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Posts Tagged ‘women over 40’
Slam – You’re Down
Monday, August 29th, 2011
Remember Slam Books? If you don’t, let me enlighten you. A Slam Book was something many women over 40 have experienced in grammar school – usually a spiral notebook or a bunch of papers stapled together (oh, the world before Staples!) that dedicated a page to each person. The idea was that it got passed around so everyone could write their opinion of each person. Ouch. In some Slam Books, (more…)
Tags: Babedom, beyond babedom, bullying, FaceBook, grammar school, how grammar school kids used to pick on each other, men over 40, popularity, slam book, the weird kid, women over 40
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The Girls with the Ugly Tattoos
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
I went to see “The Help” the other night and was a little disappointed. The movie did follow the book (which I really liked) very closely, and it was – mostly – very satisfying. However, one thing really bothered me: the main character, Skeeter, who was supposed to be tall and gangly and unattractive was . . . Emma Stone! Now, really, Emma Stone? Unattractive? (more…)
Tags: how women are portrayed in movies, men over 40, misogyny, movies, realism in movies, The Help, TV, why are there only beautiful women in american movies, women over 40
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The Catholic Lie
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
This isn’t a diatribe against the pope; it isn’t a complaint about the number of (extra) collections they hit you with during mass. It’s not even a repudiation of the urban myth Catholic kids used to spread about a free pass to heaven if you wore a scapula from the moment you were born. No, this is about the kind of lying that Catholics do. Yes, we lie. And I say “we” even though I’m really a non-practicing Catholic. I still feel guilty about lying. So Catholic lying is how I do it.
Tags: catholicism, do lawyers lie, how can you lie without lying, lying, men over 40, women over 40
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Hoarding for the Hordes
Friday, August 5th, 2011
If you’ve ever watched one of those shows about hoarders, you know how unbelievably disgusting hoarding can be. I know first hand. No, not from Gary (though I do believe he still has 15 years of Modern Drummer hidden somewhere in the attic). I’m talking about Mrs Hoffman, the old woman who lived next door when I was growing up. And when I say “hoarder” I mean someone who had newspapers piled several feet high on every single surface, magazines from the 1930s – and held on to a plate of food from our Christmas dinner through January. Yuck.
But this isn’t about the revolting stuff hard-core hoarders keep. It’s about the secret hoarding going on in everyone’s life. Yes; you, my friend. You are a hoarder. (more…)
Tags: Babedom, ending relationships, getting rid of old clothes, hoarding, letting go, men over 40, reorganizing, saving clothes that don't fit, saving things, skinny jeans, women over 40
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Friends with Benefits
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
New concept. . . not. We just had another name for them, way back when (though I guess for some of us, there may be some more recent history). We called them f@ck buddies. (more…)
Tags: Babedom, birth control, euphemisms for sex, free love, friends with benefits, if it feels good it's alright, men over 40, sex in the 1970s, STD, VD, women over 40
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