Sunday, September 10, 2006

Escape into the world of gangsters -- with an "r"

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Angels with Dirty Faces is on. This is a terrific old Warner Bros. gangster flick, complete with Cagney AND Bogart and Pat O'Brien as a...

Attention, Lurkers: This One's for You

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I know I have lurkers and I welcome you. After all, there are blogs I visit on the sly myself. But it occurs to me that you lurkers know not...
Saturday, September 09, 2006

Women I Love to Hate

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This morning I watched a documentary ("Headliners and Legends") about Betty Broderick. I hate her. I know this because I have see...
Thursday, September 07, 2006

What I've Learned Today

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We are approaching the third solid week where I've had little or nothing to do at work. At first I really enjoyed it. During my tenure h...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006

It makes me sooo tired

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Today was the annual agency/client softball game. I hated every hot, sunny moment. I have such a hard time with small talk. I can't talk...
Tuesday, September 05, 2006

What reflects "the Real Laurie?"

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I have acquiesced to be photographed for this year's church directory. I did it in 2003 but not 2004 or 2005. The decision is based on h...
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Monday, September 04, 2006

My Last 2006 Telethon Post

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Because WGN cuts away for the Cubs, the Telethon is still on here in Chicago. Harlem Furniture has promised to double every pledge that'...

Meet the Gang

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Right now I'm surrounded by slumbering felines, and when they're asleep like this, they are just TOO CUTE! So let me introduce these...
Sunday, September 03, 2006

It's worth making only 75¢ on the dollar to not know how this feels

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CHICAGO -- Cubs catcher Michael Barrett could miss the rest of the season after he was hit in the groin with a foul tip and underwent surger...

A Good Day, A Really Good Day

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I went to church this morning for the first time in months and it felt really good. I did my 12 laps around the high school track (5K) and t...

At least now he's easier to spot

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Oh, I simply must develop a spine! My very nice, very old but very loquacious and very, very annoying neighbor, Mr. B., was seated out in fr...
Saturday, September 02, 2006

Labor I Won't Be Doing on Labor Day

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I won't be scrubbing the underside of my bathmat. It grows black mildewy gook faster than … hell, I can't think of an example to ill...
Friday, September 01, 2006

It's happening! It's really happening!

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I saw two rather attractive firefighters today, moving among the motorists at the intersection of Harlem and North, collecting donations for...

Go West, Pudgy Middle-Aged Woman!

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It's all coming together. My favorite baseball player is in Los Angeles, pitching for the Dodgers at least through October 1 (longer wit...

And I sank into nothingness

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So I'm watching a Gidget rerun. She's writing in her diary, making a fake entry to pass the time, and she pens, "Jeff kissed m...
Thursday, August 31, 2006

Why I Love Greg Maddux

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He's the tenth winningest pitcher of all time. As of last night, Steve Carlton takes a back seat and the Professor takes sole possession...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Melanie Griffith = Mother of the Year

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Love that photo of Melanie Griffith lighting her teenage daughter's cigarette for her. Clearly in the Griffith/Banderas household, the h...

Labor Day Dilemma

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I love, love , LOVE the MDA Jerry Lewis telethon. Jerry is the King of Show Biz Schmaltz. I adore it when he calls Ed McMahon "Pussycat...
Sunday, August 27, 2006

The Important Stuff of Life

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Watching the Emmies instead of changing my shower curtain liner, these terribly important observations have occured to me … It's not lik...

I really do appreciate the sentiments, BUT …

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Last Saturday I received a surprise phone call from a good friend of mine. She's not a "phone person." Generally she only call...
Saturday, August 26, 2006

Get well, President Ford

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What do Linda McCartney and Gerald Ford have in common? I was unnecessarily harsh to them in the 1970s and I'm sorry about it now. Let...

OK, so I'm xenophobic

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Here I am, trying to kill time while my new Wamsutta sheet set is in the dryer, taking a voyeuristic peak at other people's lives by hit...

Confused

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So let's just say for a moment that John Mark Karr is a pathetic nut with a fragile grasp of reality. If he didn't kill JonBenet Ram...
Friday, August 25, 2006

The End of an Era (Hopefully)

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I've had bad skin for about 30 years now. Not really bad skin. Not bad enough that if you sat next to me on the bus, you'd say, ...
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Thursday, August 24, 2006

… as big as my head!

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There's a Lane Bryant Store opening soon on Wabash. I walk past the location every day, twice a day, on my way to and from the el. The i...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006

YUM!

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Check this out. No, really. Ladies, I promise you will thank me. http://www.tmz.com/2006/08/23/matt-lauers-pricey-pecs/
Tuesday, August 22, 2006

The Laurie Guy

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Now that my life is half over, I have belatedly come to the realization that I have "a type." Three of the men I have loved look v...
Monday, August 21, 2006

This is so sweet, so heartening

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The other night my nephew Brent, the one I barely know, the one I just met, called to ask me to attend my neice Becky's baptism. Of cour...
Sunday, August 20, 2006

Forever my guy

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Former President Clinton turns 60. Happy Birthday, Bill. Stay healthy and active. Love 'ya. Oh, Bill and I have had our moments. I belie...
Saturday, August 19, 2006

Happy Birthday, Hubbell

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The Sundance Kid. Johnny Hooker. Jay Gatsby. Paul Bratter. Bob Woodward. Roy Hobbs. They're all Robert Redford, and they all turned 70 t...
Friday, August 18, 2006

About a boy … or two … or three … or four

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I have a weakness: I really like men. I think most of them are fascinating, even when I find them frustrating. These days, these specimens h...

Frustrated

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The agency I work at (not for ) is on a losing streak of epic proportions these days. One of the major daily papers is gleefully chronicall...
Tuesday, August 15, 2006

We meet again

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Today I had a very emotional conversation with my mother. She had no idea I'd be as upset as I am about being "bumped" from my...
Monday, August 14, 2006

Perry March: Snidley Whiplash for the New Millenium

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I know I shouldn't view murder as entertainment. I do, of course. But I want you all to know I feel really bad about it. And I feel just...
Sunday, August 13, 2006

Lookin' better than a body has a right to

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Remember that old Dolly Parton song? "Here you come again and here I go …" I'm watching Sen. John Edwards address a barbecue i...
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