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Are you a Cougar?

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Here’s my very first blog post from June 6, 2009, republished for all you new readers:

Yow! Yippie! Hip Hip Hooray! I’m finally launching this blog. . . .it’s about time, right?

Well, let me get started on a subject that I’ve had on my mind: the term “cougar.”

Who came up with this unflattering description of a woman dating a younger man? I’d bet a million it wasn’t one of us. When I’ve suggested that this phrase is hostile toward women, I’m reminded by chuckling men (and women as well) that old men who date young women are called “leches” or “geezers” or “dirty old men” so . . . why am I complaining? (more…)

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The Envelope, Please

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

It’s that time of the year, when we start hearing about all the award winners: the Golden Globes, the Grammys, the Oscars, the Peoples’ Choice (as if we care). I am starting a new tradition: awards for the best and worst bosses: the Tommys and the Libbys, named after my worst and best bosses.

Since this is the first year of a sure-to-be-trendsetting event, I am going to give out lifetime “achievement” awards in several categories. Of course,  some names will be changed, to protect the guilty (and my future career), though I’m certain my former co-workers will know exactly who I am talking about. (more…)

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The Unholy Trinity

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

There are three types of women: Drama Queens (think Glen Close in Fatal Attraction), Blinders (What do you mean, he’s married???) and Normals. Most of us probably think we’re Normals, but I’d venture to guess that at least a few of us are Drama Queens and probably most are Blinders.

How do you know which one you are? It’s quite simple. (more…)

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What a Crop

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Okay. I am officially asking everyone I know to STOP talking to me about Tiger Woods and his extramarital fornicating. Enough, already.  Why do we have to listen to this story, over and over?  How many women have come forward? How hard his wife actually hit him? Was his wife really a cocktail waitress when they met? Don’t we  have our own sad, lurid stories? After all, haven’t we all been bamboozled by a man at least once in our lives? (more…)

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PANK You Very Much

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

There is nothing more annoying to a woman without kids than getting the “So, when are you going to have a baby?” inevitable (and rude) question. Or so I thought. Now that I’m well past “child bearing age” (in other words, older than dirt), people don’t bother to ask that question anymore, though they do get the oh-you-poor-thing-you’ll-never-know-the-joys-of-motherhood weepy-eyed look when the subject of kids comes up between us. (more…)

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