It’s time for a quick shout-out to Serena Williams and Roger Federer for their Australian Open 2010 Singles titles! Two tennis icons took their championships with great style – Serena beating out Belgium’s Justine Henin on Saturday, taking her fifth Australian Open title, and Roger Federer over Andy Murray in straight sets on Sunday, taking […]
Archives for January 2010
Jetsons Jukebox (Why We Shouldn’t Imagine the Future)
Jetsons? Jukebox? Parents and teens, whatever the century?
I have my own planet. (Can’t I just stay here?)
Women in the baby blur You know that blur that occurs after (most) women have babies? And they don’t have nannies to help, or nearby family stepping in on a regular basis, or maybe they do, but the reality of the days and nights is a growing fuzziness, a stream of sleeplessness and round-the-clock activity? […]
UnReal Dreaming: OC Housewives and Makeup Messes
Makeup monstrosities? Oh yeah. I’m talking collagen and cosmetics. Lipstick overdose. Botox buried in blush. Excess is the word du jour. Tartini excess at the beauty bar? Nothing makes a woman look older than too much makeup. But we all know it, right? Nothing makes a Real Housewife of Orange County look trashier and older […]
Clocking time
Are your dreams on hold? Are you floating in a perpetual state of waiting? One more number? One more indistinguishable face in the crowd, chasing through an exhausting schedule that seems like nothing more than clocking time? You’re following the hour hand and the minute hand with your eyes, listening to the slow ticking of […]
Australian Open: Women serve up drama
Tennis, finally It’s just after midnight in my part of the world, but I had to hang on to watch defending Australian Open tennis champion Serena Williams tough it out against China’s Li Na in two grueling sets. Serena’s serves were a thing of beauty – 12 aces in this match. But it was the […]
Heidi Montag Cosmetic Surgery: Horrifying or No Big Deal?
Heidi Montag – typical American girl? Anything to be famous? To be a pop star? I don’t buy it. Heidi Montag, a (previously) beautiful 23-year old reality TV star on The Hills, now “improved” by 10 cosmetic surgery procedures. Is this what our culture is becoming? A 23-year old who is (was?) lovely, who undergoes […]
Why You Shouldn’t Air Your Dirty Laundry on the Internet
When I was seeing someone awhile back, there was virtually – and I mean virtually – no mention of him, or “us” on the Internet. I was quiet as a (dare I say it)… mouse. After all, even in our online world, some things (to some of us) are private. Very private. Like relationships. Like […]
Suck Balls
“Suck balls,” he says. “What?” I choke back the laughter. “You heard me,” he repeats. “Suck balls. Sour balls. Or a lemon.” Home remedies, saliva ducts, sour balls, lack of lemons. Last evening everything was “usual” until we were struck by our typically unusual “usual” – my son, just before dinner, emerged from his version […]
Murphy Murphy Please No More! Might You Simply Move Next Door?
That big M tattooed on my chest? Uh, nope – just paint. Maybe it’s the big M on my form-fitting super sexy spandex uniform of daily duties, the sequined M emblazoned on my ruby-colored cape, the glitzy grosgrain ribbon folded and tacked into embellishment in the shape of M’s, a perfect pair of M and […]