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Tareq Salahi to Run for Governor of Virginia
April 25, 2012
Just when you thought it would be safe to turn on your TV after news of Newt Gingrich quitting the U.S. Republican presidential contest, Tareq Salahi has announced that he will be running for Virginia governor. Some of you may remember Salahi from November 2009, when he managed to sashay past White House security with his wife […]
Elise Testone!
March 27, 2012
Elise Testone is a young woman with remarkable singing talent. She is also my daughter-in-law’s best friend. I wrote about Elise when she was chosen for this season’s American Idol competition. Since then, America has voted her through, week after week. There are nine contestants left standing. Elise is one of four women. Each week, […]
And she Spanx, too.
November 18, 2011
before and after Spanx (The following is the fourth in my new series, “Old Posts to Dredge out on Slow Weekends Because When I Posted Them Originally People Cared More About the Economy and World Peace Than My Blog.” Although nothing has changed, it’s the start of a slow weekend.) I bought a lovely dress […]
Caution: Downgrade Ahead
August 16, 2011
The Washington Post is calling attention to a number of significant items in our society that aren’t as popular as they used to be. They refer to these as “downgrades.” Victims of the downgrade include the Honda Civic and Gordon Ramsey’s New York restaurant “Maze.” Institutions of higher learning have slipped, as well: Bowdoin College […]
My Life in A Bag
June 27, 2011
I’m leaving for London tomorrow. I’ll be there for a month (My daughter will be giving birth to her second child), and so I’ve been packing my one-allowable-but-not-more-than-50-lbs-in-weight suitcase with baby clothes that have been stored at my house, gifts, items my daughter and son-in-law can’t get in the largest city in the European Union, and […]
Bristol Palin:Plastic Surgery-ing With the Stars
May 12, 2011
In an attempt to quell the insidious rumors going around that she has had plastic surgery, Bristol Palin invited a reporter to her home inAlaska. “First off,” she started, this is absolutely, completely, 110% not true. I did not have plastic surgery. I had corrective jaw surgery. I did not want to have surgery. My doctor […]
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Hillary Clinton: Face Off
May 10, 2012
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Hillary Clinton, in an event generating even more negative feedback than her 1993 national health care debacle, has appeared in public with minimal makeup, glasses, and au natural hair. The shocking occurrence took place during an official event in Bangladesh, part of her current diplomatic tour throughout Asia. In an act that brazenly flaunted common […]