Category Archives | FuchsiaWoman

Business

A Bad Business Model - Killing Your Customers - February 2, 2012
Consumers Unite – Make America Better for 99% of Us - October 9, 2011
Copyblogger Wants to Silence Bloggers - July 27, 2011
California "Here I Go" - Worst State to Do Busines - June 30, 2011
Vindicated by John Tesch - About Generation Y Workers - June 25, 2011
What’s Wrong with America – And How to Fix It - June 23, 2011
Moral Dilemma: How to Decide What to Do - June 14, 2011
Zuck the Schmuck – The Anti-Mensch Strikes Again - May 13, 2011
Good-bye, eBay: It's about time! - May 4, 2011
Google Burned at the Stake for Stealing Books - March 23, 2011
The Golden State Tarnishes Along With the Rest of America – as Mainstream Media Paints a False Rosy Picture - March 6, 2011
Who gives a crap about a chicken pie when Germany buys the New York Stock Exchange? - February 16, 2011
Hoodwinked by the San Francisco Giants - January 28, 2011
My Beloved San Francisco Giants Are Not So Beloved Anymore - January 23, 2011
Swanson Vitamins: A Customer Service Rant - January 7, 2011
Lindsay Garvey: You Lost Your Job Because of Your Attitude—NOT Your iPhone - January 5, 2011
The Difference Between Ulysses S. Grant and Mark Zuckerberg as Human Beings and Business People: Personal Integrity - December 23, 2010
Attention Job Applicants Who Submit Resumes - November 30, 2010
People StyleWatch Magazine Flyer - Selling Fear, Not Fashion - October 6, 2010
Silicon Valley Bad Boys: Anti-Capitalist & Anti-American - September 25, 2010
CraigsList Shuts Down Adult Services Section: Not Good for Profitability but Good for Business - September 6, 2010
How to Get a Job (Please don't ask me if I don't like you!) - July 27, 2010
A Bad Business Name = Bad for Business - July 16, 2010
Pricing Strategy: It's All About the Perception of Quality - July 8, 2010
Why Customer Service is Mostly Dead in America: It’s All About Decency - April 14, 2010
How NOT to Conduct Business - A Lesson for My Ex-Insurance Guy - March 19, 2010
No Respect = No Customers = No Business - November 25, 2009
AT&T Will Rip You Off AND Urinate On Your House - October 7, 2009
A Workplace Horror Story - September 28, 2009

FWNow

Tribute to Betty Ford: A Real First Lady (a FW kind-of-gal) - July 9, 2011
Egyptian Women are My Heroes: Happy International Women's Day - March 7, 2011
Jane Goodall - GOOD for ALL Apes (including humans) - February 1, 2011
Elizabeth Warren Receives FW Now Award - January 3, 2011
Cher: An Icon for the Ages Wins Glamour Magazine Award (and a FuchsiaWoman Trophy, too!) - November 10, 2010
FW NOW Award Presented to the Inestimable Diane Rehm - September 1, 2010
Maria Shriver's Premier Women's Conference in California - July 1, 2010
Maya Angelou - An Amazing Presence - June 3, 2010
Jessica Watson - Young Australian Sailor Dreams BIG - May 15, 2010
FuchsiaWoman Now Award - Two Industrious and Conscientious Girl Scouts - March 2, 2010
Ms. Ashley Judd: Winner of 'Prestigious' FuchsiaWoman Now Award - February 26, 2010
Sandra Day O'Connor - A Woman of Justice - January 30, 2010
Arianna Huffington: 2nd FuchsiaWoman Award Recipient - November 28, 2009
Professor Anita Hill: 1st 'Fuchsia Woman Now' Award Winner - November 16, 2009

Health

Vegetables for Your Health and Fashion Ideas - April 30, 2012
Death by Hotel – Another Way to Die - March 16, 2012
More Ways to Die (by the death of microvilli) - February 29, 2012
Protect Your Health: You Are What You Eat - December 26, 2011
Telomeres Are Your Friends: The Key to Longevity - June 18, 2011
Stressed Out? Join the Club. - March 30, 2011
Here's to Good Health and Hear's to Good Hearing - March 9, 2011
Do You Suffer from MPS? (I feel your pain.) - January 27, 2011
Aging Happens to Everyone — Whether We Like It or NOT - January 4, 2011
TSA: The Too Sleazy Agency - November 23, 2010
Maria Shriver's Alzheimer March in Long Beach, CA - October 25, 2010
More Musings on Menopause the Menace Presented in Menopause the Musical - September 17, 2010
More Menopause Mania: The Musical and the Malady - August 27, 2010
More Thoughts on Menopause the Musical and Menopause the Menace - August 24, 2010
Menopause the Musical: A Hilarious Show About a Not-so Hilarious Subject - August 23, 2010
Jane Fonda Stages National Day of Fitness at the Georgia Dome - May 1, 2010
Health, Happiness, and Harmony With the Cosmos - Fun Times at the New Living Expo - March 16, 2010
Foodie Michael Pollan Speaks: Good Food = Good Health = Good for America - March 3, 2010
Girl Scout Cookies are Killers - February 27, 2010
Tales of a Tumultuous Tummy - February 4, 2010
Why I Will Never Starve Myself - February 3, 2010
Your Sense of Smell - Very Valuable to Your Health - January 15, 2010
Here’s to a Healthy 2010 - December 18, 2009
A Happy-Ending Hemorrhoids Story - November 5, 2009

Learn

Parents vs Teachers — Important but Different Roles - April 25, 2012
Never Underestimate the Power of a Woman - March 8, 2012
How the Elephant Bar Can Kill You (Its customer service is DOA.) - February 19, 2012
The Aging Process - A Cry-Baby's Perspective - November 17, 2011
Women Are a Trusting Gender. They Need to Trust Themselves. - July 17, 2011
Human Anatomy - Cool Words and Cool Functions - June 21, 2011
To Fight or Not to Fight: Depends on Your Footwear - June 12, 2011
How to Do a Fashion Photo Shoot? - May 24, 2011
A Mother's Advice (borrowed from F. Scott Fitzgerald) - May 7, 2011
Ode to Thomas Hart Benton: Keeping it Real - May 6, 2011
Praise for Public School Teachers - an underpaid, underfunded, and underappreciated profession - March 26, 2011
Lessons From A Bridal Shower – Part 2 - February 12, 2011
Lessons from a Bridal Shower - Part 1 - February 11, 2011
President Obama, San Jose Tech Museum, and Mark Zuckerberg's Father - February 10, 2011
Second Annual New Year's Eve Champagne Taste Test - December 31, 2010
Female Attractiveness: Don’t Waste Your Waist! - December 4, 2010
Find the Commonalities – Learn a New Trick? - November 29, 2010
Women's Conference in California - Empowering, Enlightening, Exciting, and Exhausting - October 26, 2010
Difference Between Google Workers and Farm Workers - October 11, 2010
The Perfumes of My Life - September 22, 2010
Chimp Boys Want Human Girls - September 13, 2010
Part 2 - The Dog Days of Summer (the man’s-best-friend Lassie kind of dog) - August 11, 2010
Happier Chickens in California - July 17, 2010
To Erik’s Deli: How Hard Is It To Make a Salad? - July 7, 2010
Father's Day Story about Mrs. Story - June 18, 2010
The Education of Two Eddies (by Ayelet Waldman and Me) - June 13, 2010
What I Learned in Traffic School (Interesting Stuff that Can Save Your Life) - May 24, 2010
The Walt Disney Museum: A Stimulating Experience - May 6, 2010
What Did Jesus Do on Easter SATURDAY? - April 3, 2010
The Holy Days of Easter: What Do They Mean? - April 2, 2010
Let Women Be Women - However They Want To Do That - March 31, 2010
Boy and Girls Have the Same Math and Science Brain - March 30, 2010
Olympians: World-Class Athletes Need World-Class Behavior - February 20, 2010
A Driving Tale - February 19, 2010
Give Yourself a Valentine - February 13, 2010
How Important Is the Sense of Smell? - February 2, 2010
Cindy McCain and Haiti - Both Need Assistance - January 23, 2010
Science Lesson: "Rrhea" Bodily Conditions - January 11, 2010
The End of the Awful Aughts - The Decade of the ’00s = a Big Zero! - January 1, 2010
Cheers! Veuve Clicquot Champagne - December 30, 2009
Celebrate the New Year with Benedictine Monk Dom Perignon's Creation - December 29, 2009
Fantastic News Story 2009 - A Father Fights On! - December 28, 2009
A Not So Great New Year’s Eve - December 13, 2009
A Thanksgiving Story - November 26, 2009
Words: Ain't They Grand - October 14, 2009
What’s Up With Gourmet Cooking? - October 9, 2009
Don’t Sell Your House for Romance - October 3, 2009
Change of Scenery = Change of Attitude - September 25, 2009
Don’t Give Up – Even in a hot sweaty exhausting Jr. High School event - September 17, 2009
Bratty Behavior May NOT Get You In Trouble - September 3, 2009
Homosexuals Are Not Weirdos - August 31, 2009

Listen

More Thoughts on Aging -- You Know You're Old When... - November 20, 2011
Brian Wilson Concert: Blast from the Past (can clarify your past) - August 25, 2011
Church Hymns Hark Me Back - April 24, 2011
A Story about Two Songs from the 60s - March 24, 2011
No Recipes to Share – Confessions of a Kitchenophobic - February 26, 2011
Worst Song Ever? - January 25, 2011
The Worst and Most Pathetic Christmas Song Ever - December 16, 2010
Adam Lambert FREE Stuff Give-Away - November 20, 2010
Generation iY: Their Adolescence is Lasting Longer — Not Good for Them and Not Good for America - November 13, 2010
Happy Birthday, John Lennon - An Unforgettable Life - October 9, 2010
Green Day: Hardest Working, Hardest Playing, and BEST Band in America - September 5, 2010
Garrison Keillor's Summer of Love Tour = a Summer of Bore Tour - August 26, 2010
How to Have a Heavenly Day - Listen to Patty Griffin - July 26, 2010
Songs That Make You Laugh: by Spike Jones and Carla Ulbrich - July 14, 2010
Barbra Streisand vs. Lea Michele: Two Amazing Versions of "Don’t Rain on My Parade" - July 13, 2010
Inspirational Song Lyrics - Can't Survive Without Them - July 12, 2010
Billie Joe Armstrong Stupefies Audience at Tony Awards - June 14, 2010
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring - Music that Caused a Riot - May 29, 2010
Listen to "The Story" for Great Stories - May 19, 2010
Natalie Merchant Sings Poems in Leave Your Sleep - April 30, 2010
Green Day Punks Out Broadway - April 27, 2010
Adam Lambert says, "What Do You Want From Me?" I say, "Read This Post." - February 25, 2010
A Valentine for Roger, Pete, and Stevie - February 10, 2010
The Many Forms of American Music - January 16, 2010
Green Day's "21st Century Breakdown" - Best Album 2009 - December 17, 2009
Green Day's "American Idiot" - Album of the Decade - December 16, 2009
"We’ve Only Just Begun" - To Tell the Truth - November 29, 2009
I Heart Adam Lambert’s Voice – But NOT His Performance (Part 2) - November 23, 2009
I Heart Adam Lambert - Part 1 - November 18, 2009
Podcast #5: What NOT to Wear when Meeting Hippies - November 10, 2009
David Sedaris in Concert – In My Living Room - October 29, 2009
A Change Is Gonna Do You Good.... - October 27, 2009
For Your Listening Pleasure... - October 26, 2009
KISS – Ehh; Gene Simmons – Ick! - October 6, 2009
I Love Rock-n-Roll & Jackson Browne: The Soundtrack of My Life - September 30, 2009
Music Can Save Your Life - September 6, 2009
Kristina Train: A Beautiful New Voice on the Horizon - August 31, 2009
Can Watching TV be Hazardous to Your Brain? - August 31, 2009

Live

A Valentine’s Day Story – The Many Ways to Die - February 10, 2012
Debunking and Deboarding da Twitter Twain - A 2012 New Year’s Resolution - January 8, 2012
An Untraditional Thanksgiving Day Tradition - November 23, 2011
Native American History - A Valuable Lesson for Americans Today - October 28, 2011
Execution and Death - Government vs. God - September 22, 2011
Save a Tree - Use a Hankie - Not a Kleenex - September 15, 2011
"Ode to Baseball" - A San Francisco Giants Fan's Lamentation - August 31, 2011
Advice from Old Gals -- about soup, happiness, and gay rights - August 16, 2011
What Do You Do with 6,000 Pounds of Garlic? Have a Festival! - July 29, 2011
The Power of Perseverance - To Sink or Swim - July 18, 2011
Girls, Women, and the Female Condition in America - July 12, 2011
A Tale of Two Baseball Pitchers – The Psychic Side of Sports - June 28, 2011
Major League Baseball Needs Rule Change -- ASAP! - June 15, 2011
A Hat, A Dress, and Baseball: A Repeat + A Repeat + A Repeat = A Three-Peat - June 11, 2011
Happy Birthday, Erica Jane Cowan! - May 29, 2011
Say Hey and Happy Birthday, Kid! - May 6, 2011
The Lovely Month of May - for "Camelot" and Auntie Flora - May 1, 2011
A Time Out to Think - April 16, 2011
Stressed Out? Hoops & YoYo to the Rescue! - April 2, 2011
The SF Boys of Summer Return as World Champs - March 31, 2011
New Inductee into the Icky Man’s Club: Barry Bonds - March 21, 2011
A Friendship Wish for St. Patrick's Day - March 17, 2011
The Grace of God - March 15, 2011
Attend the Berkeley Repertory Theatre -- and possibly die! - February 28, 2011
The "Oprah Chicken Pie" Was Delish! - February 15, 2011
February 14th - A Great Day to Celebrate - February 14, 2011
Aaron Rodgers' Hollywood Connections - February 7, 2011
How to Fix the Catholic Church (and it needs fixing badly!) - January 18, 2011
The Worst of 2011 — and it's only January 9th! - January 9, 2011
A New Year: Out with the Old; In with the New - January 1, 2011
The Best of 2010 - December 29, 2010
No More Ho Ho Ho - Time to Return Christmas Presents - December 26, 2010
Good-Bye Elizabeth Edwards - Hope You Brought Your Songbook to Heaven - December 7, 2010
The Kennedy Assassination: Where Were You 47 Years Ago Today? - November 22, 2010
Herein Lies the Rub: Everyone Lies - November 18, 2010
Dumb Baseball Commentary by a Smart Guy - November 8, 2010
Baseball Season Is Over—I've Got the Shakes! - November 6, 2010
San Francisco: The City, the Giants, the Parade — The Ties that Bind (but no bonds for Barry Bonds) - November 4, 2010
Thank You Jon Stewart For Caring About America - October 31, 2010
Why I Love Baseball (Part 7): Because It's Romantic - October 24, 2010
Fanatical Phillies Fans - A Sign of the Times? - October 20, 2010
Phillies Fans Show True Colors Of Being Morons - October 18, 2010
Phillies' Bush League Performance VS the SF Giants - October 17, 2010
SF Giants VS Phillies Today - My Money is on Lincecum - October 16, 2010
Why I Love Baseball - Part 6 - October 10, 2010
Why I Love Baseball - Part 2 - October 2, 2010
Why I Love Baseball - Part 1 - October 1, 2010
A Possible Silicon Valley Lawsuit: The Pursuit of Truth -- OR -- A Good Career Move? - September 29, 2010
Who Is On Your Comet List? - September 21, 2010
Nine Years Ago Today... - September 11, 2010
Viva la California! The Mindset of the Golden State - September 9, 2010
Bad Summer Vacations: At Least They're Memorable - August 19, 2010
EBay Selling Sex by Association with CraigsList - August 13, 2010
Part 1 - The Dog Days of Summer (the low-down mangy mutt kind-of-dog) - August 10, 2010
Thank You, State of Virginia, for Suing the Federal Government - August 3, 2010
Horrifying Time Magazine Cover of Mutilated Woman - July 30, 2010
Summer Vacation Plans Gone Astray - July 28, 2010
Good Riddance to the "American" Russian Spies - What a Bunch of Wackos! - July 9, 2010
Day Jobs: Can't Live With ’Em; Can't Live Without ’Em - July 6, 2010
Happy 234th Birthday, America! (You're Lookin' Good but Could Look Better) - July 2, 2010
The Bloody Sunday Truth: Irish = Innocent; British = Murderers - June 16, 2010
Follow the Scent - Follow My Life - June 11, 2010
Israeli Blockade of Gaza - This is NO WAY to Win Friends and Influence People - June 5, 2010
Jason as Fuchsia Woman on YouTube - June 2, 2010
Fuchsia Woman on iwearyourshirt.com - May 30, 2010
Offended by Craig at CraigsList - May 8, 2010
May Day - What a Difference a Few Thousand Years Make - May 4, 2010
To Craig at CraigsList - Someone Needs to Get a Brain (and a Conscience?) - April 29, 2010
Happy Birthday Earth Day! - April 22, 2010
Tax Cheaters Rant - Part 2 - April 16, 2010
It's Tax Day: To Rich American Secret Swiss Bank Account Holders - Pay Your Share - April 15, 2010
The Pope Has Got To Go - April 10, 2010
America Has Other Fish to Fry - April 1, 2010
In Praise of Google and Shame on Microsoft - March 26, 2010
Happy Saint Patty's Day to My Adopted Peeps - March 17, 2010
Boycott Palm Oil - Don’t Buy Cookies (Nabisco, Pepperidge Farms, Keebler OR the Girl Scouts) - March 1, 2010
The Frankie Chronicles: Tales of a Tumultuous Tummy - Part 3 - February 16, 2010
Me & Rewa (the Monkee Thief!) Part 2 - February 12, 2010
Me, Rewa, and Micky Dolenz - Part 1 - February 11, 2010
Justice John Paul Stevens Has It Right - January 25, 2010
The Death of America - January 22, 2010
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Best Speech Ever - January 18, 2010
U.S.C. Hires Questionable Football Coach - January 13, 2010
Jerry Yang – Moral Pygmy Forever? - January 12, 2010
What's Up with the Ugly Uganda Government? - January 9, 2010
Apply AAPS Every Day - Let's Start a Movement - January 2, 2010
The Rise of AAPS (and a Bubbly Champagne) - December 31, 2009
A Not So Merry Christmas Story - December 20, 2009
Greetings of the Season from Fuchsia Woman and Friends - December 19, 2009
The Meaning of Golf Clubs - December 5, 2009
In Memoriam to My Beautiful Friend Lorrie - November 24, 2009
See John Irving or Visit Your Dad? - November 6, 2009
Let Ceara Wear a Tux - November 3, 2009
Elizabeth Edwards – How Are You Doing? Tell Your Husband He Owes Me Money - October 2, 2009
A Visit to the Tobin James Winery in Paso Robles, CA - September 16, 2009
Thoughts on September 11, 2001 - September 11, 2009
Lubna Hussein: You Are a Fuchsia Woman! - September 8, 2009
America Can Do Better - August 31, 2009

Photos

Collect Your Thoughts - Collect Pansies - March 29, 2012
Do You Know the Way to San Jose? Good Idea for Protesters and/or Students - November 28, 2011
Tribute to Oprah (via her skirt) - May 24, 2011
Fruit Anatomy - A Scientific Discovery? Or just pervy pix? - May 10, 2011
Kate Middleton: Hat Lady Extraordinaire - April 27, 2011
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Every day would be nice!) - April 20, 2011
No Tsunami Here = No Excitement = OK with me - March 11, 2011
Who does Hosni Mubarak look like? - February 3, 2011
Where Have All the Workers Gone? - January 20, 2011
Vintage Lace Dresses and Vintage Hats Never Go Out of Style - December 6, 2010
Bay Area Newspapers Celebrate SF Giants Win - November 2, 2010
No Halloween at my House - October 31, 2010
The Importance of Education - October 13, 2010
Why I Love Baseball - Part 5 - October 5, 2010
Why I Love Baseball (Part 4) - especially when the SF Giants Clinch NL West Title - October 4, 2010
More iwearyourshirt.com pix - June 3, 2010

Politics

Mind Your Affairs and Skip the Affairs - May 6, 2012
Nike Blasphemes Irish History. So does the NYPD. - March 17, 2012
We are not sluts. We are amazing. - March 7, 2012
Help Wanted in America: Leaders - Not Politicians - January 22, 2012
Afghanistan - Hell on Earth - January 15, 2012
The Protest Process – A Prolonged Procedure - October 5, 2011
Remembering 9/11/01 - The Day America Stood Still - September 10, 2011
How to Fix America? Replace Congress with Baboons. - August 13, 2011
America: A Great Country -- or an experiment gone awry? - July 4, 2011
What Anthony Weiner Did Not Learn in Sex Education - June 7, 2011
The Biggest Assholes in America - May 19, 2011
Pakistan: Good for a Laugh - May 12, 2011
Pakistan: Apex of Axis of Evil - May 2, 2011
Of course President Obama and General McChrystal are tools. But Michelle Obama, too?? - April 18, 2011
Why Obama Will NOT Be Reelected - March 13, 2011
Obama Promotes "Business" in California - What a Joke - February 18, 2011
America and Egypt: What's the Difference? - February 2, 2011
President Obama's Speech on Civility (I'm part of the problem...) - January 15, 2011
I Lubs Ya, Ol’ Virginny - December 13, 2010
President Obama's Personality Disorder - Courtesy of Mick LaSalle - November 12, 2010
GO Giants & Go Away Meg Whitman (Once and For All!) - November 1, 2010
Timothy Geithner Speaks in Palo Alto, CA—About Surfing? - October 19, 2010
I'm a Conscientious Objector to Health Insurance - NO Mandate for Me - October 13, 2010
Irksome Letter from Congressman Sam Farr - October 12, 2010
Let Michelle Obama Have Her Necessary Vacation - September 8, 2010
Let Obama Have His Religion (which is the one about Jesus) - September 4, 2010
The Barbara Boxer vs. Carly Fiorina Debate: A California Woman's Perspective - September 2, 2010
Judge Vaughn R. Walker Rules Correctly on California's Prop. 8 Gay Marriage Law - August 4, 2010
Rash HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius BLAMES AMERICANS for the Health Insurance Problem - August 4, 2010
Obama’s Fatherhood Initiative (He Should Scold Some Mothers, Too) - June 22, 2010
Voting Day and the Value of Pretty: Is Meg Whitman in Trouble? - June 8, 2010
No to Meg Whitman - Yes to Women Voting - June 4, 2010
California Wackiness - Politics as Usual - May 10, 2010
President Obama: If Your Own Mother Hated Insurance Companies, Why Are You FORCING Them on the American Public? - March 24, 2010
President Obama: Time to Build More Prisons (for Average Honest Hardworking Americans) - March 22, 2010
President's Day AND Susan B. Anthony's Birthday - February 15, 2010
Hooray for France! - January 28, 2010
Obama's First Year = Obaminable* - January 21, 2010
Martha Coakley - What Were You Thinking? - January 20, 2010
Governor Schwarzenegger - We Think Alike (Shock!) - January 7, 2010
President Obama: Stay Away From My Body (Part 2) - December 7, 2009
President Obama - Quit Begging for Money! (Part 1) - December 6, 2009
President Obama: Hope Is Sooo Last Year - November 9, 2009
President Obama: You Hoodwinked Me - August 31, 2009

Random Jambalaya

More Chicken Pie Commentary and Other Food for Thought - February 22, 2011
Mick LaSalle Tells It Like It SHOULD Be - January 24, 2011
Is Popularity the New Currency? - January 16, 2011
Meg Whitman: Quit Making Me Sick - September 23, 2010
Boycott Ann Taylor and Other Random Thoughts - August 21, 2010
Barbarella: Fashion Inspiration for Madonna and Gaga? - July 22, 2010
Two Spunky Matts: Matt Taibbi and Matthew Morrison & One Spunky Glee - June 30, 2010
What do President Obama, Craig from Craig's List, and Author Geneen Roth have in common? They all bug me! - June 29, 2010
America Got Milk - And America Is The Better For It - May 22, 2010
Saturday’s Jambalaya -Part 2 - April 26, 2010
Saturday's Random Jambalaya - April 17, 2010

Read

The Woes and Throes of Twitterdom - Part 2 - September 7, 2011
Copyblogger Slinging Stupidity - July 26, 2011
How to Be a Classy Lady - Advice for Young Women - July 6, 2011
Advice for "Mature" Women - Two Books About Navigating the Aging Process - July 2, 2011
Marlo Thomas: Actress + Activist + Advocate + Author = Interesting Person - May 17, 2011
In Praise of Waitresses - and waitpersons in general - February 19, 2011
A Poem for Christina and the World - January 10, 2011
"Santa Scared Straight... Out the Door" - A Modern Christmas Story - December 24, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving: 'Tis the Holiday to Gobble 'Til You Wobble! - November 24, 2010
REVIEW: Lilly Daché - Author and Famous Hat Maker of a By-Gone Era - November 19, 2010
The Real Reason Penelope Trunk Wrote Her Idiotic Blog to Cancel Veteran’s Day - November 11, 2010
Nasty Women VS Nasty Men: Is One Worse Than the Other? - September 18, 2010
The Quigmans Comic Strip - Sometimes Funny and Sometimes Not - September 7, 2010
The Strange September Issue of Vogue: Artsy and Tacky at the Same Time - August 28, 2010
The Tillman Family Deserves the Truth - And So Does America - August 20, 2010
Chris Brogan Jumps the Shark to the Dark Side (in his boneheaded support of CraigsList "Adult Services") - August 12, 2010
Arianna Huffington Won’t Allow Uncivil Words on the Huffington Post—But She Will Allow Showing a Young Woman’s Butt Crack - August 9, 2010
Delivering Happiness: Tony Hsieh's Book about Zappos' Amazing Business Philosophy - July 3, 2010
Geneen Roth Speaks in Santa Cruz, CA about Women, Food, and God (But is no Anne Lamott) - June 28, 2010
Schiaparelli Perfume Named "Shocking" is Shocking to the Nose! - May 18, 2010
William F. Buckley, Jr. - Another Member of the Icky Man’s Club - May 13, 2010
Talking Through My Hats by Lilly Daché - A Rare Book by a A Rare Milliner - May 7, 2010
The Witty Wonderful World of Anne Lamott - April 28, 2010
What Poetry Do You Recommend: Just Ask Ron - April 8, 2010
What Poetry to Read: Just Ask Caroline Kennedy - April 7, 2010
How to Write Poetry: Just Ask Maya Angelou - April 6, 2010
How to Read Poetry: Just Ask Keats - April 5, 2010
Mad Smasher Slasher on the Loose--on Capitol Hill - March 29, 2010
Stories That Change Your Life - March 27, 2010
Me, Christopher Buckley, and Our Dads - February 23, 2010
Read About Food By Michael Pollan - February 18, 2010
Howard Zinn: 1922-2010 - A Tribute - January 29, 2010
Dapper Dresser Michael Chabon at Book Reading in Oakland, CA - November 13, 2009
What Are You Afraid Of? - November 11, 2009
A Great Day for Reading - October 28, 2009
Born Creative – Stay Creative - October 20, 2009
Good-bye, Gourmet Magazine and Hello, Splendid Table! - October 18, 2009
Elizabeth Gilbert – Part 1: Previous Book and New Book - September 27, 2009
Roddy Doyle + Irish History = Literary Barn-Burner - September 22, 2009
Patti Davis: You Are On To Something - September 7, 2009
Go Read Anne Lamott - August 31, 2009

Relate

God is in the Details - In a Church Pew or a Tree Branch? - April 12, 2012
Social MEdia emphasizes the ME factor - especially on Twitter - September 5, 2011
Women Leaders - Born or Bred? - July 15, 2011
Attention Alcoholic Parents: Clean Up Your Act -- Before You Kill Someone - June 16, 2011
Thoughts on Mother’s Day – and its original concept - May 8, 2011
Thoughts on Brides - and the Female Psyche - April 30, 2011
Thoughts on Weddings: A Spectacle or a Sacrament? - April 28, 2011
How to Save the World and a TV Show - March 16, 2011
Relating in the Classroom - Taking a Stand (Part 5) - February 24, 2011
The Girlfriend Thing is Disappearing With Me - February 20, 2011
What do you think about your DNA? (I'm not nuts about mine...) - February 5, 2011
The Chinese Dragon Lady Freak Show - January 22, 2011
Definition of Torture: A "mother" named Amy Chua - January 13, 2011
Women Who Don't Like Women - Are Women I Don't Like - December 10, 2010
No Fan of Yoko Ono - Or Richard Harrington (Yoko Ono Suck-Up) - December 9, 2010
Remembering the Unforgettable Erica Jane Cowan - November 26, 2010
Not a Fan of FaceBook - Don't Need "Friends" or "Followers" - November 15, 2010
My New Motto: Buy An Old Guy Brakes For His Car—Before It’s Too Late - November 9, 2010
Dealing with Dad—The Ties that Strangle - November 5, 2010
The Difference Between Giants Fans and Phillies Fans - October 29, 2010
My Dad, Me, and Honda Brakes - October 28, 2010
Chilean Miners Are Rescued -- YEAH!! -- with the help of Americans -- like Jeff Hart - October 14, 2010
My Love of Baseball - Part 3 - October 2, 2010
Freaked Out by Family Photos - Maria Shriver Started It! - September 30, 2010
What to Do About "Pastor" Terry Jones? Calling George W. Bush and General Petraeus! - September 10, 2010
Birthday Lament: Can't Live Without Them (But I Wish I Could) - August 25, 2010
Lunch at John Steinbeck's House (with 4 nice people and 1 killjoy) - August 6, 2010
To Chelsea Clinton: Happy Wedding Day! - July 31, 2010
Sexiest Man Alive - Admiral Thad Allen - July 23, 2010
Student Wins Lawsuit Against Her Homophobic School - July 21, 2010
The Healing Power of Love: A Story of Three Adopted Boys - July 10, 2010
How You Value Money Could Be A Relationship Killer - June 26, 2010
Rush Limbaugh, Pebble Beach Golf Course, and Me - June 15, 2010
Tipper, Sandra, Shania, and All the Single Ladies - June 12, 2010
The Everything Is Connected Phenomenon - May 21, 2010
Laurice Marie Perry - Where Are You? - May 17, 2010
Hugh MacLeod and Me: Separated at Birth, Philosophically Speaking - May 4, 2010
Lefty The Right Golfer Wins the Masters - April 12, 2010
A Sportsman is Not Necessarily a Sports MAN: The Story of Lance, Tiger, & Phil - April 9, 2010
Does the Success of Others Make You Happy or Sad? - March 23, 2010
Hugh MacLeod: Thinker, Cartoonist & Businessman - March 20, 2010
A 9-1-1 Letter to the Morgan Hill, CA Police Department - March 8, 2010
The Icky Man's Club - February 24, 2010
Kicked Out of Church - Twice - February 8, 2010
Temple Grandin - Astute Autistic - February 5, 2010
Oprah's Words Hit Home - January 19, 2010
Things That Haunt You For Life - January 8, 2010
Great Date Conclusion - Part 3 - December 15, 2009
Great Date Story (Prelude) – Part 2 - December 11, 2009
A Not So Great Date - December 10, 2009
Great Date Story – Part 1 - December 8, 2009
Me, My Bro & Barnes & Noble – More Freak-Out Tales from O.C. – Part 4 - November 22, 2009
Me, My Dad, My Bro & Calif. Pizza Kitchen: More Freak-Out Tales from O.C. - Part 3 - November 21, 2009
Me, My Dad, & Macy's: More Freak-Out Tales from O.C. - Part 2 - November 20, 2009
Me, My Dad & the Apple Store: Freak-Out Tales from O.C. - Part 1 - November 19, 2009
Relating in the Classroom – Part 5 - November 1, 2009
U.S.C. School Spirit? Yes and No. - October 17, 2009
Relating in the Classroom – and Romancing, too (Part 4) - October 1, 2009
Relating in the Classroom - and Reading in the Classroom (Part 3) - September 21, 2009
Relating in College - September 15, 2009
Relating in the Classroom - and Knowing Too Much? (Part 2) - September 10, 2009
Relating in the Classroom - With Discipline (Part 1) - September 2, 2009

Watch

Government Workers and Baboons – Same Thing - July 21, 2011
Farewell, Oprah! Thanks for the Great Shows (and the great skirt) - May 23, 2011
What is the Deeper Meaning of Life? See the documentary “I Am.” - May 15, 2011
A Wedding Toast for William and Kate - April 26, 2011
Predict Winners on American Idol (without even watching the show!) - March 5, 2011
"Waiting for Superman" - Outstanding Documentary about how Teachers' Unions Ruin our Education System - March 1, 2011
Watson the IBM Computer on "Jeopardy!" was a BUST - February 25, 2011
"The Social Network" DVD is out—Now THAT's entertainment! - January 12, 2011
Lesley Stahl's Stalled Interview with Mark Zuckerberg continued... - December 20, 2010
Lesley Stahl: MVP of the Pee Wee League of Journalism – Lame Interview with Mark Zuckerberg - December 18, 2010
The Players of "The Social Network" - December 14, 2010
“The Social Network,” Mark Zuckerberg, FaceBook, the Winklevii, Lesley Stahl’s Interview, and President Ulysses S. Grant: History Provides a Lens to View Today - December 12, 2010
Burlesque: Cher and Christina Aguleria Shine – The Movie Not So Much - December 2, 2010
Prince William and Kate Middleton Engaged - Here's to Happily Ever After! - November 16, 2010
What Baseball Fans, Politicians, and King Henry VIII Have in Common - October 23, 2010
Claire Danes - Excellent Portrayal in the "Temple Grandin" Movie - October 8, 2010
"Temple Grandin" Review - Incredible Movie About an Incredible Person - October 7, 2010
The Pat Tillman Movie - Best Documentary of 2010 - September 20, 2010
Eat Pray Love the Movie: an EPL Experience Worth Experiencing - August 14, 2010
Band of Brothers: Spirit of Brotherhood Personified; Spirit of America Exemplified - July 5, 2010
Toy Story 3: Is the Theme Similar to the FaceBook Craze? - June 24, 2010
Toy Story 3: Feast for the Eyes, Heart, and Imagination - June 23, 2010
Celebrate Father's Day with Real Fathers and TV Fathers from Friday Night Lights - June 20, 2010
Black Women Love Their Weaves (According to Chris Rock's Movie) - June 7, 2010
Chris Rock's "Good Hair" - Interesting Comments from Maya Angelou and Tracie Toms - June 1, 2010
Easy Rider and Sex and the City 2: Two Road Trip Movies from Different Generations - May 31, 2010
Sex and the City 2 = Friends & Fun & Fashion (and one FAB New Guy) - May 28, 2010
The End of An Era: Farewell to American Idol's Simon Cowell - May 26, 2010
DVD Review: "Good Hair" Is Better than Good - May 25, 2010
The Cove: BEST Documentary about the WORST Situation - May 14, 2010
Emma #1 vs. Emma #2 = America vs. Britain - April 20, 2010
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, and My Sister - April 19, 2010
Gwyneth Paltrow and My Mom - April 13, 2010
Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington: Vogue Magazine's Dynamic Duo - March 6, 2010
Anna Wintour: Psychological Insights (from behind those shades) - March 5, 2010
Add Anna Wintour to the Successful but Icky Woman’s Club - March 4, 2010
Inglourious Basterds: My Mom Would Have Loved It! - February 17, 2010
Claire Danes - Actress and Clueless Temptress - February 6, 2010
A Smell Lesson in an Irish Movie - February 1, 2010
Golden Globe Hopefuls - Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock - January 16, 2010
American Idol - More Ranting About America's Favorite TV Show - January 6, 2010
I Will Miss Paula Abdul - January 5, 2010
Broken Resolution - I Watched American Idol - January 4, 2010
New Year's Resolutions 2010 - December 14, 2009
Great Dates – Ever Had One? - December 3, 2009
Up the Movie: Uplifting, Upstanding, and Up There for Best Movie of 2009 - December 1, 2009
"Food, Inc." – If You Eat It, You Must Watch It - November 17, 2009
Have American Directors Lost Their Minds? - October 24, 2009
Gray Gardens: Not-to-Miss Documentary and HBO Movie - October 5, 2009
A Hard Day’s Night – Terrific Movie Then and Now - September 30, 2009
Valentino: Good Guy, Better Designer, Best Friend - September 14, 2009
Mad for "Mad Men" - August 31, 2009
Find Chris Issak a Wife! - August 31, 2009

Wear

Houndstooth Print - Always Fashionable (just ask Lauren Bacall) - November 6, 2011
California Style - The Santa Cruz Kind - May 28, 2011
Oprah's Farewell Dress, Gold Dress, and yes, more of her Fuchsia Skirt - May 26, 2011
A Sassy Color Makes a Sassy Outfit - May 24, 2011
Spring Time a Good Time for Dresses and Fascinators - April 23, 2011
Vintage Fashions Never Go Out of Style - and neither does fashion itself - March 18, 2011
A Peek at my Vintage Jewelry Collection - January 30, 2011
Welcome to My Closet (and it's not a pretty sight) - January 29, 2011
Golden Globes Go Emerald - January 17, 2011
All I Want for Christmas Are Fuchsia Shoes - or a Writing Career - December 21, 2010
Lace - What to Wear to a Holiday Party - December 5, 2010
Louboutin Shoes and Premiere Dresses (worn by Christina Aguilera and Blake Lively) - December 3, 2010
Bernie Madoff, Me, and Shoes: Something in Common - October 21, 2010
Fuchsia's Fashion Corner - September 24, 2010
More Skinny Models = More Body Problems - September 16, 2010
Fuchsia Woman Rates the Emmy Awards' Most Important Part: the Dresses - August 29, 2010
Normal Size Dress on "Mad Men" Looks Large - August 18, 2010
What to Wear: Try Oprah's Magazine Cover Outfit - August 1, 2010
The Dress My Mother Gave Away (just to bug me) - July 24, 2010
WEAR "Eat Pray Love"?? - July 20, 2010
Loudmouth Pants - How to Improve Your Golf Game - July 19, 2010
What to Wear: Jeffrey Campbell Shoes and a Ceil Chapman Dress (But Not Together) - June 21, 2010
Christian Dior - Emperor of Fashion Design - May 12, 2010
Christian Siriano's Fierce Fashion Book - May 11, 2010
Write Blogs = Get Shoes - April 24, 2010
Oprah's Skirt to Save the Dolphins! - March 18, 2010
The Oprah Skirt Saga Continues... - March 14, 2010
I Bought Oprah’s Skirt (Yikes!?) - March 11, 2010
FuchsiaWoman Rates the Red Carpet Dresses at the Academy Awards - March 7, 2010
Lilly Daché - Queen of Snoods and Hats of Yesteryear - January 14, 2010
Gird Your Loins for 2010 (And Make a Fashion Statement) - January 3, 2010
I’m Fascinated by Fascinators - December 2, 2009
Gone Shopping... - November 27, 2009
Maria and Nicole: Way to Strut - November 14, 2009
Ralph Lauren – You are Bad for America! - October 22, 2009
Fashion Update #2: Ridiculously-Priced Designer Clothes - October 11, 2009
Fashion Update #1: Oprah, Mad Men, Donna Karan, Valentino, Burberry - September 23, 2009
What NOT to Wear When Meeting Hippies - September 18, 2009
Celebrities Are the Same as You and I - September 9, 2009
A Passion for Fashion - August 31, 2009

Write

How to Write a Good Christmas Letter: Harder than You Think - December 18, 2011
Christmas Form Letters and eMails are Poor Form - December 11, 2011
Gwyneth Paltrow: Like What She Wears – Not What She Writes - October 19, 2011
Wild about Oscar Wilde - And Writing (but not blogging) - June 1, 2011
For the Garden Grove turned Fresno turned L.A. turned Hollywood Guy - April 21, 2011
The Value of Writing - Worth Money or Not? - March 28, 2011
The Power of Words - March 19, 2011
Writing for Shoes - A Snazzy Way to Increase Productivity - March 3, 2011
Thoughts on Creativity in the Writing Process - December 28, 2010
Thoughts on My Writing Habit – A Possible New Year’s Resolution - December 27, 2010
Better Words for Candy (Thanks to John O'Donohue) - November 27, 2010
Cartoonist Hugh MacLeod's Contest: Pick Me! - October 22, 2010
The Ethics of Blogging: When To Write and When to Abstain - September 15, 2010
Pondering My Blog – One Year Later - August 31, 2010
Anatomy of a Blog - Fuchsia Style - August 16, 2010
One Person’s Uncivil Word is Another Person's 'Mot Juste' - August 7, 2010
How NOT to Write: Like the Writer's Almanac (from July 31, 2010) - August 2, 2010
Joyce Carol Oates, Alice in Wonderland, and Bad Writing Teachers - June 17, 2010
Why Write: Thoughts on Purpose, Motivation, and Encouragement - June 10, 2010
Anne Lamott and Isabelle Allende - Common Thread in Writing - May 5, 2010
Happy Anniversary Mark Twain - April 21, 2010
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Writer With a Righteous Grudge - March 12, 2010
The End of Cursive Writing? - March 9, 2010
Reflections on Writing Blogs - February 22, 2010
Love Letters and Love Poems - February 9, 2010
The Resilient Writer: Good Adjective; Not So Good Book - January 26, 2010
Another New Year's Resolution: Get More Guts (Like Anne and Ayelet) - December 26, 2009
Christmas Wishes and Christmas Form Letters - Part 3 - December 25, 2009
More Dreaded Christmas Letters - Part 2 - December 24, 2009
Writers - Give Yourself a Christmas Gift: Your Own BLOG - December 23, 2009
What NOT to Write: Christmas Form Letters - Part 1 - December 21, 2009
What to BLOG About? Blog Topics Are Everywhere! - November 8, 2009
If You Really Want to Write, You’ll Write – Just Ask Laura Hillenbrand - November 2, 2009
The Writing Life Paradox – Stay Inside and Go Outside - October 30, 2009
Writing Is Difficult: So? - October 21, 2009
Thoughts on Writing… - October 15, 2009
Elizabeth Gilbert – Part 2: Writer's Block, Creativity & Writing - September 29, 2009
How To Write Well - September 12, 2009
The Writing Life - August 31, 2009