What I’m Doing During Summer Vacation

Posted by on Jun 15, 2006 in dish | 0 comments I have never, in my eighteen years of teaching, assigned a “What I Did Over Summer Vacation” essay. For one, summer vacation would have to be a tangible entity in order for anyone to be “over” it (yes, I also get cranky when people “plan on” something, especially when that something is not corporeal, like a table). For another thing, “What I Did . . . Yada Yada” essays are typically...
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Here We Go Again

Posted by on Jun 12, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Alberto is coming! Alberto is coming!And with that, the 2006 hurricane season really begins. It’s pouring outside right now–not that I’m complaining, given the near-drought we’ve been experiencing the past couple of months–but today really felt like Seattle. Gray. Wet. Depressing. At least it’s not 55 degrees, and after Señor Alberto makes landfall,...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Jun 10, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Back to the boys.BED LIST: PIERCE BROSNANHe just gets better looking, doesn’t he? We all swooned over Remington Steele, panted over him as Bond, James Bond, and got the hots amidst The Thomas Crown Affair. But we fell in love during the “run-by fruiting” in Mrs. Doubtfire. Tall, dark, and devastating. And Irish. Yep, we’re down for the count.DINNER LIST: DENIS...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Jun 2, 2006 in dish | 0 comments June 1 marks the first day of Gay Pride Month, and in honor of my gay friends, this edition of the Bed/Dinner List has a twist–the ladies I’d pick if I were so inclined.BED LIST: HALLE BERRYHalle Berry is like the most beautiful woman on the planet, okay? Stinkers aside (Catwoman, anyone?), she usually makes excellent choices in film. I’ve watched her bloom from crack whore...
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I Heart the Dixie Chicks!

Posted by on May 29, 2006 in dish | 1 comment If you do not buy yourself a copy of the Dixie Chicks’ new CD Taking the Long Way, you are committing a musical crime against yourself. This is easily the best CD I’ve heard in ages. Plus, the Chicks are brave, outspoken Southern gals, and you gotta love that! Let’s hear it for speaking out, even if you say unpopular things.
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So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good-bye

Posted by on May 28, 2006 in dish | 0 comments How do you say goodbye to good friends?I know telephones and email do wonders to keep people connected, but it’s just not the same as dropping by for a beer or some dessert, or laughing over chips and salsa in someone’s (okay, my) messy kitchen on a Sunday night.But today is the day, and our Canadian friends have sold the house, packed up the goods, and are heading back to the Great...
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