commentary
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Quit Yer B*thcin’!
I’m beginning to think social media should be a privilege not a rite. And I’m talking about for adults here, not 13-year-olds. Before you go thinking I’m getting curmudgeonly, hear me out. I am certain there are people “out there” using FaceBook, Twitter, and whatever else (except Pinterest, because that’s holy ground) for devious means.…
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5 Tips to (really) be Beach-Body Ready!
With all the hoohah over the Protein World subway ad in London and the gaining momentum of the petition to have it removed, I realized a little fresh perspective was needed. After remembering that’s the kind of thing comedic writers are supposed to be good at providing, I decided to have a go at defining…
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Warning sign of Type 1 Diabetes
Warning signs of Type 1 Diabetes? Where’s all the funny stuff I claim I write? I know! I know! Humor me and read this anyway. I promise, I will make up for the last few posts in the near future with funnier stuff. Now, back to the topic at hand . . . In an…
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Celebrate Yourself!
A writer friend of mine who’s been critiquing my most recent work asked me if I intentionally wrote about crazy people. “Seriously, do you close your eyes and open the DSM to a random page to pick out a form of nuttiness for your heroines?” I don’t. But I admit, it does sound like a fun…
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A Plane of My Own
We’re closing in on a century since Virginia Woolf combined her notes from a series of lectures she held and then put together into an extended essay called “A Room of One’s Own.” While the essay really addresses the need for women writers to have a literal as well as a figurative space in order…
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National Clean off Your Desk Day
Holy smokes! I just learned that yesterday, Monday, Jan. 14, 2014, was National Clean Off Your Desk Day. I’m excited and amazed because I actually did it without knowing I was supposed to. Perhaps I was feeling the vibe. Here’s the after picture: Had I known I was celebrating a momentous occasion, I…
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The World According to Ziggy
I’ve decided my dog, Ziggy, should be a world-renown role model for positive thinking. In the least, he should be the mascot for this website. He just has a wonderful outlook. No matter what life throws at him, he greets it with a joyous expectation that something fabulous will come from it. He’s happy to…
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What’s wrong with the Woman Girl?
If there was only one woman left on the planet would she be judgmental about herself? Would she question her value as a woman? Would she worry whether or not she’s taken seriously? Or would she celebrate every moment like it’s 1999? I would hope it would be the last suggestion, but I kind of…
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The Truth Behind Life’s Little Ironies (according to me).
I sometimes think that the General Organizing Deity (i.e., GOD) has assigned am impish little character to oversee the order of things as perceived by humans here on earth. I’ve thought long and hard on the subject and have even given that being the job title of the Coordinator Responsible for Arranging Phenomenon (or CRAP…
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Cameron Diaz on the Objectification of Women
In a recent UK Sunday Times interview, Cameron Diaz raised eyebrows, ticked off feminists, and otherwise got people questioning the star’s understanding of her own vocabulary. In the midst of, like, prattling on, like, a 14-year-old girl, like, would, she managed to cogently express: “I think every woman does want to be objectified. There’s a…