"Fast" Girls

Posted by on Aug 23, 2006 in dish | 0 comments I was screen snacking yesterday and took a bite of some stories about VW’s “Fast” campaign for the GTI. Apparently, the notion that young males in their late 20s (the ad agency’s target demographic) might be thinking more with testosterone than with sensitivity is both baffling and threatening.I don’t know about you, but DH and I laughed our butts off. But...
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Dream House

Posted by on Aug 19, 2006 in dish | 0 comments I don’t know what it is about my subconscious, but when I’m asleep, HGTV takes over. I dream about houses. Not just normal houses, but houses with all kinds of strange nooks, crannies, and extra rooms. Like last night. I was dreaming about my house–sort of–when I started turning corners and found a huge laundry room that looks like it came out of Pottery Barn catalog,...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Aug 18, 2006 in dish | 0 comments I haven’t had any of these picks for a while, not because I’m not interested in men (who could lose interest in men?), but because the schedule was so packed, I didn’t have time or energy to focus on them properly. (Husbands everywhere are rolling their eyes and thinking to themselves, “So what else is new??”) But I’ve seen the light–or, at least, great...
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busybusybusybusy

Posted by on Aug 14, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Back in the school groove, which means nothing much else is doing any grooving. That includes housework and, as I’m sure you have surmised by now, blogging. Fear not; new Bed/Dinner List choices to be made, observations on school craziness, and more writing. Writing would be good.
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Cobwebs

Posted by on Aug 2, 2006 in dish | 1 comment So I’m reading through my college magazine and come across an item about a former boyfriend. Not just a former BF, but the one who broke my heart. Everyone has one of those, right? The one who says and does all the right things, then smashes your heart and your self-esteem along with it? The one who taunts you into dialing while drunk, or evokes long epistles begging for things to be set...
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