A few months ago, I met an ex-boyfriend for breakfast. It was just after Christmas vacation, and I'd blogged -- in my trademark, vague but explicit fashion -- about a romance I'd had over the break.
While this particular ex and I dated, he protected both of us by not...
(1) Comments | Posted January 24, 2012 | 3:30 PM
1) Writers are troubled people. Have sympathy.
No one likes to promote themselves. It's one of those things, like hemorrhoids and hair loss, that most of us will have to deal with but prefer not to discuss. (In "all" I, of course, exclude Ryan Seacrest and at least five Kardashian...
(90) Comments | Posted December 21, 2011 | 2:54 PM
Sometimes it strikes me as useful to feel shocked that I'm single. I'm so attractive, I like to assure myself. My skin is so soft. Once, with a straight face, I insisted to my parents that all my romantic troubles stem from the fact that I'm just so likable.
...(48) Comments | Posted November 30, 2011 | 9:53 PM
A few weeks ago, I got a random Facebook message from an attractive man I know. I was excited for approximately three seconds before feeling, instead, furious.
Would I go out with this man if he asked me? Yes. Would I go out of my way to ask him out?...
(9) Comments | Posted June 10, 2011 | 10:52 AM
Dear Lebron:
I know you're getting a lot of heat right now (Whoa, did I just write that? Sorry, sometimes these things just happen!) for your, um, appearance in the playoffs. Apparently people expect to actually see you play basketball when you call yourself the King and tattoo yourself the...
(4) Comments | Posted April 26, 2011 | 2:06 PM
Admission: so, on one level, I can totally get behind the whole concept of The Bachelor. There's no one perfect person out there for any of us: why not choose from a selection of twenty-five telegenic types within your range of age and attractiveness and pick one as a fiancée?...
(10) Comments | Posted March 3, 2010 | 1:58 PM
Dear Tiger,
I know that all your mail lately has probably been hate mail. Okay, all your mail not from Chris Brown. Well, this isn't.
I'm not writing to berate you and tell you you screwed up or have no morals, or that you sounded insincere and stilted at...
(6) Comments | Posted February 24, 2010 | 11:05 AM
I've got the perfect way to spice up the next Winter Olympics: Speed Dating. It's true, I'm confident of my Gold-medal chances--but that's not the only reason it's a good idea.
First of all, let's face it: this year's Winter Olympics were a letdown before they even began. NBC...
(1) Comments | Posted April 30, 2012 | 3:58 PM