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No Ma’am!
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Don’t tell me this doesn’t bother you. You’re checking out at the grocery store and the pimply faced cashier hands you your change (never counting it out, of course) and he says, “Have a nice day, ma’am.”
It makes my skin crawl. (more…)
Tags: Ageism, decluttering, ma'am, obsessive, OCD, old, sir, stuck in a rut, youth
Posted in Social Issues | 19 Comments »
Pump You Up
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
In NJ we have the unique distinction (among other things) of being the only state where you can’t pump your own gas. That means, when it’s 100 degrees out (like it’s been here recently) or it’s pouring or there’s a foot of snow on the ground, I don’t have to get out of my car in my nice heels and nice, clean clothes to grab a greasy, dirty pump and possibly drip gas on my feet. So, of course, every couple of years, some idiot starts a campaign to change the law and let us pump gas.
Let us? You mean force us. I don’t want that prerogative nor do most sane people.
Which brings me to the point of this post: how often do we let (or expect) other people to do things for us that we could (or should) do ourselves? (more…)
Tags: dependency, gas, New Jersey, NJ, weakness
Posted in Social Issues | 4 Comments »
I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With . . .
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
The big scene in Academy Award-winning Little Miss Sunshine is funny enough to make you wet your pants: slightly overweight, innocent pre-teen Olive does an hilarious burlesque version of “Super Freak” that her strip-club-loving grandfather choreographed, while the parents of the other hotted-up little girl contestants watch, mortified. It’s obvious Olive has no inkling that pulling the scarf through her legs is naughty. (more…)
Tags: bump and grind, eroticized, hooker, hooking up, Little Miss Sunshine, oral sex, sexting, Sexuality, spin-the-bottle, STD, vagina
Posted in My Pet Peeves, Social Issues | 7 Comments »
Minding Everyone’s Business Except Their Own
Monday, May 10th, 2010
This is a special guest column by Christine of The Christine Show. Visit her blog at www.theChristineShow.com
Okay, I’ve had it. I read something the other day that just roasted my corn.
It seems that Jillian Michaels, one of the trainers on TV’s ‘The Biggest Loser” and known for having probably T-H-E most smokin’ body on TV, is being lambasted for her conscious and rational decision not to get pregnant, her reason being that she does not want to ruin her body. Ms. Michaels has told interviewers that she struggled with being overweight when she was a child, and has worked incredibly hard throughout her life to achieve what she has now … T-H-E most smokin’ body on TV. (more…)
Tags: Dr. Seppinni, healthy body image, Jillian Michaels, overweight, pregnancy, The Biggest Loser
Posted in Guest Contributor, Social Issues | 7 Comments »
