Monthly Archives: March 2014

Dream Lover

Don’t tell Jennifer Garner but last night I slept with Ben Affleck. And it was great. This is very unusual for me because: 1.  I’ve never met him. 2.  He’s married. (I’m not down with that.  Let some other chick … Continue reading

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Baby Talk

I know.  I know.  Everyone thinks his kid (or grandkid) says the darndest things.  (A keystone segment of Art Linkletter’s old People Are Funny television show.  And if you’re too young to remember the program, just know that clips of it are … Continue reading

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Hamburger Heaven

In case you don’t recognize it, the cheeseburger at the top of this post is from the Apple Pan on Pico Boulevard in West Los Angeles.  The late great film critic, Gene Siskel, turned me on to it and I … Continue reading

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Blue Bayou

Warning: The following post is rated M/A.  It contains Adult Content, Adult Language and Violence. Today is the first day of Spring.  And in the ordinary course of events, to herald its welcome arrival, I would have written about sunshine … Continue reading

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Luck Of The Not So Irish

Sure and begorrah you’ll be knowin’ that tomorrow tis St. Patrick’s Day.  And that’s the last I’ll be doin’ of the brogue- you’ll be happy to be knowin’. But I haven’t kissed the Blarney Stone for nothing.  And I’ve got … Continue reading

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(No) Sex And The City Deux- The Sequel

The Cast: Charlotte, Miranda and Carrie.  All BFF’s. The Time:  Dinner.  The Place: Joe’s Steak and Crab Restaurant, Chicago.  The gals convene in the bar/foyer.  They furiously air kiss. Charlotte: You look so thin, Miranda!  Brava! Miranda:  You too, babe! … Continue reading

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Dealbreaker

A couple of weeks ago, during that ten second thaw we were having, I went out for a walk. The sun was actually shining for a change and the snow was rapidly disappearing. Leaving behind enormous puddles that flooded every … Continue reading

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Fan Mail

Back when I worked for the Sun Times’ Pioneer Press, I wrote a weekly humor column called “Social Studies.”  It ran twelve hundred words and it was about the everyday life of the North Shore housewife. Think Erma Bombeck- only … Continue reading

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And the Oscar…I mean Academy Award goes to

Tonight, as we all know, is Hollywood’s biggest night.  And I am hereby preempting Ellen DeGeneres to announce the evening’s big winners- without any help from the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse. I’m going on record because, as I watch … Continue reading

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