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May.19.2009
We had an election here in California today involving referendums that none of us understood. One respectable paper suggested voting no on all of them, and another respectable paper that normally holds about the same position as paper number one said vote yes on all of them. Basically this very “...
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May.18.2009
In book publishing the publishers generally pay the author an advance against royalties—meaning, the author gets some money up front, and if the book earns back that amount plus other expenses, the author will start getting more money. Most authors get relatively small advances that aren’t enough...
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May.17.2009
I blame myself.
I didn't do my homework--not the part where you're supposed to go through fashion magazines and cut out pictures of dresses you like, and not the part where you have your shoes and jewelry and underwear all figured out before your first fitting. I also kind of forgot to be on a...
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May.15.2009
As the credits begin to role on California’s Governator Schwarzenegger era, it is time for our great state (World’s seventh largest economy! The nation’s leading source of bad mortgages!) to consider who will be our next actor-governor. Some of the leading contenders, according to Robert Cambra and...
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May.14.2009
How would you like to be standing there in your underwear while four people look on critically and then decide it just won't do? Of course, the the pink elephant in the room (so to speak) is the body wearing the bustier. It's middle-aged and fairly well cared for, but all the tequila and take-out I...
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May.13.2009
Why do people think other people know stuff they don’t know? For instance, my fiancé Kathi and I might be watching the exact same cop drama on TV for the same amount of time, and some plot twist will occur, like the lovely young woman getting abducted by the Evil Psycho Person, and Kathi will...
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May.12.2009
I'll admit it. I'm a wuss about going to the dentist, even for routine stuff like teeth-cleaning. I am the kind of patient who needs the gas turned way up and has to rinse every five seconds. I go to a dentist who is known for being "good" with people like me, but still. All the rest of...
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May.12.2009
This weekend gardener Monique Gin planted some native plants in the little plots in front of our house. When she was done, Monique gave us a box of earth worms and told us to spread them around to help turn the soil. “Do it at night so the birds don’t get ‘em,” she said with her Australian accent....
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May.10.2009
Thanks to an off-hand comment made by my pal Leslie Levine, I began wondering if someone could come up with an easy method for removing insecurity and self-doubt with beauty salon treatments. Yes, facials are nice and always makes us feel better, but the good feeling wears off the minute some jerk...
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May.09.2009
The Sabbath is yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It’s every day that we celebrate life and the universe, contemplate the divine, believe in hope, and to give thanks for beauty, our loved ones, and ourselves. The Sabbath is when we ask forgiveness, forgive others, and reclaim our kindness and...
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