Today in USA Today there was an interview/article about Adam Lambert and his upcoming CD due in stores next week. It was a favorable article. SHOCKING! Why am I shocked? Because I used to blog quite a bit at the USA Today Idol Chatter Blog Site and the Blog Site Guy (BSG) that ran the [...]
Quick—what do Carrie, Halloween, The Shining, The Exorcist, The Omen, Jaws, and Food, Inc. have in common? They all are really scary movies. OK, Food, Inc. is not a movie, but a documentary—which makes it even scarier—because it’s true! If you eat food in America, you have to watch this movie. Your life will never [...]
This is a new category designed to recognize women in America who display FW traits and are doing their part now to make America a better place for all of us. For the inaugural presentation of this award, I am choosing someone who made a HUGE impact in American society 18 years ago—which is not [...]
This week’s FuchsiaWoman Best Dressed Award goes to Maria Shriver. Yowza! She wore this strapless black flowery lace gown on Monday night in New York for the Glamour Magazine annual gala. Maria certainly look glamorous—in addition to intelligent, sophisticated, compassionate, and accomplished. Maybe because she is all those things! This week’s runner-up fashion standout is [...]
Yesterday I drove eighty miles to Oakland. Why? Because I like to dodge maniac Bay Area drivers in traffic for two-and-half hours to get there? No, I like to hear terrific writers talk about their books and writing. I find it inspirational and interesting. Oh, the price we pay for stimulating conversation—and blog material! Michael [...]
Attention ALL Women—here is a book for you! It’s called: On Becoming Fearless…In Love, Work, and Life, by Arianna Huffington. If you’re at the point in your life where settling for less than what you really want is NOT working for you—and you fear trying to get what you really want—then you need to read [...]
NOTE: I’ve been blogging a lot about my trip to Orange County last week. I am not nearly done with those tales of woe and whoa. Coming soon is a blog titled: The California Pizza Kitchen Typical Embarrassing Family Dinner Episode, about dining out with my Dad and brother. I chose a table as far [...]
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Today I caught up reading all the newspapers I missed due to my exile in OC at my Dad’s place. Boy, a lot happened while I was gone! Doesn’t America ever sleep? My Dad reads no newspapers. Says they’re full of bad news and he doesn’t want to have to pay to read about it. [...]
When people ask me, “What do you do?” I used to answer, “I write.” But I got tired of the reaction: The eye rolling coupled with steam blowing out their ears—forming a cloud of contempt and disapproval over their heads. But now I say, “I blog.” It presents a less “struggling-writer pulling her hair out [...]
Me, My Dad & the Apple Store: Freak-Out Tales from O.C. – Part 1
During my recent trip to visit my Dad, I tried to keep up blogging—which involved me sitting at the kitchen table typing on my lap-top while my Dad shouted across the table. He shouts because he’s hard of hearing (and refuses to wear his hearing aid). This also means to be heard, you have to [...]