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Vanity Insanity
I have down-to-there hair. It has almost always been shoulder length or longer. Once, as I was getting into my car, a guy [...]
City Vs Suburbs
Right, let’s dissect this whole “city lover” nonsense, shall we? Apparently, some people find the [...]
Table Manners: A Case Study
The Goops, they lick their fingers,
And the Goops, they lick their knives;
They spill their broth on the tablecloth,
Oh, [...]
Too Old for SNL Now
I guess a show that has been on the air for 49 years has to evolve, and each generation has its own concept of what is funny.
1776
Don't miss the show-stopper, "Molasses to Rum to Slaves," about Northern complicity in the slave trade. Seriously.
My Dorothy Hamill Hair
Dorothy Hamill had the best hair in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. Maybe of all time. It was shiny, it was silky, it fanned [...]
“Do you believe in fairies?”
Eva Le Gallienne as Peter Pan 1928 ”Do you believe in fairies?” When my mother was young her parents took her to Broadway to [...]
From Love to Despair: My Journey Through Domestic Violence and Divorce
As a young girl, I was inevitably drawn to him. He wore a sophisticated suit, was handsome and elegant, and his deep gaze had [...]
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