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Articles by Sarah D. Bunting

The Penthouse Proofreader’s FAQ
June 16, 1998 – 12:33 PM | No Comment

Last week, after two years as a proofreader, I quit my job at Penthouse Magazine. Yes, “that Penthouse Magazine.” I have had some exceedingly random jobs in my life – from stable hand to church …

I Mind Your Manners
June 16, 1998 – 12:31 PM | No Comment

During my formative years, I cannot count how many times my mother looked around the dinner table at me and my younger brother and then covered her eyes with her hand and sighed in despair. …

U.S. Highway One: Straight, No Chaser (Part 1)
June 16, 1998 – 12:25 PM | One Comment

Back in May of ’98, I drove U.S. Highway 1 from the top to the bottom. For the geographically challenged in the crowd, U.S. 1 runs from Fort Kent, Maine to Key West, Florida – …

McCartney Agonistes
May 16, 1998 – 12:39 PM | One Comment

I heard of Linda McCartney’s passing from my mother, who sent me an e-mail saying she felt very much saddened by Linda’s death. “It seems to be the beginning of the end of an era, …

Not So Sacred Monster
May 16, 1998 – 12:38 PM | No Comment

One evening last fall, the Disco Biscuit and I walked out the front door of my building to find the entire block bathed in the glare of klieg lights. Other residents of the building stood …

E-Nough Already
May 16, 1998 – 12:37 PM | No Comment

When I log into my e-mail account at work, I know exactly what I will find there. I work as an alumnae records assistant, not exactly the top rung of the academic ladder by any …

The Hobey Diaries
April 16, 1998 – 12:43 PM | No Comment

The other day, while giving my apartment a long-overdue spring cleaning, I found a number of things – a handful of small change lodged in between the cushions of my couch, a dry cleaner’s receipt …

Feeling The Passion
April 16, 1998 – 12:42 PM | No Comment

I don’t go to church anymore, except on Christmas, and I only go then because I like to listen to the Christmas carols, and I also like making snide comments to my father and brother …

I Know Victoria’s Secret
April 16, 1998 – 12:40 PM | 9 Comments

Victoria’s Secret sucks. All the men who lovingly tote the catalog into the bathroom with them for a little light reading might disagree, but I don’t care. Vicky can bite me, and furthermore, I won’t …

Bathroom Talk
March 16, 1998 – 1:00 PM | No Comment

Back in the day, “going to the bathroom” meant squatting over a chamber pot, then tossing its contents out of an upper-story window and onto unsuspecting passersby on the street. (Sometimes, when I stay over …