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caught on tape

December 24, 2006

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Before you’re browbeaten by the leaden weight of a holiday week spent with extended family, far too much sugar, and not nearly enough booze, I need to remind you to set your TiVos and DVRs.  You need to get this…

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straight up answers

October 31, 2006

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A while back, I asked for your questions for my podcast.  Well, it’s now available, free, though it’s not really perfect.  One of the questions is kind of cut off.  I was asked "if Straight Up and Dirty had a…

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relative deprivation

October 22, 2006

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relative deprivation

I hoard books, apparently.   He wants a clutter-free environment, stark–if you ask me.  I want an office filled with wall to wall books, a library with an enormous chair and ottoman that smells like leather and orange blossoms.  I want…

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cocksucker

October 11, 2006

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The Suitor is funny.  I don’t mean like Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta in Goodfellas funny- "What, like a clown?  Like I’m here to amuse you" funny.  Just funny.  When trying to figure out what to read at the "Meet…

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chicago borders

October 10, 2006

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I’m without "maternity outerwear" in "the windy city," which translates roughly to: oh so screwed.  Before leaving for Chicago, The Suitor checked the weather report for me.  He might have mentioned thirty-something-degrees come nightfall.  I don’t fit into anything.  He…

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shocking the shock-jock

October 9, 2006

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"Any guy who’d date a single mother is pathetic."  He said this, in part, because he was under the assumption that I was, in fact, a single mother.  "I mean, really, what kind of guy would date a single mother…

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book people

October 4, 2006

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book people

People came to BookPeople!  I always have a hard time deciding what to read at book signings.  To which excerpt will people relate?  Which part is funny (and still a part I can tell in case they place me beside…

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playing it cool

October 3, 2006

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playing it cool

I just had a camp dream with non-camp people.  My boyfriends from home had names like Eric, Brian, and Joe.  They’d write me letters saying they loved and missed me.  Could I call them?  When would I be back?  I…

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