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It Doesn’t Get Any Easier

I was at a friend’s 39th birthday party last night.  I told her “welcome to the club, it’s a good club”.  And I meant it.  39′s been a heck of a lot more interesting, so far, than 29 was.  And I’m eagerly looking forward to my 40th birthday in a few months. But as much [...]

For F*cks Sake

Let’s start with a fact – I don’t like loose ends.  Now, you read this and think, “OK, no big deal.”  But I mean, I really don’t like loose ends.  I’m pathological about it.  This is not me bragging.  This is me admitting a pretty big flaw in my personality. I like to wrap things [...]

And the Winner Is…

Remember that fun Valentine’s Day giveaway I was doing with Match.com? In order to win, people had to answer the following question: If you had to choose one over the other (love vs. weight loss), which would you prefer and WHY? There were lots of great answers, and I had a hard time deciding which [...]

Ping Ping Ping (Enough Already)

All morning long that’s all I’ve been hearing: ping, ping, ping.  It’s the sound my iphone makes every time I get a new message and it’s driving me crazy. What’s caused this flood of new emails, you ask?  Well, last night I refreshed my accounts with Match and Chemistry. As I mentioned, Match.com is giving [...]

Ordering Off the Man Menu

It occurred to me the other day that if I could order up my “perfect man”, my dream guy, I’d have absolutely no idea where to start. Sure, I need him to be kind and smart and funny and ethical.  And we need to be able to have FUN together (of both the sexual and [...]