This post is dedicated to BT — Business Team Group, Inc., a business-selling firm in California; Ian MacLachlan (President), Donald Baum (Managing Partner), William Kramer (broker) (More on these folks later…) *************** As Madame President (inside joke; to be explained later) I hereby decree this day — Valentine’s Day February 14, 2017 — NO NEGATIVITY … Read more
There are good lawyers and bad lawyers. And then there are the really bad lawyers. Most people avoid the latter two categories. But a group of attorneys celebrate the worst of the really bad with their organization called Litigating Atrocious Lawyers Association. Every year they hold a banquet at the Baloney Bar and Grill in Fashion Island, Newport Beach, California. Here is the story of this year’s top award winner, Rhianna Hewes. …Read more »
I’ve never met a guy who didn’t like chicken wings. Maybe it’s evolutionary biology where a primitive brain center is triggered. Like when Oog the Caveman felt a pleasure response after he clubbed a wild bird and tossed it in a fire pit. Zaps was no exception. He scarfed the wings half a dozen at a time. I … Read more
I explained to Zaps the purpose of my many-pronged plan: to discredit my ex-family as members of the human race and expose them as members of their true race—rodentia. They were slopping up the world in general—America in particular—and me specifically. But first I had to explain a little about myself. It went more or … Read more
I rushed around my kitchen. (One of those very few times you wish you were a more Martha-type person.) I assembled a tray: pitcher of iced organic green tea, two glasses, and napkins. What the heck—at the last second I added a plate of lemon CocoRoons—a nice hospitality flair. Not that I was trying to … Read more
Before I recount the Stockholm Syndrome situation, I have to shift into reverse chronologically in my story line. That’s the liberating quality about writing a memoir. You can write it any way you want. There’s no standard format. No MFA-approved guidelines. No how-to-get-it-published hard and fast rules. You can jump around time-wise and subject-wise willy … Read more
Twonkette here. Are you with me so far? (Favorite line from “Life in the Fast Lane.” Also like the line: “She was terminally pretty.” Note to girls: You will get over the notion of wanting to be that. However, it will take a while. Just don’t go into show business.) Back to the fast lane… … Read more
Prologue: My name is Twonkette McGillicuddy. I’m telling my story. I don’t need an alias. I’m telling the truth. I can be rebellious. Had to be. On account of the way I was born—a white middle child, in a middle class home, in the middle of suburbia, in the middle of the 1960s. But wait, … Read more
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