The Bed List

There’s a clip in the opening credits for Castle where Nathan Fillion catches a glimpse of himself in a store window and exclaims, “I really am ruggedly handsome, aren’t I?” Why, yes, Mr. Fillion, you are. I may have come late to the party–never having watched Firefly and only picking up Castle recently, but I play a mean game of catchup thanks to streaming Netflix. If Nathan Fillion is...
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The Bed List (Late Night Edition)

DVRs were made for faces like these. Since mimi is famous in her circle of friends for her “social narcolepsy,” aka, falling dead asleep at 9 pm while sitting upright, the DVR is her direct line to membership in Craig Ferguson’s Robot Skeleton Army. How many things can we adore about Craig aside from that lovely Glaswegian accent? Those twinkly eyes! The cheekiness of his monkey! The things IN...
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Girls’ Night In

Tomorrow is the church Men’s Retreat, so Mr. Man will be spiriting Frick away for an overnight and a cookout. While they’re shivering in a pup tent in 30-odd degree weather, Frack and I will be getting our X chromosome on.Admittedly, mimi doesn’t stray far into the female end of the spectrum. I somehow missed the Cute Shoes and Darling Accessories alleles in my genetic profile. Pink has never...
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Happy Valentine’s Day

It’s de rigeur for those of us who write for women to also write something about the girly holiday of Valentine’s Day. Why girly, I hear you ask? Because most of the noise surrounding this day issues from men who are not only expected to show up with roses and dish out major bucks for a romantic dinner á deux, but also being guilted into buying jewelry or making other grandiose gestures to...
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The Bed List

Who would have thought the geeky handyman on The Facts of Life would have turned out this pretty? Although there’s something cosmically unfair about any one human male being this handsome, it would be far worse if all that handsome came in a dumb package–and this one is certainly not dumb. He’s a passionate advocate, a smart businessman, and a clever director (did anyone see Syriana coming...
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