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The Post-Pandemic You

Of all the articles predicting what post-pandemic life will be like, the most questionable are the ones that suggest shucking off your cocoon and emerging like a butterfly. “Try out a new you!” exclaimed an essay in the NYT. What … Continue reading

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My Friend Michelle

My friend Michelle has the foulest mouth I’ve ever encountered, and that’s saying something. When she was crossed in business, she fumed that she wouldn’t bend over and take it up the ass. Once, we were in her huge SUV, … Continue reading

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Life Without Instagram

Yesterday, when I tried to like something on Instagram, I got a little boxed message that said I could not take that action. No reason and no means of further discussion. I pretended it was just a glitch, but the … Continue reading

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Giving Up Celebrities

When I stopped writing for Popdust a few weeks ago, I never thought I would lose interest in celebrities. Having to write about them every day involved a total immersion in their real and made-up antics. I labored over the … Continue reading

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Do The Math

I went to the doctor to get some awful infusion for my decrepit bones, and all I could think about was that I’d gained two pounds. I don’t have a scale at home and I don’t like getting on them … Continue reading

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Five Years In

I’ve read that the first four years are the hardest. And you are most at risk to kill yourself. I’m still here. That can be tough to excuse or justify. I’ve lit my candle. It’s only right to thank the … Continue reading

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Goodbye to Amy

My poor darling Amy. I didn’t expect you to die, even if everyone else did. I expected you to get clean and sober, somehow. I expected you to live and I wanted you to live even if you never made … Continue reading

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Too Stupid to Get Out of Jury Duty?

Well, everybody is mad, and here’s why:   That bitch is guilty! No matter how many lectures are written about this trial and its coverage in the media, if you followed the whole thing from the beginning, you know she’s guilty. … Continue reading

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Weiner Dog

Anthony Weiner is a gift from god for people like me who are struggling with depression.   His predicament (no pun intended) is so bizarre and tawdry, and yet  Shakespearean. If character is destiny, Weiner is screwed, or as he would put … Continue reading

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Suggestions for Jane™ 2-27-2011

My first response to these spring pumps by D&G was: “Sea of Shoes!” I   can’t think of anyone who could wear them better than Jane. No one can do Nutty 70’s Divorcee like Jane does. Somehow she manages to look … Continue reading

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