Wednesday, October 18, 2006

It's been a hard day's night

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The London tabloids are abuzz. Lady McCartney has unleashed publicity hell on poor Sir Paul. She claims in her newly-filed divorce papers th...

Well, this was humbling

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I went to the doctor today (thanks for asking, Ms. Hickory). It was my bi-annual blood test to make sure that my cholesterol meds are still ...
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Remembering The Golden Girl

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I like Meredith Vieira and am glad she's the one NBC tapped for the Today Show. During the hype leading up to her Today debut, many arti...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Justice for Templeton!

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Growing up, Charlotte's Web had an enormous impact on me that is still felt today. For example, I do not kill spiders. If I come upon o...
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Monday, October 16, 2006

Lou. Lou. Lou.

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We have a new manager. Lou Piniella. I predict he will receive a warm welcome in The Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field. A beloved outfielde...
Sunday, October 15, 2006

We may have finally reached critical mass

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I believe in the two-party system. I get misty when I hear patriotic songs. I don't believe in the politics of destruction and try to vo...
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My highly personal metaphor

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In Laurie's world, Books = Men. I love books. I love men. I can find something good, valuable or fun in even the silliest, lowest-brow v...
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Why aren't I more upset?

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My immediate team of coworkers is small, 9 in all. I know one of my merry little band is resigning Monday morning. I suspect a second will, ...
Saturday, October 14, 2006

Mets vs. Cardinals

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So this is what hell looks like. As a Cub fan, I can think of no worse match up. As I understand Major League Baseball, one team has to win ...

This is very bad news

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I knew it was coming, and yesterday was the day. I received a postcard from Guthy Renker, officially announcing that my beloved Time Release...
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Belated props to the Birthday Boy

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October 9 was the anniversary of John Lennon's birth. Perhaps that's why I've been thinking of him so often lately. Or maybe it...

Thanks, neighbor!

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Frasier's dad, John Mahoney, has come home. Since the series ended, he has been living full-time in his Oak Park apartment, the one he...
Thursday, October 12, 2006

Pretty in Pink

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I couldn't sleep and decided it was time for a change. I think I like this template. And if I don't, no reason why I can't chang...
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Greetings from the Stoney End

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Barbra Streisand has been in the news a lot lately. Her ticket prices, her politics, her dropping the "f bomb" from the stage. Wha...
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I must be in a better mood today ...

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... because complete strangers are making me angry again (whereas yesterday they would have just made me cry). Bally's Health Club. A w...
Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Gals I'm glad I can't channel

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As I wrestle with issues of self esteem and personal direction, I would love to go to a Ouija board and get help from a pair of former First...
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Help me out here, girls

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I am unhappy. No, let me rephrase: I am discontented. Everything about my life is positively … OK. Fine, I guess. Good enough. The things th...
Monday, October 09, 2006

Nothing works

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I thought that a stolen day off to enjoy one of our last sunny and warm afternoons would refresh me. It didn't. I thought that doing som...

Consider Goodwill as you go thru your closets

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Today I dropped off 7 t-shirts, a polo and two sweaters. In return I got a nice little receipt for the tax man, and the knowledge that I hel...

Dammitall!

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I had planned to stay incommunicado today, inaccessible to my best friend when he tries to let know about his weekend in Disneyland and his ...

Is it a sin?

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We're very slow at work these days. I am in a tender place emotionally. I don't feel like speaking to anyone. So I called in sick. B...
Sunday, October 08, 2006

And now for a little culture

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Did you know there was more to me than baseball, the Beatles and lurid crime programs? Well there is! And here are my recommendations, my re...

Look! It's Kate McArdle!

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Except for a Today Show interview regarding the tragic death of her son, I haven't seen Susan Saint James in ages. I loved her on Kate ...

But I've got a new purse

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• Baseball is over until next year. • I photograph badly. • Because I have a fat, ruddy face. • I'm a complete pudge, yet I ate an entir...

Don't blame Greg ...

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Blame me. As I was racing back home with beer to enjoy with last night's Dodgers-Mets game, it occured to me: He's not going to be a...
Friday, October 06, 2006

What not to do on a bad day

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Sat for my "portrait" for my church directory. Just the thing to do when you're feeling fat and pimply and just plain useless...
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Pick your Hepburn

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A website called Style Dash compares the two very different icons with the same last name. Apparently they're like the Beatles and Elv...

For she has got ... ANOTHER GUY

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Seems that the soon-to-be-ex Lady McCartney has a constant companion who makes sure she never gets lonely as she travels the world first cla...
Thursday, October 05, 2006

You've Got to Have Friends

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Or so sings Bette Midler. When this album first came out, back when I was in high school, I believed her. Today I'm not so sure. Last ni...
Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Not the matchup of my dreams, not tomorrow, at least

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Hong-Chih Kuo is a talented young man who is probably very good to his mother. But he is not Greg Maddux. Therefore, watching him pitch agai...

Scary stuff

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That which scares us is individual, personal, and hard to articulate because we don't like thinking about it, much less talking about it...

Instead of SEXY, how about ICKY?

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The current issue of US shows Patrick Dempsey looking positively McDreamy. All beautiful hair, dark and artful stubble and positively gorgeo...
Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Come to Mama

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Just heard from Zappos that my new Birkenstocks should arrive before the week ends. I love these shoes. As a matter of fact, these lovely bl...

Is it possible that I'm moving on?

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After almost three years and literally thousands of games, I find myself no longer drawn to Turbo 21 at Pogo.com. I don't know why, but ...

Shame on you, Rep. Foley

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I don't care if he says he's an alcoholic. Booze doesn't turn an otherwise morally upstanding citizen (gay or straight) into a p...