Category: Lifestyle
Man Accused of Sextortion
A man in Glendale, CA (where coincidentally I am currently living—and no it’s not me!) is charged with allegedly blackmailing 350 women online into showing him pictures of them naked. The FBI is calling him […]
The First Argument – Adam & Eve
I don’t know why I’m a perfectionist. Possibly because I’m the first-born? Maybe because I’m a woman? It could even be a DNA type thing—that obviously didn’t mutate to my teenage crumbsnatchers. Whatever the reason, somewhere inside […]
Every Emergency Contact Sheet Tells A Story
I’m currently temping at a production company in their Human Resources department. My job is to take the paperwork in their employees’ files and input it into their new database. Yes, Hollywood is indeed glamorous. […]
How Not to Be an Annoying Tourist in New York City
In my last essay, titled “How to Talk to People in Europe Without Sounding Like a Stupid Foreigner,” I dropped some pearls of advice to American travelers in Europe. I will now reverse myself and […]
A Threesome Minus a Twosome Equals Jail Time
I am not sure if Emily Post ever discussed the correct etiquette for this situation but maybe the modern “Manners Gurus” can tackle it. A 44-year-old woman in Friendship, Maine is in jail because she […]
If the Fetus Splits, You must Aquit
So much for “humanizing” (our country’s most sacred resource), fetuses! A Republican lawmaker in New Mexico introduced a bill on Wednesday that would legally require victims of rape to carry their pregnancies to term in […]
Today’s Top Story: Beyoncé Lip Syncs (Oh Yeah And People Are Starving and Dying and Stuff)
Every morning as I’m getting ready for work, the top story on Good Morning America and other network news outlets has been the controversy (and I use that word so loosely bolts are dropping out) […]