In these difficult economic times, you’ve got to wonder how it’s going to go down with “Joe Six Pack” and all those other “Hockey Moms” down at the carpool when they hear about Sarah Palin’s big ticket shopping spree courtesy of the Republican National Committee. Yes, all you fiscal conservatives out there – aren’t [...]
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Parsing Sarah Palin
While I’ll be the first to admit that she wasn’t the train wreck I expected, I sat through the Vice-Presidential debate wondering if it is simply genetically impossible for Sarah Palin to answer a question with a straight answer.
I also became extremely irate when she kept repeating NU-CU-LAR, a la George Bush (whom, you [...]
Why you won’t see me marrying a NASCAR dad
My daughter and I went to our first NASCAR event at Riverhead Raceway last weekend (you can read how that came about
here) and it was a real eye opener for both of us. As my daughter commented when we waiting to buy refreshments, “It’s not at all like going to watch the US Open tennis, [...]
The more things change, the more they remain McSame
As an author of books for teens, I’m a firm believer that fiction can help young people work through feelings and situations without having to experience them. Or, at a time in their life when they feel like they are the only one who is fat, ugly, and dorky (I felt all of these and [...]
