Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Good for what ails you

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I cheered up that art director today. No, I didn't offer to shoot her husband as he sleeps. I convinced her to accompany me to Walgreen...

But what if …?

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I fell in love with Paul McCartney when I was six years old. It was the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show . I believe ...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

No, really, you'll thank me

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If you didn't see Little Miss Sunshine in the theater, rent it now. The actress who plays Olive, Abigail Breslin, is a delight. She bro...
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I'm going to be gi-normous

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I cannot stop eating. I am actually hungry again. I am trying to only eat things that aren't 100% empty calories. Like cereal. Fiber, ca...
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Monday, November 27, 2006

Fortunately he's good looking

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I had eagerly been looking forward to hearing from my best friend today. That is, until he called. Yes, he had a great week off. Sure, he en...

Silver threads

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Uh-oh. I'm getting ready for work, my first day back at the office after my long birthday weekend, and I notice two gray hairs over my r...
Sunday, November 26, 2006

This could take months. MONTHS!

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I do not understand the new rules of MLB free agency. And I really don't have to. Except for this one thing: Greg Maddux may not land wi...

Feeling more than a little guilty

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The art director I am paired with most often is unraveling. Her husband is having a prolonged and dramatic midlife crisis, she's allowin...

Point. Click. Give.

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I love, love, love toy drives. In this consumer culture, which we all participate in to a certain extent (Black Friday, anyone?), we should ...
Saturday, November 25, 2006

I feel like The Grinch

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Bobby is simply not a good movie. It's sincere and earnest, but not good. This makes me sad because I really wanted to like it. The the...

It was on again this morning

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MSNBC reran their documentary on Betty Broderick. That dame still makes my blood boil, even after all these years. For the uninitiated, Bett...
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Friday, November 24, 2006

The People's Choice

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My uncle has Parkinson's Disease and with each passing day, his world gets smaller and more isolated. To make him feel a little more con...

Lesson learned

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I can be rather self critical at times, but here's one of my good qualities: I have nearly infinite patience with kids and pets. It'...
Thursday, November 23, 2006

Trying to look at the glass differently

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Yesterday afternoon, while shopping at Carson's (which is most definitely NOT my beloved and most mourned Marshall Field's), I felt ...
Wednesday, November 22, 2006

What a cool birthday gift THIS would be!

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There's a rumor floating about that my beloved may be returning to me. Barry Rozner of The Daily Herald spoke to Greg Maddux (who was o...

Why I Love the Internet

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I admit that on some days I do not eagerly open my emails. This is not one of those days. So far I have received a free movie pass from the ...

You say it's your birthday. It's my birthday, too, yeah.

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Yes, it's the old girl's birthday. I'm spending this evening with my oldest friend. I believe we're having stir fry … and a ...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

The heart of the matter

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I first met my friend "John" back in 1981. It was my first advertising job. He'd already been there about four years and was b...
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Monday, November 20, 2006

In praise of Helen Mirren

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Watched the latest, and it looks like the final, Prime Suspect on PBS last night and was once again bowled over by Helen Mirren. Her perform...
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Sunday, November 19, 2006

That was fun

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Had a terrific time at Toys R Us. Cesar, honey, you are set! I discovered Hot Wheels Truckin' Transporters … Trucks that can carry Hot W...
Saturday, November 18, 2006

Merry Christmas, Dear Cesar

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I requested a Santa letter from the Chicago Sun-Times. Through this program, a child who lives below the poverty line writes to Santa, the l...

I love my doctors

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I know a lot of people who have horror stories about their doctors. I'm not one of those people. I have been battling perimenopausal dep...

Baghdad vs. New Orleans

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The pundits keep saying that the election results were a referendum on the Administration's Iraq policy, that the electorate is angry ab...

My favorite headline

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"PRESIDENT BUSH VISITS VIETNAM FOR THE FIRST TIME" It's about frigging time. Why didn't you bring Cheyney with you? It wou...
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

I want Elliott and Liv!

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I'm watching a Law & Order: SVU rerun. Elliott and Olivia are sitting outside on a curb, sharing their thoughts, partner to partner,...

And they tell me how to live

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Fox, the media conglomerate that pays Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity and all the other arbiters of morality when it comes to reproductiv...

But this is today's BIG news

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Yes, I know. I've heard. McCain was posturing on the Hill today, grilling General Abizaid. OJ is going to tell us all how he did it, If ...
Tuesday, November 14, 2006

So, hello, Gorgeous!

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Oh, look who is on The Daily Show . He is a charmer. And while John Edwards does a cursory plug for his book and answers questions about Ira...

Saving me from myself

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I keep getting a "system too busy" message from Pogo! That gives me nothing to do but throw out some of the paper that's litte...
Monday, November 13, 2006

Sad but true

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Actually overheard while waiting in line for Borat : "I wanna see Bobby . Lindsay Lohan is in it." I look at that poster, see the ...

I wanted to love it ...

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… but, alas, I only liked Borat . I think that even at only 84 minutes, it's a little long. The segment where our hero ruins the antique...

The dirty little secret behind the Senator's joke

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Senator Kerry botched what would have been an unfunny joke. That's one thing that happened just before the election. The other thing tha...

Lonely for words unspoken

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I know my best friend trusts me and thinks I'm funny. I also know that he admires my prodigious moral compass, which most people think m...
Sunday, November 12, 2006

The sign does apply to you, too

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One of my neighbors smokes … constantly. I can always tell where she just was because it reeks of smoke. She's very nice, very chatty, a...

Hey! Bonus!

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Tuesday's election is having unexpected but positive aftershocks here in the Chicagoland area. Congressmen Luis Guitierez and Jesse Jack...