I am pretty, oh so pretty…
I read that last week Mr. Karl Lagerfeld, the man behind Chanel, recently stated that Adele was “a little too fat”. And what did Ms. Adele do? She just won 6 Grammys and looked absolutely fabulous in...
View ArticleThree’s company, four’s a crowd
I went to my daughter’s school yesterday for a conference with my daughter’s teachers and the psychologist. The meeting with the teachers was to give us our daughter’s report card; we met with the...
View ArticleHolding out for a heroine
Browsing for a new book to download on my Kindle, I came across Fifty Shades of Grey, a trilogy that has been on the best-seller list for some time now. Naturally, I was curious, so I read most of the...
View ArticleIt Don’t Matter if You’re Black or White
from topnews.in I was doing my usual “tour of the news” this morning when I found the following headline on msn.com: White births are now the minority in the U.S. America has long known this moment...
View ArticleAre We Human?
Men! The only animal in the world to fear. ~D.H. Lawrence Last week, a terrible crime was committed against a very poor woman in the city where I live. Not only was she assaulted and raped, but...
View ArticleWhat I learned from Michael Jackson
On the 3rd anniversary of his death and as a tribute to his life and achievements, here’s what I learned from the greatest artist of our time: -Moon-walking is hard (in my case, impossible), no matter...
View ArticleDon’t let them go to the movies
I’m not biased or anything, but as a moviegoer - especially now that I’ve slashed my movie outings from once or twice every weekend to once a month – there are certain crowds I just wish I didn’t have...
View ArticleLOOK WHO’S TALKING
A few days ago there was a minor scandal regarding the purchase of some refrigerators. This is what happened: the largest retail store in the nation (think Wal-Mart adjusted to the local economy of a...
View ArticleGet the Bully
I read an article last week on a mother that was charged with child abuse for ”smooshing” (I don’t really know what that means but that is how the article described it) the kid who had recently bullied...
View ArticleMother and Sisters and Cancer
My mother was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma last week, after an endless month of tests, scans and appointments with the entire gamut of specialists. For those who don’t know, cholangiocarcinoma is...
View ArticleI’ve already endured Fifty Shades of Grey so now you won’t have to
I wrote a few months ago that I wouldn’t be reading Fifty Shades of Grey because of the bad reviews and the weak heroine. It turns out I caved and read it, although no money was spent – thank God. I...
View ArticleBring Sexy Back
Busy as I’ve been, I only just saw that People magazine declared Channing Tatum as the Sexiest man Alive for 2012. PLOP! THAT guy is the sexiest man alive? OK, I know that looks are a matter of...
View ArticleI don’t want to cry
My mother has finally finished her preliminary 4 rounds of chemotherapy. There is now a 3-week wait before a full battery of tests is made to see if and how much the treatment has helped. And then, all...
View ArticleNo sports, just steriods
I’m behind the news as usual, but I was lucky enough (?) to catch about 45 minutes of the interview Lance Armstrong gave Oprah a few weeks ago and even though it was just a tiny piece of the whole...
View ArticleI married young…is there a problem with that?
I just read an article called “Marry Young” written by Julia Shaw and published on slate dot com. In it, the author talks of how she married young and makes a series of observations on her life as a...
View ArticleGoing. Going. Gone…
One year after she was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, and after months of unimaginable pain, my mother finally let go. Upon her diagnosis, I would cry a lot, mostly because I was scared. After a...
View ArticleWhat I learned from Michael Jackson
iamtheinvisiblehand:I wrote this 2 years ago, but MJ’s legacy remains the same. So, here it goes again: Originally posted on iamtheinvisiblehand: On the 3rd anniversary of his death and as a tribute to...
View ArticleI’ll watch tv if this is on…
I’m not that big on tv. It’s not only a matter of time (or lack thereof), but mostly because 1. I’d rather read, and 2. There’s rarely anything I’d want to watch. In the midst of so many reality shows...
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