My Fashion Manifesto

And Donatella still looks better than the woman I saw on the beach today

Style and fashion are not the central themes of this blog, but sometimes (actually all the time) I just have to call ‘em as I see ‘em, and I’ve got to talk about people’s clothes.  I realize that I am not above [...]

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Cruisin' for a bruisin'

Even at my age, if someone wanted to gather together a group of my peers and engage us in some age-appropriate activities I’d be on it like a Westside whore on a New Jersey businessman. [...]

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Rule #1: Don't do dumb stuff

Where can I get this?

Have people literally gotten stupider and stupider?  In case you’re one of them, I’ve highlighted the important parts of this post.

Today Plaxico Burress, form.erly of the NY Giants, was sentenced to up to 3 1/2 years in prison for shooting himself in the leg.  Okay, it was really for carrying a [...]

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Love...exciting and new.

Norwegian Sky: Its no Love Boat

Any child of the 1970s who has been aboard a cruise will likely have the same reaction.  Why isn’t this ship like the one from The Love Boat?  And why couldn’t you just skip the Pacific Princess and drive to Puerta Vallarta from LA?    That last part is probably [...]

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Loving, caring and sharing, but not en route

These people are obviously NOT flying from LaGuardia

A widow, a spinster, a divorcee and two tweens get into a van.  No, that’s not the latest dirty joke:  its my family vacation.

The last time I went on a true family vacation, you know the kind where everyone travels together, I think the first Bush was in [...]

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Cancer? Heart disease? Suck it up, you slacker.

On CNN today, Jack Cafferty mentioned a study finding that more than 1 in 10 Americans are taking anti-depressants. This number has doubled in the last decade, as has the amount of money spent each year on direct-to-consumer advertising. On his blog, Cafferty invited people to respond with why they think anti-depressant use has [...]

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Apple Store: cigarette not included

The other day, I decided to go to the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan because I was looking for a few things (headphones, a laptop bag, anti-glare film and an armband for my iPhone.  You know, the usual).  This particular outlet is familiar to me, since I’d visited their Genius Bar for my iBook, [...]

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Is there really "More to Love"?

It takes all kinds to make a world, so get in where you fit in!

OK, let me first say that I’m a woman of a certain weight.  It’s higher than I’d like it to be for the moment, but it never really slows me down in any way.  I plan on rock climbing on vacation, [...]

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Can I make a citizen's arrest?

Admittedly, I know nothing about raising children.  I don’t have any kids, and I’ve never really taken care of anyone else’s kids when they weren’t around.  So I’m not exactly qualified to give any advice on disciplining your children or anything remotely related to it.  But I do have common sense, and I am a (mostly) [...]

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Pick up your damn pants

If you wore this outside, you deserve to be put on blast.

A version of this article, as featured in The New York Times on September 25, 2009.  Click here to see it.

In general, I make it a habit not to come in contact with men’s underwear.  I guess I’ve heard too many stories about [...]

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