective work. I write about photographs often, myself, and I'm always surprised…”
About: New Lincoln Photo -- Do Some Fact-Checking, Media!
March 06, 2009 10:27AM
“The challenge, here, is that according to the chief legal officer of the State/Republic, the people could very well have voted for an amendment that is…”
About: Governor Moonbeam Provides Full-Spectrum Light
March 05, 2009 10:25PM
“Here's one place to go: http://www.sfgate.com/webd b/prop8/?appSession=6047308187 11028 You have to do some looking, but this is a useful list; also, you…”
About: Governor Moonbeam Provides Full-Spectrum Light
March 02, 2009 01:12PM
“Supremely beautiful and supremely religious people do not have highly developed senses of humor. In fact, most have none, at all. Too much is at stak…”
About: Old Jews Telling Jokes
March 02, 2009 10:17AM
“I know of too many women who left those abusive relationships and were stalked, found, and abused again; in at least one case in Ohio, a young woman wa…”
About: Is Rihanna asking to be beaten again?
March 02, 2009 10:01AM
“I know of too many women who left those abusive relationships and were stalked, found, and abused again; in at least one case in Ohio, a young woman wa…”
About: Food is the new sex
March 01, 2009 04:45PM
“Well, then, let's pay reasonable taxes so that we have places for these women to go, classes for them to take, schools where they can study and train.…”
About: Is Rihanna asking to be beaten again?
February 28, 2009 10:49PM
“Good for you. Really: good for you. And, um m m m just where did you find those Weitzman's? A lovely essay.”
About: Wearing shoes in bed
February 27, 2009 04:00PM
“" . . . is a brilliant exposition on seemingly unrelated phenomena . . ." I can't think of a time in Western European/American cultural hist…”
About: Food is the new sex
February 27, 2009 03:51PM
“I hope the loss of leadership hastens tbe diminition of this group's power and influence. This man (and his organization) hurt many, many people.”
About: Dobson resigns as head of Focus on the Family
February 26, 2009 02:09PM
“We get broad-based credit for being an OS blogger? Really? Would someone please send me an ID badge?”
About: Top Chef Winner Hosea Rosenberg: My New Best Friend
February 26, 2009 01:16PM
“Bookmobiles also created their own little social circles--coffee klatches for kids (without the coffee). Independent bookstores, long before "B.…”
About: Farewell, Sweet Bookmobile
February 26, 2009 09:26AM
“This is great--as is/was the writing that lies behind it. This little section is exposition in the spirit (and style) of the 18th C. Wits: a beginning…”
About: New Rule: Size Matters
February 24, 2009 01:14PM
“We'll have to agree to disagree, here: if "father" is a biological term, of course, biologically, that's what "father" means. But…”
About: Are fathers optional?
February 24, 2009 12:38PM
“Absent, here, is a consistent definition of "father." To begin with, let's look at this: "He fathered a child," "She mothere…”
About: Are fathers optional?
February 23, 2009 05:58PM
“This makes my brain hurt--although I don't know why I'm surprised. I don't know why I'm surprised. I don't know why I'm surprised . . .”
About: In Case You're Wondering, Sarah Palin Is Ahead
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