Humor, People

College is for Life

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Everyday our brain fabricates stories for ourselves about who we are and what we should be doing with our life. Only imagine what would happen if suddenly the national media starts covering your life. Just as everyone else, your brain will feel pressure to tell different stories, stories whose plotline is driven more by what image [Read More]
Humor, People

Finally a Politician who Speaks his Mind

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Some of Putin’s spades, taken from his first four-year term, have been collected in a slim volume called “Putinki: A Short Collection of the President’s Sayings,” and they suggest that quite a bit is going on inside that dour black suit. After a trans-Atlantic trip, Dec. 24, 2001: I wasn’t that excited about spending the night at image [Read More]
Humor, People

Attention Soccer Moms and Dads

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If your son or daughter does not want to go to soccer practice today, here is an another argument you can use to convince your couch potato and possibly too intellectual child:  “Sweetie, if you become really good at soccer, you can become rich and one day even have a private meeting with the pope.” image [Read More]
Humor, Situations

On the Trials and Tribulations of ‘Old Money’

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It can be dauntingly difficult to be rich. Here is another chapter in the humilations rich people can experience from their nouveau riche imitators. Rich vs. Richer In Palm Beach, The Old Money Isn’t Having a Ball Influx of New Wealth Sparks Spat Over Red Cross Event; Inheritance’s Smaller Role A 1930s Landmark Is Razed By ROBERT FRANK Staff Reporter of THE image [Read More]
Humor, People

A Real Run-Away Bride

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Unlike in the romantic comedy with Julia Roberts, the story of this Run-Away Bride is leaving everyone with a sour taste in their mouths. But the reaction of her uncle made me smile: “Jennifer had some issues the family was not aware of. We’re looking forward to loving her and talking to her about these image image [Read More]
Humor, People

“My Life so Far” by Jane Fonda

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MAUREEN DOWD has written a funny review of Jane Fonda’s autobiography in today’s NYT. ‘My Life So Far’: The Roles of a Lifetime One day when she was playing cowgirl in the annual bison roundup on one of the New Mexico ranches of her husband, Ted Turner, Jane Fonda realized with a jolt that she image image image [Read More]