Kathy’s Points to Remember
1. Don’t walk out into a rainstorm without an umbrella right after you have spent $65 on a wash, cut and blow dry. It is also counterproductive to stick your head under water like Georgy […]
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Mother’s Day Gifts for Helicopter and Tiger Moms
It’s not too late to shop for the overbearing or over-your-shoulder parent. Here are a few technology gifts that will put a smile on her face. 1. Sign her up for Skype and keep the […]
College Movie Moms
New Line Cinema recently announced that it had acquired the screen rights to Andrew Ferguson’s best selling book Crazy U: One Dad’s Crash Course In Getting His Kid Into College. Set to star as the crazed dad […]
When Dorms Are Like Palaces
Yes, the Princeton Review’s top college rankings includes schools with “Dorms Like Palaces”. Hold the tiara and armor. Before you squeeze on the glass slipper or buy a white horse, it’s best to beware of […]
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)[i] As a non-smoker, I reserve the right to be as obnoxious as possible to anyone within twenty feet of me who has the courage to light up a cigarette. In […]
Celebrity Flashcards
Last year when my friend Akil Bello, a test prep expert, tweeted the following brilliant message, I knew he was onto something big…. Word of the day: turpitude – wickedness, vice, vileness, wrongdoing…CBS fired Charlie Sheen […]
Did Damning Breitbart Tapes Cause Obama to Commit Murder?
Right wing radio host Michael Savage and many of the fans of the late Andrew Breitbart are suspecting that the Barack Obama administration had Breitbart murdered in order to thwart the release of some damaging […]
Bed, Bath and Beyond Embarrassing: Dorm Decorating Tips from My Son
When USA Today College offered dorm decorating advice that would make students “feel at home,” I was truly impressed. Inexpensive tips from paint color to flameless candles, and lace trim to glass vessels for nail polish, transformed […]
College Humor: Extracting Wisdom
There’s one familiar milestone on the road to the college launch that doesn’t get much press. Oral surgery. This pre-college dental rite of passage just might be the universe’s way of giving parents one final […]