From the monthly archives:

June 2009

The Bucket List

by Kathleen Givens
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We’ve been talking a lot about death far too much lately, all of us.  Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, Billy Mays, have all captured the news media attention, and we, willing or not, have had to think about the final check out.  I was already weary of it all, so it was with trepidation [...]

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I Am Going to Heaven!  Maybe.

by Kathleen Givens
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Well, it looks like I’ve got a shot at going to heaven after all.  I had assumed, after decades of bad thoughts, and five years of publicly whining and serving snark (not to mention all my evil deeds), that I would be headed elsewhere.  But after last Friday night, I now know I have at [...]

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Sex Sells?

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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My kid sister Kristin is flying to Arizona for a little vacay, but she found this ad and almost rescheduled to fly to New Zealand instead. Cute, right? PETA has been successful using nudity in ads for years, posing various attractive celebrities strategically with the line “I’d rather go naked than wear fur.” But now, [...]

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More Celebrity Baby Names

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick welcomed twin girls Marion and Tabitha earlier this week. I’m lukewarm on the name Marion, but I love Tabitha. I had an ancestor named Tabitha way back in the family tree, proving to me that the name wasn’t made up for the baby on the TV show Bewitched. On [...]

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Happy Father’s Day, Whiners!

by Julia London

I just realized today, when Hubot informed me he’d invited his father for a Father’s Day barbeque this Sunday, that Sunday is Father’s Day.  I honestly don’t know how these things escape my attention, but they do.  I mean, it’s not like I’m not scouring the internet for obscure facts every day.  But it didn’t [...]

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Classic Romance

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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Last week, we had Definitely, Maybe from Netflix. I love Netflix. Definitely, Maybe is a good one for your queue (and Ghost Town, laugh out loud funny but not ridiculous). Definitely, Maybe is a delightful little romance with great female leads (Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Wiesz, and the incomparable Abigail Breslin), a sweet father-daughter [...]

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Scary!

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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Phil Spector’s mug shot has been making the rounds at the protest of his wife, who complains that “They took my husband’s freedom and dignity. So why not his hair?” Oh, poor Phil baby. When you’re convicted of murder, you give up your freedom, your crazy toupees, and you go to jail (nineteen years for [...]

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Adam Lambert is Gay, The Olsen Twins are too Skinny, and Other Things We Already Knew

by Kathleen Givens
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I don’t understand the uproar about the “revelation” that Adam Lambert is gay.  Hello!  And so what?  He’s a great entertainer and I imagine we’ll be seeing him and his guyliner for decades.  Add him to the ranks of Elton John, Ellen de Generes, etc.  Another Hello! goes to a local paper here, who just [...]

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Speaking of Birthday Sex….

by Julia London
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I cannot believe I actually forgot about a week or so ago to wish VB a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!  She is, at long last, FINALLY, as old as me!  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Here’s some birthday sex just for you, VB! 

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Every girl’s crazy about…

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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I was checking out the daily entertainment candids at E! They had a picture of a well-dressed Gerard Butler with the caption stolen from the ZZ Top classic, Every girl’s crazy about a sharp-dressed man… only they said “sharply.” Sharply-dressed man. And it bothered me. Maybe it’s grammatically correct, sure, but that’s not how the [...]

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Prom Time! Then and Now.

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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I love this time of year. I love looking at the dresses and seeing what kids are up to and into these days. This year, the privilege cost me because it was time for my son to attend his senior prom. Tux rental, limo, prom tickets, picture money, and entertainment– believe me, it all adds [...]

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Advanced Style

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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While I’m waiting to share prom pictures from my son’s big night, a friend of mine (the former best friend of my high school prom date, actually), hooked me up to this site: http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com/ Images of mature fashionistas. So fun, and inspiring! My favorite is Elizabeth Sweetheart, the artist who only wears green for the [...]

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