Friday, April 13, 2007

This week's people watching

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The two people who made the biggest impression on me this week … High-tech Granny. I saw her on a cold, wet Green Line el platform. Red fla...
Thursday, April 12, 2007

"Decent and strong"

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"Decent and strong." What powerful words, cleansing in their simplicity and in their very ordinariness. I'm watching Elizabeth...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Thursday Thirteen #12 -- Me, me, me!

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Thirteen Things about THE GAL HERSELF even the most loyal lurker might not know. I've been writing this blog for nearly a year now, a...
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My 2¢ worth re: Sanjaya

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I know that Howard Stern is backing him, and that there's some website that originates right here in the Chicagoland area that encourage...
Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Enough with the Marilyn comparisons!

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Here's a photo of Marilyn Monroe partying with Carl Sandburg. She also bewitched Arthur Miller, Joe DiMaggio, Frank Sinatra, Lee Strasbu...

Re: Anna Nicole, all there is to say is, "Of course!"

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OF COURSE Larry Birkhead is the father! He was actually interested in being in that poor little girl's life since before she was born. H...

Let's not embrace ANYONE who uses hate langauge

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Kanye West from "Drop Dead Gorgeous" … "Convenient whore stay on top of convenient stores/Keep pictures of me in their Victor...
Monday, April 09, 2007

The perfect PMS dinner

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I don't even apologize for this. By 6:30, I would have killed for the chocolate and the chips. Even better, the bunny was reduced to onl...

Color me groovy

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You Belong in 1967 If you scored... 1950 - 1959: You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in! ...
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It was a typical Opening Day

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It was colder than usual for April. It was overcast. A few snowflakes even fell. And the Cubs lost. Status quo. Now that we have THAT behin...
Saturday, April 07, 2007

I don't want this to be happening!

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My left knee hurts. A lot. Especially when I get up after sitting a while. Because I haven't wanted to exacerbate whatever is wrong, I h...
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When my heroes come together

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Last night I was able to watch my beloved Greg Maddux pitch his first home opener as a Padre, thanks to Senator John Kerry. If it wasn't...
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Friday, April 06, 2007

It felt good

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My oldest friend is completely at the end of her tether with her two kids. Her son, a highschool junior, has been skipping school, is tardy ...

I must stop doing this!

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"Napping" after work, that is. I laid down on the sofa, just for a little "nap," and woke up more than 2 hours later. I ...
Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Thursday Thirteen #11 -- TT ideas

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Thirteen idea to help you get past your writer's block. THE GAL HERSELF is posting these early as a service to those who struggle wi...
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The very last words I wanted to hear last night

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"At this performance, the role of Martha will be played by Dierdre Madigan." Kathleen Turner had laryngitis and wasn't in Who...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Call me "Olive"

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I Am Olive Green I am the most real of all the green shades. I'm always true to myself. For me, authenticity and honesty are very import...
Monday, April 02, 2007

Cats get it

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Felines understand the power of the nap. And so this evening, I am following their lead. I have parked myself on the sofa and have no intent...

They do the Lord's work

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The good people at Vicks, I mean. For I believe that only Dayquil is keeping me going right now. My throat is scratchy. I'm woozy. I...
Sunday, April 01, 2007

Tomorrow is their opening day

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Saturday, March 31, 2007

Presidential nominees, and who we're supposed to support

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I have a dear friend who happens to be black. I've referred to him within my posts as "John." Lately his heart disease has bee...
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When the newscaster is part of the story

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I didn't see the entire Katie Couric interview with John and Elizabeth Edwards, but the clips I saw weren't as brutal as I'd exp...
Friday, March 30, 2007

They found my Achilles' heel!

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I made a dumb mistake at work. I was supposed to pass all the client's input on to the art director (who had to leave at noon to take on...
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I still love Greg Maddux. How could I not?

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You can have George Clooney. I'll take Greg Maddux. There's something unutterably sexy about a man who is described by the Dallas Mo...
Thursday, March 29, 2007

For Cubs fans like me, everything old is new again

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It's spring, and as April approaches, I dare to hope again. I dream just as generation after generation of my family have dreamt since 1...
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Thursday Thirteen #10 -- Rewatchable Reruns

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Here are thirteen shows THE GAL HERSELF is happy to drop everything and watch again, and again, and again. And if you were here bef...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Wednesday Wisdom You Won't Get from Mom

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These are the sayings that I see as I look around my office from bulletin board to bulletin board. I hope you find them inspiring. "Som...
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Take that, Victoria Principal!

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Principal Secret discontinued my moisturizer, Time Release Moisture. Creamy but not greasy, with a decent SPF, I love the contents of that ...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Me and my books -- today

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Sorry, but I couldn't resist. I felt this blog needed a little something to cut the sweetness.
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Me and my books -- back then

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My mother has been cleaning house, literally, and had a wonderful time going through our childhood belongings. She enjoys how very different...
Monday, March 26, 2007

Anna Nicole leaves me feeling like Renault

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Remember the scene in Casablanca when Capt. Renault responds with disbelief to the raid at Rick's? He says, "I'm shocked, shoc...

Free to underprivileged trollops …

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… 3 boxes of Nice & Easy #108. They're of no use to me anymore because I've left my red headed days behind. But I find it imposs...
Sunday, March 25, 2007

Stuff I care about, stuff I don't

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Stuff I don't care about … Rudy Giuliani's wife and her previous marriage(s). Aside from the fact that I'm surprised Judy Nathan...
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Didn't do, should have done, don't have …

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I'm watching Joel Osteen right now (yes, I have my own minister, but sometimes I need his predictably sunny brand of Christianity). He i...
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Saturday, March 24, 2007

Enjoying the solitude

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It's 7:30 on a Saturday night and I'm already in my pj's. And I'm quite happy with this turn of events. If it wasn't for...
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