Though it’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind, I think this is V’s least favorite thing about me: not only being indecisive, but also revisiting decisions I already supposedly made. ( Somehow this isn’t a problem when it comes to making decisions for everyone else–that’s easy.)
And now my indecisiveness can extend into cyberspace: Facebook, [...]
Do they still call the roll in classrooms? I feel as if I need a note from home to explain why I’ve been absent.
I was that kind of kid. I never skipped school either.
I didn’t turn into that kind of adult.
But inside me is still that girl who likes to do it right. So I feel a need [...]
Oy.
Exactly one year ago, as my New Year’s resolution, I started my other blog, Cluttercast.
Every day I posted an item from my clutter, and gave it away to someone who wanted it.
It was a big success—-most of all, for me. This was the first time in my entire life I successfully kept my New Year’s [...]
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I owe George Clooney an apology. Or thanks. Or something.
A few weeks ago, as soon as I heard about this book called Marrying George Clooney, it hit me: Why didn’t I think of that? The perfect ticket to get the author some face time with him.
I ordered the book on Amazon— how could I possibly [...]
His plea for privacy seems reasonable—-a Tiger who wants to be left in peace to lick his wounds. My immediate instinct as a human being is to allow another human being to preserve his dignity. And yet….
I struggled with this issue from the first time I was on a news story and had to stick [...]
The other day, I described the fun side of the blogosphere. Well, this is the other side.
Because when you meet people online you don’t just share their thoughts and their lives; you also share their battles.
This past summer, the American Cancer Society formed a Blogger council—made up of women with experience or interest in cancer—to [...]
I live in my own little corner of the world like we all do. And I’m not complaining. But as the world grows flatter, somehow it seems to expand. At least my world does. Having another life online opens so many other possibilities and communities and people I would never have known if [...]
During dinner tonight, for the first time since I’ve had my blog, V asked me what I was planning to write next. He was curious because of the P.S. in my last post.…which he interpreted as a buildup to a big payoff. His guess was a heartfelt follow-up on the joys of having a blog.
This [...]
Having a blog isn’t all a bed of roses. I’ve been blogging for well over a year, and you’d be surpristed at the amount of angst that comes along with it.
Sometimes it happens when I get a phone call from a friend asking if everything is okay—-because I missed writing a post for a [...]
While I was in New York I spent some time with my brother, who lives nearby. Like many Jewish guys of our generation, he’s a doctor. He’s also a dinosaur—practically the only person in my life who doesn’t communicate by computer.
Just before I got to New York last week, my brother finally caved in, and [...]
