9:17 PM And advice from yesterday regarding romance and sex continues. No wonder there was a revolution, sexual and otherwise. Tip Six: Reading romance novels is very dangerous for your private parts. Whaaa? From What A Young Woman Ought To Know, 1913. "It is not that novel reading engenders false and unreal ideas of life,… Continue reading And More Advice…
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Unless You’re a Snark Master…
9:51 PM...eighteen days... It was a tough week for celebs on twitter. Unfortunately, they asked for it. Nary a peep from the Bill Cosby camp on last week's disaster. He asked fans to tweet memes of him; forgetting the twitter generation has no clue who the hell he is. No doubt the assumption was fans of… Continue reading Unless You’re a Snark Master…
Another Birthday, Another Uterine Prolapse
9:30 PM The YaYas celebrate birthdays like no other. You remember the YaYas--a group of Scottsdale ladies pledging love and devotion to each other until death. We gather formally, not for in-depth meetings concerning the sisterhood, just pretty much to drink wine and celebrate birthdays. Today it is the belated celebratory lunch of our dear… Continue reading Another Birthday, Another Uterine Prolapse
News Of The Day…
Catching up on the news: The good the bad and the hilarious. John Oliver's latest installment of Last Week Tonight features something known as The Salmon Cannon. Evidently, it's gotten more and more difficult for salmon to spawn given hydraulic dams. Salmon can't make it over the embankments and thus experience a problem completing their… Continue reading News Of The Day…
Snap, Crackle, Pop
10:32 PM Did you ever notice when women get together, things just crackle? Whether that's good or bad depends on who's in the room. Either way, it's snap,crackle, pop. Spending more time than I should shadowing Alicia Florrick. Remember? The Good Wife took over my viewing pleasure a few weeks ago and continues a stranglehold… Continue reading Snap, Crackle, Pop
Women Who Behave…
10:38 PM...Twenty-One days until Amour turns exclusively Duchess Diaries Ever really considered the phrase, "Women who behave rarely make history?" It comes from 1970's feminist Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who penned a tome pointing out that women who behave are left out of history entirely. So how is it we become women of history? According to… Continue reading Women Who Behave…
Snippets From A Day…
Put a group of entrepreneurs in an executive board room with The Fixer, mix well and see what happens. I love to see the reactions of others to her strange wisdom, gifts, insights and blunt conversation. There are some wide eyes, some doubts and, no doubt, some soul searching. Each person has an idea, a… Continue reading Snippets From A Day…
Out Of The Box Again…
10:41...Twenty-four more days... The next step on business growth journey is extending the reach of The Duchess Diaries. As with any business expansion new skills must be mastered, risks taken, faith polished and delivery must be all that's promised and more. After that, deliver some more. Oh, and jump out of the box. Again. And… Continue reading Out Of The Box Again…
Choose Carefully…
We've got voting on the brain. You don't? Could it be because you're amongst legions of constituents fed up with the shenanigans of a do nothing congress, a lame duck president and campaigns that hit new lows? Campaigns aren't hitting below the belt anymore, they're smack in the where it hurts. The always charming Wendy… Continue reading Choose Carefully…
Reader Requests…
9:28 PM...Twenty-six days until Amour changes completely to Duchess Diaries... Reader requests: quotes, pop culture and news of the chickens. Heard and registered. Here goes. Latest on the obsession list: The Good Wife. I know. I'm a million years behind everyone else in following the machinations of a state's attorney who swept his wife along… Continue reading Reader Requests…
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