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My friend Maria was visiting me last week into Memorial Day weekend. On her first morning, she came upstairs and the following conversation ensued. “Can I use your ironing board and iron?” “Sure, if I had one, you could surely use it.” “You don’t have an ironing board?” “No.” “Do you have an iron?” “No.” “Really?” “It’s early Maria and not the time of day I make jokes. I do not have an iron or an ironing board. Do you find that odd?” She just looked at me like ...read more I got the following email from a friend yesterday. Did I tell you about my mom? She uses a walker, but for some reason decided to try the tread mill at her apt building last week, hit the wrong button, sped up, she went flying, got battered, had to have eye surgery last week for a torn retina ….laugh or cry? I read it and started laughing with the image of this older woman on a walker headed to the treadmill, and then as I ...read more I was with a friend this weekend and talking about the Tiger Woods scandal and the Sandra Bullock nightmare. She was out to dinner with friends a week ago, and one of the guys said the following relating to Sandra and Jesse. “Good girl meets bad boy.” “Bad boy marries good girl.” “Good girl continues to be good.” “Bad boy continues to be bad.” He then shrugged his shoulders like, “Where is the surprise?” It’s come out in the news that Elin asked Tiger before they ...read more I love Meryl Streep. I love that her nose is too long. I love that she looks down shyly sometimes before she speaks, and I love that she wears clothes that I would wear to awards shows that I will never be invited to attend. I especially love that she is fearless on the screen showing things about herself that are less than flattering. Last night, at the Golden Globes, the night belonged to Meryl. Her comments about her role in ...read more It’s not that I’m against Ben Bernanke. Well, that’s a lie. Even when he was re-appointed by Obama I was unsettled. It reminded me of the arsonist who is a firefighter, lights the fire, then puts it out and wins a medal. Correct me if I’m wrong – I’m so not a finance girl – but wasn’t he in charge of the country’s finances a year and a half ago when we all fell into the abyss? And, wasn’t he ...read more I really hate it when Oprah tells me I have to like something. I get her exitement. But, first of all, her track record in film is less than stellar, and she pushes, pushes, pushes. And, then she calls someone in the film and tells them they will be nominated for an Academy Award. Just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. No offense, and I’m an Oprah lover, but she needs to not jinx people with her methodology of ...read more In the car, with a bunch of women going to New York City, the topic of women’s health came up. Horror stories, some with happy endings kept returning in between laughter and personal insults. The fact that you can have a ton of pap smears, and still have undetected cancer was mentioned. “You have to have a sonogram to detect some of those things, not a pap smear.” “Yes, but no way my insurance will cover it.” “All you have to do is ...read more |
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Diversionary Explosions
I used to love what I call diversionary explosions. You know what I mean. When someone else’s drama takes you away from your own to do list. Or, when you can avoid doing that which is imperative to your happiness, future, or promise to another because something “came up” that takes you away from doing what you really should do. Some call it procrastination, but the difference is you pretend there is a legitimate reason you haven’t gotten something done. ...read more