Travel Notes

Posted by on Jan 23, 2005 in dish | 1 comment So I’m looking at yet another way to kill time instead of writing, and I stumble across BluePyramid’s Country Quiz, and I find that… You’re Italy! You pretty much feel like you are the most long-standing bastion of civilized humanity on the face of the earth. While this is probably not true, you do have a noted history of living the good life and spreading culture to...
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Celebrity Muppets

Posted by on Jan 22, 2005 in dish | 0 comments I’m convinced that some of today’s celebrities are really human muppets. Their mouths are grossly oversized compared to the rest of their features. Watching them gives me Grover flashbacks. A few of my favorites: Steven Tyler of Aerosmith Julia Roberts Fantasia Barrino Jessica Simpson I’m sure there are more, but visualizing all those tonsils makes me want to brush my teeth....
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Guilty Pleasure of the Day

Posted by on Jan 22, 2005 in dish | 0 comments One of my writer-loop buds has this hysterical blog: Conversations about Famous People Yeah, what she said. DistressedJeans, you rock!
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Jobs that Suck

Posted by on Jan 22, 2005 in dish | 1 comment Jobs I would not like to have: proctologist actuary garbageman doctor lab rat nanny for obscenely rich couple convoy escort, Baghdad, Iraq Guess which of these my brother will be doing for the next 12-18 months? Oy. (We’re not even Jewish, but somehow, there’s no Presbyterian expression that fits quite as well in this circumstance.)
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Quirks

Posted by on Jan 21, 2005 in dish | 0 comments We all have them. Some of mine: Logging onto IMDb every morning to read the trivia, quote, and celebrity dirt du jour. Obsessive reorganization and reading of The Orlando Sentinel every morning (woe be unto you if you snatch a section out of order) Deboning magazines, especially of those godawful perfume inserts Cuticle chewing Eating M&Ms in pairs by color Salting my cocktail napkins (this...
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Weapons of Mass Distraction

Posted by on Jan 19, 2005 in dish | 0 comments I’m shocked. During her confirmation hearing, soon-to-be Secretary of State Condi Rice admitted that, concerning our military presence in Iraq, “We have made a lot of decisions in this period of time. Some of them have been good, some of them have not been good, some of them have been bad decisions, I am sure.”Well, damn. Who knew? Actually, my brother. He’s an Army MP...
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