Category Archives: Unsolicited Advice

The cow is not for sale.

Posted on April 1, 2009 by admin

I don’t generally write much about “the sex” in this space, aside from the occasional Chuck Grassley/boobies joke, because, among other reasons, several of my colleagues—and, god knows, by this point, probably my mother—read this blog, so, really. But my … Continue reading →

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In defense of Twitter

Posted on March 30, 2009 by admin

Recently, a colleague stopped following me on Twitter because, he says, keeping up with my feed is “emotionally exhausting.” Others have panned the practice as banal, self-indulgent, time-consuming or narcissistic. And then there’s this video, which successfully, and hilariously, paints … Continue reading →

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Steve Harvey wishes you weren’t such a slut

Posted on March 25, 2009 by admin

So I was browsing through Oprah.com yesterday, for, uh, RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY, and I came across O’s interview with one of the original Kings of Comedy, Steve Harvey. Being someone who occasionally likes to “laugh” at “jokes,” I thought the … Continue reading →

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Office kitchen wars, take three

Posted on March 20, 2009 by admin

The vigilante crackdown on disgusting kitchen slobs continues. This is a bit hopey-er than my guillotine, but I feel like Barack’s expression is a bit menacing. As if he’s saying, ‘Don’t make me tell Michelle about this.’

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A question on comments

Posted on March 18, 2009 by admin

As maybe you’ve noticed, I don’t post comments on my own blog. Sometimes I’d like to, to clarify a point I made, respond to another commenter or just verbally bitch-slap somebody who I feel like is being sort of a … Continue reading →

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Breakup 2.0

Posted on February 17, 2009 by admin

Breakups have never been simple affairs. No matter how quickly we try to tear off the Band-Aid, there’s the inevitable period of disentanglement between the initial conversation (“We have to talk…”) and the final separation (“Kthxbye”). And generally, the longer … Continue reading →

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Lilly Ledbetter and the tough girl’s guide to negotiation

Posted on January 29, 2009 by admin

This morning Barack Obama signed into law the first legislation of his presidency, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, extending the statute of limitations on paycheck discrimination for men and women like Ms. Ledbetter, who earned less than her male … Continue reading →

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Sit. Stay. No Begging.

Posted on January 22, 2009 by admin

or, How to Not be a Complete Jerk at the Dog Park One of the highlights of my day is taking Henry (seen below at Capehart Dog Park in San Diego) to our local doggy park. The sun is setting, … Continue reading →

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