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"Too Cuticle for Words"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Cocktail, Nurse, Columnist, Hydrogen Peroxide, Hangnail, Stamford Advocate, Humor, Band-Aid, Thanksgiving, Ginsu Knife, Obituary, Physician, America, Paronychia, Finger, Epsom Salt, Infection, Antibiotics, Doctor, Stamford, Bacitracin, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

I can just imagine the lead of my obituary: "Jerry Zezima, a longtime newspaper columnist and certified public nuisance, died yesterday of complications from a hangnail. He was 58."

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"Royal Response"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Columnist, Daughter, Stamford Advocate, Prince William, Princess Diana, Humor, Prince Harry, Queen Elizabeth, St. James's Palace, England, France, Wedding, Marriage, Wife, Prince Charles, Seychelles, Buckingham Palace, Windsor, Kate Middleton, Stamford, King George, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

I sent the letter to William and Kate, hoping but not really expecting to hear back. Imagine my surprise and delight when the following letter arrived in the mail recently.

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An Interview with Naughty But Nice Rob

Jordana Zizmor | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Television, Columnist, Interesting, Reality TV, Rob Shuter, Twitter, Naughty-but-Nice-Rob, Celebrity Gossip, Gossip, Hdnet, Media News, British, Interview, Celebrities, Entertainment News
Jordana Zizmor

Reading and watching Rob Shuter is my escape from the doom and gloom of the news. I look forward to his daily "Naughty But Nice" column because he has the best celebrity scoops.

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"The Weddings of the Century"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Columnist, Europe, Italy, Royal Wedding, Church, Diana, Stamford Advocate, Coronation, Prince William, Cambridge, Humor, Queen Elizabeth, United States, St. James's Palace, American, New York, France, London, England, Paparazzi, Charles, Seychelles, Kate Middleton, Long Island, Stamford, Dress, Weddings, Windsors, Colonial, Cadenet, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge St. James's Palace Chapel Royal, Cleveland Row London, England SW1A 1DH Dear William and Kate: I a...

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"The Loan Arranger"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Columnist, Tree, Stamford Advocate, Humor, Garage, Bank Robbery, Certificate of Occupancy, Deck, Underwriters, House, Permit, Swimming Pool, Loan Officer, Mortgage, George Washington, Boomer, Bank, Appraiser, Jail, Refinancing, Stamford, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

Ever since my wife and I were rejected for a home refinancing loan by our bank, which actually owns the house but kindly allows us to pay the mortgag...

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Demonstrators Overthrow Al Jazeera

MP Nunan | Posted 05.25.2011

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MP Nunan

(Doha, Qatar) - In the latest twist to the wave of protests spreading across the Middle East, demonstrators have overthrown the Al Jazeera television ...

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"Home, Sweetly Appraised Home"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Columnist, Daughter, Stamford Advocate, Money, Houses, Homes, Humor, Appraisals, Kitchen, Garage, Good Housekeeping, Clothes, Neighborhood, Pumpkin Pie, Wife, Home Improvement, Camera, Bedroom, Sons, Dog, Stamford, Pancho Villa, Bob Vila, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

In the nearly 13 years since my wife, Sue, and I bought our house, I have come to realize that a man's home is his hassle. That's because Sue frequen...

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I Wrote a Chicago Newspaper Column for 14 Years -- Here's the Last One

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Columnist, Chicago-Free-Press-Closes, Death of Newspapers, Newspapers, Gay, Chicago-Free-Press, Chicago, Jennifer Vanasco, Chicago News
Jennifer Vanasco

For 14 years, I've been telling my stories to readers of gay papers from Washington State to Washington, DC. And somehow, sharing them persuaded readers to share their own with me.

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Ryan Grim

Battle Between Broder And Reid Heats Up: Broder Comments 'Mind-Boggling'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Broder simply doesn't understand the way that today's Senate operates, Jim Manley concluded on Wednesday. Manley, the senior communications advi...

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Canadian Columnist's Palin Joke Draws Fox News Outrage

NY Times | IAN AUSTEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Heather Mallick, an opinion columnist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Web site, is known for her use of humorous exaggeration. But last we...

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Do Americans Think - Or Just Act?

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Columnist, French, Conscious, Berlin, Obama, Linguist, Future, Verb, Past, Fareed Zakaria, Bush, Bill Kristol, Un, Global Public Square, Poop, Nyt, Who Killed Daniel Pearl, 18th Century, Josef Joffe, Think, Act, Magazine, Unconscious, Language, Cnn, Herr Spörl, Conditional, Tense, Bernard-Henri Levy, Present, Die Zeit, German, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

What I'm really saying is Americans are unconscious. You can see it in the verbs. This isn't a value judgment, I am just intrigued by what gets in and...

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