Since I’m independently wealthy and don’t need to do actual work, I find myself with a lot of spare time on my hands. In fact, I am one of those ladies who lunches. These meals, generally taken with friends of my ilk, last hours, sometimes even days, and involve lots of sparkling convo and bubbly [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 19, 2009
Westboro Baptist Church in VT? A Dream Come True.
Dear besties, I cannot tell you how excited I am. OK, I’ll tell you. On Sept. 1, in the year of our lord two thousand niner, Fred Phelps, the hate-spewing sign-monger from Kansas, will be gracing us with his presence here in the Green Mountain State. Well, he’ll probably just be sending his minions, and [...]
August 11, 2009
Orgasm, Inc. and Other Sexy-Time Issues
Dear besties, I just got off the phone with documentarian and Dartmouth College “Visionary-in-Residence” Liz Canner, with whom I was speaking about her provocative new flick called “Orgasm, Inc: The Strange Science of Female Pleasure.” If I can get my mind out of the gutter long enough, I intend to write about her film for [...]
August 7, 2009
Going Once, Going Twice, Sold to the Sunpoisoned Reporter
Dear besties, It’s been a while since I typed out a post just for you. I know I’ve been double-dipping lately- slapping stuff on this site that I’ve written for my new employer, Seven Days. In the daily newspaper business from whence I came, we call that “repurposing” or “reverse publishing.” If I were you- [...]
