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- Mind Your Affairs and Skip the Affairs
- Vegetables for Your Health and Fashion Ideas
- Parents vs Teachers — Important but Different Roles
- God is in the Details – In a Church Pew or a Tree Branch?
- Collect Your Thoughts – Collect Pansies
- Nike Blasphemes Irish History. So does the NYPD.
- Death by Hotel – Another Way to Die
- Never Underestimate the Power of a Woman
- We are not sluts. We are amazing.
- More Ways to Die (by the death of microvilli)
- How the Elephant Bar Can Kill You (Its customer service is DOA.)
- A Valentine’s Day Story – The Many Ways to Die
- A Bad Business Model – Killing Your Customers
- Help Wanted in America: Leaders – Not Politicians
- Afghanistan – Hell on Earth
- Debunking and Deboarding da Twitter Twain – A 2012 New Year’s Resolution
- Protect Your Health: You Are What You Eat
- How to Write a Good Christmas Letter: Harder than You Think
- Christmas Form Letters and eMails are Poor Form
- Do You Know the Way to San Jose? Good Idea for Protesters and/or Students
- An Untraditional Thanksgiving Day Tradition
- More Thoughts on Aging — You Know You’re Old When…
- The Aging Process – A Cry-Baby’s Perspective
- Houndstooth Print – Always Fashionable (just ask Lauren Bacall)
- Native American History – A Valuable Lesson for Americans Today
- Gwyneth Paltrow: Like What She Wears – Not What She Writes
- Consumers Unite – Make America Better for 99% of Us
- The Protest Process – A Prolonged Procedure
- Execution and Death – Government vs. God
- Save a Tree – Use a Hankie – Not a Kleenex
- Remembering 9/11/01 – The Day America Stood Still
- The Woes and Throes of Twitterdom – Part 2
- Social MEdia emphasizes the ME factor – especially on Twitter
- “Ode to Baseball” – A San Francisco Giants Fan’s Lamentation
- Brian Wilson Concert: Blast from the Past (can clarify your past)
- Advice from Old Gals — about soup, happiness, and gay rights
- How to Fix America? Replace Congress with Baboons.
- What Do You Do with 6,000 Pounds of Garlic? Have a Festival!
- Copyblogger Wants to Silence Bloggers
- Copyblogger Slinging Stupidity
- Government Workers and Baboons – Same Thing
- The Power of Perseverance – To Sink or Swim
- Women Are a Trusting Gender. They Need to Trust Themselves.
- Women Leaders – Born or Bred?
- Girls, Women, and the Female Condition in America
- Tribute to Betty Ford: A Real First Lady (a FW kind-of-gal)
- How to Be a Classy Lady – Advice for Young Women
- America: A Great Country — or an experiment gone awry?
- Advice for “Mature” Women – Two Books About Navigating the Aging Process
- California “Here I Go” – Worst State to Do Busines
- A Tale of Two Baseball Pitchers – The Psychic Side of Sports
- Vindicated by John Tesch – About Generation Y Workers
- What’s Wrong with America – And How to Fix It
- Human Anatomy – Cool Words and Cool Functions
- Telomeres Are Your Friends: The Key to Longevity
- Attention Alcoholic Parents: Clean Up Your Act — Before You Kill Someone
- Major League Baseball Needs Rule Change — ASAP!
- Moral Dilemma: How to Decide What to Do
- To Fight or Not to Fight: Depends on Your Footwear
- A Hat, A Dress, and Baseball: A Repeat + A Repeat + A Repeat = A Three-Peat
- What Anthony Weiner Did Not Learn in Sex Education
- Wild about Oscar Wilde – And Writing (but not blogging)
- Happy Birthday, Erica Jane Cowan!
- California Style – The Santa Cruz Kind
- Oprah’s Farewell Dress, Gold Dress, and yes, more of her Fuchsia Skirt
- A Sassy Color Makes a Sassy Outfit
- Tribute to Oprah (via her skirt)
- How to Do a Fashion Photo Shoot?
- Farewell, Oprah! Thanks for the Great Shows (and the great skirt)
- The Biggest Assholes in America
- Marlo Thomas: Actress + Activist + Advocate + Author = Interesting Person
- What is the Deeper Meaning of Life? See the documentary “I Am.”
- Zuck the Schmuck – The Anti-Mensch Strikes Again
- Pakistan: Good for a Laugh
- Fruit Anatomy – A Scientific Discovery? Or just pervy pix?
- Thoughts on Mother’s Day – and its original concept
- A Mother’s Advice (borrowed from F. Scott Fitzgerald)
- Say Hey and Happy Birthday, Kid!
- Ode to Thomas Hart Benton: Keeping it Real
- Good-bye, eBay: It’s about time!
- Pakistan: Apex of Axis of Evil
- The Lovely Month of May – for “Camelot” and Auntie Flora
- Thoughts on Brides – and the Female Psyche
- Thoughts on Weddings: A Spectacle or a Sacrament?
- Kate Middleton: Hat Lady Extraordinaire
- A Wedding Toast for William and Kate
- Church Hymns Hark Me Back
- Spring Time a Good Time for Dresses and Fascinators
- For the Garden Grove turned Fresno turned L.A. turned Hollywood Guy
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Every day would be nice!)
- Of course President Obama and General McChrystal are tools. But Michelle Obama, too??
- A Time Out to Think
- Stressed Out? Hoops & YoYo to the Rescue!
- The SF Boys of Summer Return as World Champs
- Stressed Out? Join the Club.
- The Value of Writing – Worth Money or Not?
- Praise for Public School Teachers – an underpaid, underfunded, and underappreciated profession
- A Story about Two Songs from the 60s
- Google Burned at the Stake for Stealing Books
- New Inductee into the Icky Man’s Club: Barry Bonds
- The Power of Words
- Vintage Fashions Never Go Out of Style – and neither does fashion itself
- A Friendship Wish for St. Patrick’s Day
- How to Save the World and a TV Show
- The Grace of God
- Why Obama Will NOT Be Reelected
- No Tsunami Here = No Excitement = OK with me
- Here’s to Good Health and Hear’s to Good Hearing
- Egyptian Women are My Heroes: Happy International Women’s Day
- The Golden State Tarnishes Along With the Rest of America – as Mainstream Media Paints a False Rosy Picture
- Predict Winners on American Idol (without even watching the show!)
- Writing for Shoes – A Snazzy Way to Increase Productivity
- “Waiting for Superman” – Outstanding Documentary about how Teachers’ Unions Ruin our Education System
- Attend the Berkeley Repertory Theatre — and possibly die!
- No Recipes to Share – Confessions of a Kitchenophobic
- Watson the IBM Computer on “Jeopardy!” was a BUST
- Relating in the Classroom – Taking a Stand (Part 5)
- More Chicken Pie Commentary and Other Food for Thought
- The Girlfriend Thing is Disappearing With Me
- In Praise of Waitresses – and waitpersons in general
- Obama Promotes “Business” in California – What a Joke
- Who gives a crap about a chicken pie when Germany buys the New York Stock Exchange?
- The “Oprah Chicken Pie” Was Delish!
- February 14th – A Great Day to Celebrate
- Lessons From A Bridal Shower – Part 2
- Lessons from a Bridal Shower – Part 1
- President Obama, San Jose Tech Museum, and Mark Zuckerberg’s Father
- Aaron Rodgers’ Hollywood Connections
- What do you think about your DNA? (I’m not nuts about mine…)
- Who does Hosni Mubarak look like?
- America and Egypt: What’s the Difference?
- Jane Goodall – GOOD for ALL Apes (including humans)
- A Peek at my Vintage Jewelry Collection
- Welcome to My Closet (and it’s not a pretty sight)
- Hoodwinked by the San Francisco Giants
- Do You Suffer from MPS? (I feel your pain.)
- Worst Song Ever?
- Mick LaSalle Tells It Like It SHOULD Be
- My Beloved San Francisco Giants Are Not So Beloved Anymore
- The Chinese Dragon Lady Freak Show
- Where Have All the Workers Gone?
- How to Fix the Catholic Church (and it needs fixing badly!)
- Golden Globes Go Emerald
- Is Popularity the New Currency?
- President Obama’s Speech on Civility (I’m part of the problem…)
- Definition of Torture: A “mother” named Amy Chua
- “The Social Network” DVD is out—Now THAT’s entertainment!
- A Poem for Christina and the World
- The Worst of 2011 — and it’s only January 9th!
- Swanson Vitamins: A Customer Service Rant
- Lindsay Garvey: You Lost Your Job Because of Your Attitude—NOT Your iPhone
- Aging Happens to Everyone — Whether We Like It or NOT
- Elizabeth Warren Receives FW Now Award
- A New Year: Out with the Old; In with the New
- Second Annual New Year’s Eve Champagne Taste Test
- The Best of 2010
- Thoughts on Creativity in the Writing Process
- Thoughts on My Writing Habit – A Possible New Year’s Resolution
- No More Ho Ho Ho – Time to Return Christmas Presents
- “Santa Scared Straight… Out the Door” – A Modern Christmas Story
- The Difference Between Ulysses S. Grant and Mark Zuckerberg as Human Beings and Business People: Personal Integrity
- All I Want for Christmas Are Fuchsia Shoes – or a Writing Career
- Lesley Stahl’s Stalled Interview with Mark Zuckerberg continued…
- Lesley Stahl: MVP of the Pee Wee League of Journalism – Lame Interview with Mark Zuckerberg
- The Worst and Most Pathetic Christmas Song Ever
- The Players of “The Social Network”
- I Lubs Ya, Ol’ Virginny
- “The Social Network,” Mark Zuckerberg, FaceBook, the Winklevii, Lesley Stahl’s Interview, and President Ulysses S. Grant: History Provides a Lens to View Today
- Women Who Don’t Like Women – Are Women I Don’t Like
- No Fan of Yoko Ono – Or Richard Harrington (Yoko Ono Suck-Up)
- Good-Bye Elizabeth Edwards – Hope You Brought Your Songbook to Heaven
- Vintage Lace Dresses and Vintage Hats Never Go Out of Style
- Lace – What to Wear to a Holiday Party
- Female Attractiveness: Don’t Waste Your Waist!
- Louboutin Shoes and Premiere Dresses (worn by Christina Aguilera and Blake Lively)
- Burlesque: Cher and Christina Aguleria Shine – The Movie Not So Much
- Attention Job Applicants Who Submit Resumes
- Find the Commonalities – Learn a New Trick?
- Better Words for Candy (Thanks to John O’Donohue)
- Remembering the Unforgettable Erica Jane Cowan
- Happy Thanksgiving: ‘Tis the Holiday to Gobble ‘Til You Wobble!
- TSA: The Too Sleazy Agency
- The Kennedy Assassination: Where Were You 47 Years Ago Today?
- Adam Lambert FREE Stuff Give-Away
- REVIEW: Lilly Daché – Author and Famous Hat Maker of a By-Gone Era
- Herein Lies the Rub: Everyone Lies
- Prince William and Kate Middleton Engaged – Here’s to Happily Ever After!
- Not a Fan of FaceBook – Don’t Need “Friends” or “Followers”
- Generation iY: Their Adolescence is Lasting Longer — Not Good for Them and Not Good for America
- President Obama’s Personality Disorder – Courtesy of Mick LaSalle
- The Real Reason Penelope Trunk Wrote Her Idiotic Blog to Cancel Veteran’s Day
- Cher: An Icon for the Ages Wins Glamour Magazine Award (and a FuchsiaWoman Trophy, too!)
- My New Motto: Buy An Old Guy Brakes For His Car—Before It’s Too Late
- Dumb Baseball Commentary by a Smart Guy
- Baseball Season Is Over—I’ve Got the Shakes!
- Dealing with Dad—The Ties that Strangle
- San Francisco: The City, the Giants, the Parade — The Ties that Bind (but no bonds for Barry Bonds)
- Bay Area Newspapers Celebrate SF Giants Win
- GO Giants & Go Away Meg Whitman (Once and For All!)
- No Halloween at my House
- Thank You Jon Stewart For Caring About America
- The Difference Between Giants Fans and Phillies Fans
- My Dad, Me, and Honda Brakes
- Women’s Conference in California – Empowering, Enlightening, Exciting, and Exhausting
- Maria Shriver’s Alzheimer March in Long Beach, CA
- Why I Love Baseball (Part 7): Because It’s Romantic
- What Baseball Fans, Politicians, and King Henry VIII Have in Common
- Cartoonist Hugh MacLeod’s Contest: Pick Me!
- Bernie Madoff, Me, and Shoes: Something in Common
- Fanatical Phillies Fans – A Sign of the Times?
- Timothy Geithner Speaks in Palo Alto, CA—About Surfing?
- Phillies Fans Show True Colors Of Being Morons
- Phillies’ Bush League Performance VS the SF Giants
- SF Giants VS Phillies Today – My Money is on Lincecum
- Chilean Miners Are Rescued — YEAH!! — with the help of Americans — like Jeff Hart
- The Importance of Education
- I’m a Conscientious Objector to Health Insurance – NO Mandate for Me
- Irksome Letter from Congressman Sam Farr
- Difference Between Google Workers and Farm Workers
- Why I Love Baseball – Part 6
- Happy Birthday, John Lennon – An Unforgettable Life
- Claire Danes – Excellent Portrayal in the “Temple Grandin” Movie
- “Temple Grandin” Review – Incredible Movie About an Incredible Person
- People StyleWatch Magazine Flyer – Selling Fear, Not Fashion
- Why I Love Baseball – Part 5
- Why I Love Baseball (Part 4) – especially when the SF Giants Clinch NL West Title
- My Love of Baseball – Part 3
- Why I Love Baseball – Part 2
- Why I Love Baseball – Part 1
- Freaked Out by Family Photos – Maria Shriver Started It!
- A Possible Silicon Valley Lawsuit: The Pursuit of Truth — OR — A Good Career Move?
- Silicon Valley Bad Boys: Anti-Capitalist & Anti-American
- Fuchsia’s Fashion Corner
- Meg Whitman: Quit Making Me Sick
- The Perfumes of My Life
- Who Is On Your Comet List?
- The Pat Tillman Movie – Best Documentary of 2010
- Nasty Women VS Nasty Men: Is One Worse Than the Other?
- More Musings on Menopause the Menace Presented in Menopause the Musical
- More Skinny Models = More Body Problems
- The Ethics of Blogging: When To Write and When to Abstain
- Chimp Boys Want Human Girls
- Nine Years Ago Today…
- What to Do About “Pastor” Terry Jones? Calling George W. Bush and General Petraeus!
- Viva la California! The Mindset of the Golden State
- Let Michelle Obama Have Her Necessary Vacation
- The Quigmans Comic Strip – Sometimes Funny and Sometimes Not
- CraigsList Shuts Down Adult Services Section: Not Good for Profitability but Good for Business
- Green Day: Hardest Working, Hardest Playing, and BEST Band in America
- Let Obama Have His Religion (which is the one about Jesus)
- The Barbara Boxer vs. Carly Fiorina Debate: A California Woman’s Perspective
- FW NOW Award Presented to the Inestimable Diane Rehm
- Pondering My Blog – One Year Later
- Fuchsia Woman Rates the Emmy Awards’ Most Important Part: the Dresses
- The Strange September Issue of Vogue: Artsy and Tacky at the Same Time
- More Menopause Mania: The Musical and the Malady
- Garrison Keillor’s Summer of Love Tour = a Summer of Bore Tour
- Birthday Lament: Can’t Live Without Them (But I Wish I Could)
- More Thoughts on Menopause the Musical and Menopause the Menace
- Menopause the Musical: A Hilarious Show About a Not-so Hilarious Subject
- Boycott Ann Taylor and Other Random Thoughts
- The Tillman Family Deserves the Truth – And So Does America
- Bad Summer Vacations: At Least They’re Memorable
- Normal Size Dress on “Mad Men” Looks Large
- Anatomy of a Blog – Fuchsia Style
- Eat Pray Love the Movie: an EPL Experience Worth Experiencing
- EBay Selling Sex by Association with CraigsList
- Chris Brogan Jumps the Shark to the Dark Side (in his boneheaded support of CraigsList “Adult Services”)
- Part 2 – The Dog Days of Summer (the man’s-best-friend Lassie kind of dog)
- Part 1 – The Dog Days of Summer (the low-down mangy mutt kind-of-dog)
- Arianna Huffington Won’t Allow Uncivil Words on the Huffington Post—But She Will Allow Showing a Young Woman’s Butt Crack
- One Person’s Uncivil Word is Another Person’s ‘Mot Juste’
- Lunch at John Steinbeck’s House (with 4 nice people and 1 killjoy)
- Judge Vaughn R. Walker Rules Correctly on California’s Prop. 8 Gay Marriage Law
- Rash HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius BLAMES AMERICANS for the Health Insurance Problem
- Thank You, State of Virginia, for Suing the Federal Government
- How NOT to Write: Like the Writer’s Almanac (from July 31, 2010)
- What to Wear: Try Oprah’s Magazine Cover Outfit
- To Chelsea Clinton: Happy Wedding Day!
- Horrifying Time Magazine Cover of Mutilated Woman
- Summer Vacation Plans Gone Astray
- How to Get a Job (Please don’t ask me if I don’t like you!)
- How to Have a Heavenly Day – Listen to Patty Griffin
- The Dress My Mother Gave Away (just to bug me)
- Sexiest Man Alive – Admiral Thad Allen
- Barbarella: Fashion Inspiration for Madonna and Gaga?
- Student Wins Lawsuit Against Her Homophobic School
- WEAR “Eat Pray Love”??
- Loudmouth Pants – How to Improve Your Golf Game
- Happier Chickens in California
- A Bad Business Name = Bad for Business
- Songs That Make You Laugh: by Spike Jones and Carla Ulbrich
- Barbra Streisand vs. Lea Michele: Two Amazing Versions of “Don’t Rain on My Parade”
- Inspirational Song Lyrics – Can’t Survive Without Them
- The Healing Power of Love: A Story of Three Adopted Boys
- Good Riddance to the “American” Russian Spies – What a Bunch of Wackos!
- Pricing Strategy: It’s All About the Perception of Quality
- To Erik’s Deli: How Hard Is It To Make a Salad?
- Day Jobs: Can’t Live With ’Em; Can’t Live Without ’Em
- Band of Brothers: Spirit of Brotherhood Personified; Spirit of America Exemplified
- Delivering Happiness: Tony Hsieh’s Book about Zappos’ Amazing Business Philosophy
- Happy 234th Birthday, America! (You’re Lookin’ Good but Could Look Better)
- Maria Shriver’s Premier Women’s Conference in California
- Two Spunky Matts: Matt Taibbi and Matthew Morrison & One Spunky Glee
- What do President Obama, Craig from Craig’s List, and Author Geneen Roth have in common? They all bug me!
- Geneen Roth Speaks in Santa Cruz, CA about Women, Food, and God (But is no Anne Lamott)
- How You Value Money Could Be A Relationship Killer
- Toy Story 3: Is the Theme Similar to the FaceBook Craze?
- Toy Story 3: Feast for the Eyes, Heart, and Imagination
- Obama’s Fatherhood Initiative (He Should Scold Some Mothers, Too)
- What to Wear: Jeffrey Campbell Shoes and a Ceil Chapman Dress (But Not Together)
- Celebrate Father’s Day with Real Fathers and TV Fathers from Friday Night Lights
- Father’s Day Story about Mrs. Story
- Joyce Carol Oates, Alice in Wonderland, and Bad Writing Teachers
- The Bloody Sunday Truth: Irish = Innocent; British = Murderers
- Rush Limbaugh, Pebble Beach Golf Course, and Me
- Billie Joe Armstrong Stupefies Audience at Tony Awards
- The Education of Two Eddies (by Ayelet Waldman and Me)
- Tipper, Sandra, Shania, and All the Single Ladies
- Follow the Scent – Follow My Life
- Why Write: Thoughts on Purpose, Motivation, and Encouragement
- Voting Day and the Value of Pretty: Is Meg Whitman in Trouble?
- Black Women Love Their Weaves (According to Chris Rock’s Movie)
- Israeli Blockade of Gaza – This is NO WAY to Win Friends and Influence People
- No to Meg Whitman – Yes to Women Voting
- Maya Angelou – An Amazing Presence
- More iwearyourshirt.com pix
- Jason as Fuchsia Woman on YouTube
- Chris Rock’s “Good Hair” – Interesting Comments from Maya Angelou and Tracie Toms
- Easy Rider and Sex and the City 2: Two Road Trip Movies from Different Generations
- Fuchsia Woman on iwearyourshirt.com
- Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring – Music that Caused a Riot
- Sex and the City 2 = Friends & Fun & Fashion (and one FAB New Guy)
- The End of An Era: Farewell to American Idol’s Simon Cowell
- DVD Review: “Good Hair” Is Better than Good
- What I Learned in Traffic School (Interesting Stuff that Can Save Your Life)
- America Got Milk – And America Is The Better For It
- The Everything Is Connected Phenomenon
- Listen to “The Story” for Great Stories
- Schiaparelli Perfume Named “Shocking” is Shocking to the Nose!
- Laurice Marie Perry – Where Are You?
- Jessica Watson – Young Australian Sailor Dreams BIG
- The Cove: BEST Documentary about the WORST Situation
- William F. Buckley, Jr. – Another Member of the Icky Man’s Club
- Christian Dior – Emperor of Fashion Design
- Christian Siriano’s Fierce Fashion Book
- California Wackiness – Politics as Usual
- Offended by Craig at CraigsList
- Talking Through My Hats by Lilly Daché – A Rare Book by a A Rare Milliner
- The Walt Disney Museum: A Stimulating Experience
- Anne Lamott and Isabelle Allende – Common Thread in Writing
- May Day – What a Difference a Few Thousand Years Make
- Hugh MacLeod and Me: Separated at Birth, Philosophically Speaking
- Jane Fonda Stages National Day of Fitness at the Georgia Dome
- Natalie Merchant Sings Poems in Leave Your Sleep
- To Craig at CraigsList – Someone Needs to Get a Brain (and a Conscience?)
- The Witty Wonderful World of Anne Lamott
- Green Day Punks Out Broadway
- Saturday’s Jambalaya -Part 2
- Write Blogs = Get Shoes
- Happy Birthday Earth Day!
- Happy Anniversary Mark Twain
- Emma #1 vs. Emma #2 = America vs. Britain
- The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, and My Sister
- Saturday’s Random Jambalaya
- Tax Cheaters Rant – Part 2
- It’s Tax Day: To Rich American Secret Swiss Bank Account Holders – Pay Your Share
- Why Customer Service is Mostly Dead in America: It’s All About Decency
- Gwyneth Paltrow and My Mom
- Lefty The Right Golfer Wins the Masters
- The Pope Has Got To Go
- A Sportsman is Not Necessarily a Sports MAN: The Story of Lance, Tiger, & Phil
- What Poetry Do You Recommend: Just Ask Ron
- What Poetry to Read: Just Ask Caroline Kennedy
- How to Write Poetry: Just Ask Maya Angelou
- How to Read Poetry: Just Ask Keats
- What Did Jesus Do on Easter SATURDAY?
- The Holy Days of Easter: What Do They Mean?
- America Has Other Fish to Fry
- Let Women Be Women – However They Want To Do That
- Boy and Girls Have the Same Math and Science Brain
- Mad Smasher Slasher on the Loose–on Capitol Hill
- Stories That Change Your Life
- In Praise of Google and Shame on Microsoft
- President Obama: If Your Own Mother Hated Insurance Companies, Why Are You FORCING Them on the American Public?
- Does the Success of Others Make You Happy or Sad?
- President Obama: Time to Build More Prisons (for Average Honest Hardworking Americans)
- Hugh MacLeod: Thinker, Cartoonist & Businessman
- How NOT to Conduct Business – A Lesson for My Ex-Insurance Guy
- Oprah’s Skirt to Save the Dolphins!
- Happy Saint Patty’s Day to My Adopted Peeps
- Health, Happiness, and Harmony With the Cosmos – Fun Times at the New Living Expo
- The Oprah Skirt Saga Continues…
- Hell Hath No Fury Like a Writer With a Righteous Grudge
- I Bought Oprah’s Skirt (Yikes!?)
- The End of Cursive Writing?
- A 9-1-1 Letter to the Morgan Hill, CA Police Department
- FuchsiaWoman Rates the Red Carpet Dresses at the Academy Awards
- Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington: Vogue Magazine’s Dynamic Duo
- Anna Wintour: Psychological Insights (from behind those shades)
- Add Anna Wintour to the Successful but Icky Woman’s Club
- Foodie Michael Pollan Speaks: Good Food = Good Health = Good for America
- FuchsiaWoman Now Award – Two Industrious and Conscientious Girl Scouts
- Boycott Palm Oil – Don’t Buy Cookies (Nabisco, Pepperidge Farms, Keebler OR the Girl Scouts)
- Girl Scout Cookies are Killers
- Ms. Ashley Judd: Winner of ‘Prestigious’ FuchsiaWoman Now Award
- Adam Lambert says, “What Do You Want From Me?” I say, “Read This Post.”
- The Icky Man’s Club
- Me, Christopher Buckley, and Our Dads
- Reflections on Writing Blogs
- Olympians: World-Class Athletes Need World-Class Behavior
- A Driving Tale
- Read About Food By Michael Pollan
- Inglourious Basterds: My Mom Would Have Loved It!
- The Frankie Chronicles: Tales of a Tumultuous Tummy – Part 3
- President’s Day AND Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday
- Give Yourself a Valentine
- Me & Rewa (the Monkee Thief!) Part 2
- Me, Rewa, and Micky Dolenz – Part 1
- A Valentine for Roger, Pete, and Stevie
- Love Letters and Love Poems
- Kicked Out of Church – Twice
- Claire Danes – Actress and Clueless Temptress
- Temple Grandin – Astute Autistic
- Tales of a Tumultuous Tummy
- Why I Will Never Starve Myself
- How Important Is the Sense of Smell?
- A Smell Lesson in an Irish Movie
- Sandra Day O’Connor – A Woman of Justice
- Howard Zinn: 1922-2010 – A Tribute
- Hooray for France!
- The Resilient Writer: Good Adjective; Not So Good Book
- Justice John Paul Stevens Has It Right
- Cindy McCain and Haiti – Both Need Assistance
- The Death of America
- Obama’s First Year = Obaminable*
- Martha Coakley – What Were You Thinking?
- Oprah’s Words Hit Home
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Best Speech Ever
- Golden Globe Hopefuls – Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock
- The Many Forms of American Music
- Your Sense of Smell – Very Valuable to Your Health
- Lilly Daché – Queen of Snoods and Hats of Yesteryear
- U.S.C. Hires Questionable Football Coach
- Jerry Yang – Moral Pygmy Forever?
- Science Lesson: “Rrhea” Bodily Conditions
- What’s Up with the Ugly Uganda Government?
- Things That Haunt You For Life
- Governor Schwarzenegger – We Think Alike (Shock!)
- American Idol – More Ranting About America’s Favorite TV Show
- I Will Miss Paula Abdul
- Broken Resolution – I Watched American Idol
- Gird Your Loins for 2010 (And Make a Fashion Statement)
- Apply AAPS Every Day – Let’s Start a Movement
- The End of the Awful Aughts – The Decade of the ’00s = a Big Zero!
- The Rise of AAPS (and a Bubbly Champagne)
- Cheers! Veuve Clicquot Champagne
- Celebrate the New Year with Benedictine Monk Dom Perignon’s Creation
- Fantastic News Story 2009 – A Father Fights On!
- Another New Year’s Resolution: Get More Guts (Like Anne and Ayelet)
- Christmas Wishes and Christmas Form Letters – Part 3
- More Dreaded Christmas Letters – Part 2
- Writers – Give Yourself a Christmas Gift: Your Own BLOG
- What NOT to Write: Christmas Form Letters – Part 1
- A Not So Merry Christmas Story
- Greetings of the Season from Fuchsia Woman and Friends
- Here’s to a Healthy 2010
- Green Day’s “21st Century Breakdown” – Best Album 2009
- Green Day’s “American Idiot” – Album of the Decade
- Great Date Conclusion – Part 3
- New Year’s Resolutions 2010
- A Not So Great New Year’s Eve
- Great Date Story (Prelude) – Part 2
- A Not So Great Date
- Great Date Story – Part 1
- President Obama: Stay Away From My Body (Part 2)
- President Obama – Quit Begging for Money! (Part 1)
- The Meaning of Golf Clubs
- Great Dates – Ever Had One?
- I’m Fascinated by Fascinators
- Up the Movie: Uplifting, Upstanding, and Up There for Best Movie of 2009
- “We’ve Only Just Begun” – To Tell the Truth
- Arianna Huffington: 2nd FuchsiaWoman Award Recipient
- Gone Shopping…
- A Thanksgiving Story
- No Respect = No Customers = No Business
- In Memoriam to My Beautiful Friend Lorrie
- I Heart Adam Lambert’s Voice – But NOT His Performance (Part 2)
- Me, My Bro & Barnes & Noble – More Freak-Out Tales from O.C. – Part 4
- Me, My Dad, My Bro & Calif. Pizza Kitchen: More Freak-Out Tales from O.C. – Part 3
- Me, My Dad, & Macy’s: More Freak-Out Tales from O.C. – Part 2
- Me, My Dad & the Apple Store: Freak-Out Tales from O.C. – Part 1
- I Heart Adam Lambert – Part 1
- “Food, Inc.” – If You Eat It, You Must Watch It
- Professor Anita Hill: 1st ‘Fuchsia Woman Now’ Award Winner
- Maria and Nicole: Way to Strut
- Dapper Dresser Michael Chabon at Book Reading in Oakland, CA
- What Are You Afraid Of?
- Podcast #5: What NOT to Wear when Meeting Hippies
- President Obama: Hope Is Sooo Last Year
- What to BLOG About? Blog Topics Are Everywhere!
- See John Irving or Visit Your Dad?
- A Happy-Ending Hemorrhoids Story
- Let Ceara Wear a Tux
- If You Really Want to Write, You’ll Write – Just Ask Laura Hillenbrand
- Relating in the Classroom – Part 5
- The Writing Life Paradox – Stay Inside and Go Outside
- David Sedaris in Concert – In My Living Room
- A Great Day for Reading
- A Change Is Gonna Do You Good….
- For Your Listening Pleasure…
- Have American Directors Lost Their Minds?
- Ralph Lauren – You are Bad for America!
- Writing Is Difficult: So?
- Born Creative – Stay Creative
- Good-bye, Gourmet Magazine and Hello, Splendid Table!
- U.S.C. School Spirit? Yes and No.
- Thoughts on Writing…
- Words: Ain’t They Grand
- Fashion Update #2: Ridiculously-Priced Designer Clothes
- What’s Up With Gourmet Cooking?
- AT&T Will Rip You Off AND Urinate On Your House
- KISS – Ehh; Gene Simmons – Ick!
- Gray Gardens: Not-to-Miss Documentary and HBO Movie
- Don’t Sell Your House for Romance
- Elizabeth Edwards – How Are You Doing? Tell Your Husband He Owes Me Money
- Relating in the Classroom – and Romancing, too (Part 4)
- A Hard Day’s Night – Terrific Movie Then and Now
- I Love Rock-n-Roll & Jackson Browne: The Soundtrack of My Life
- Elizabeth Gilbert – Part 2: Writer’s Block, Creativity & Writing
- A Workplace Horror Story
- Elizabeth Gilbert – Part 1: Previous Book and New Book
- Change of Scenery = Change of Attitude
- Fashion Update #1: Oprah, Mad Men, Donna Karan, Valentino, Burberry
- Roddy Doyle + Irish History = Literary Barn-Burner
- Relating in the Classroom – and Reading in the Classroom (Part 3)
- What NOT to Wear When Meeting Hippies
- Don’t Give Up – Even in a hot sweaty exhausting Jr. High School event
- A Visit to the Tobin James Winery in Paso Robles, CA
- Relating in College
- Valentino: Good Guy, Better Designer, Best Friend
- How To Write Well
- Thoughts on September 11, 2001
- Relating in the Classroom – and Knowing Too Much? (Part 2)
- Celebrities Are the Same as You and I
- Lubna Hussein: You Are a Fuchsia Woman!
- Patti Davis: You Are On To Something
- Music Can Save Your Life
- Bratty Behavior May NOT Get You In Trouble
- Relating in the Classroom – With Discipline (Part 1)
- President Obama: You Hoodwinked Me
- Go Read Anne Lamott
- A Passion for Fashion
- Mad for “Mad Men”
- Kristina Train: A Beautiful New Voice on the Horizon
- Homosexuals Are Not Weirdos
- Find Chris Issak a Wife!
- Can Watching TV be Hazardous to Your Brain?
- America Can Do Better
- The Writing Life
