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Skirt + you = flat stomach
August 29, 2007 – 8:38 AM | 16 Comments
Skirt + you = flat stomach

The triumphant return of the pumpkin spice latte means it’s time to start shopping for 1) fall clothes that 2) hide a gut. And by “a” I mean “my.” And I could not be more …

A shirt that speaks my truth; shoes that don’t
August 28, 2007 – 4:21 PM | 13 Comments

Reader jenster tipped me to an awesome tee from Threadless. YEAH, RAISINS! BEAT IT!
Also, I wanted these cuties from Aerosoles the moment I saw them on the cover of the catalog, but: wow, ouchy. Too …

Pumpkin spice lat-yay!
August 28, 2007 – 12:19 PM | 52 Comments

It’s back at Starbucks, woo hoo! I had a grande one this morning, AND a slice of pumpkin loaf. So good, you guys, seriously.

Guyz Nite album now on sale at iTunes
August 28, 2007 – 9:16 AM | No Comment

Sample the tracks at the Guyz Nite site, then pick up the whole album for $9.99 — that’s 18 tracks for 10 bucks!

Department Of Famous Girlfriends: Sharapova Edition
August 27, 2007 – 8:16 PM | 18 Comments

Why Maria Sharapova is one of my Famous Girlfriends:
1. She is in hilarious commercials. I love the one with the Pomeranian, where she’s totally harassing it taking pictures and it’s like, “Yeeees, I see you, …

Napping: My People
August 24, 2007 – 10:59 AM | 23 Comments

Idly reading a New York piece in which Mary Gordon and A.M. Homes interview each other about the experience of writing “mother books,” I found two fantastic quotations from Homes that made me sit up …

Celebrity Bull-Riding: The No-Seriously-ening
August 21, 2007 – 3:03 PM | 10 Comments

Okay, so the link was sort of a joke, at first, kind of, but I did DVR it. Did…anyone else? DVR it? C’maaaaahhhhn, admit it. Lord knows I’m not going to judge you; I’m still …

Boy, the Journal has really gone downhill since Murdoch bought it
August 21, 2007 – 11:35 AM | 6 Comments

How do I know? Because the video of me drinking beer and shaving my head is linked in a story today. Heh.

Last Ralph Standing
August 17, 2007 – 5:01 PM | 8 Comments

…Boo. I was thinking to myself after the last ep that I was surprised Debra went home last week, because she’s the kind of comedian that I don’t really care for but that LCS audiences …

Day of the dead
August 16, 2007 – 9:30 PM | 10 Comments

I more or less spent the day with Elvis today — blogging three of his movies and watching the E! True Hollywood Story about his last days in between.I don’t really like his music, so …