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As the descendent of an old world Russian Jewish grandmother who spent more time preparing a chicken than I spent preparing for my wed...
Last summer my family took a trip to Israel. After my visit to one of the holiest, most magnificent and diverse destinations in ...
Nobody tells you. It’s something you have to learn for yourself, the same way girls learn to pee sitting down and boys learn to ...
If you were at a party and someone told you that a winged creature in tights would fly to your house during the night and deliver mone...
I arrived home from The 2012 Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop in Dayton, Ohio a little wiser, a little happier, and...
Photo shoots are generally reserved for those who model, act or willingly take off their clothes for poses most people would only stri...
Dog walking can be a religious experience. It’s got all the elements—dogma, movements and prophets. Each morning I har...
February 1, 2012 Dear Nabisco, I am a Mallomar maniac. I can’t get enough of that luscious graham cracker circle covered...
After twenty years of marriage, I still love my husband. Here are ten reasons why: 1. He shares three kids with m...
There’s only one thing harder than raising a child, and that’s raising a teenager. You’re suddenly faced with ...
Last Saturday I went on a blind date, something I hadn’t done since college when my date Mike brought along his dog Bandit ...
Some melodies are hard to shake. They can lodge in your brain as relentlessly as the accelerator on a Toyota. We’ve all experien...
There’s a new brand of social media and it’s spreading faster than legs on a Playboy model. It’s a photo-sharing...
As a mother of three, my days are normally consumed by the three “S”’s—schlepping, schlepping, and more schlep...
I’ve finally discovered, through Facebook, a great way to find old friends, schedule events, play games, and send virtual gifts,...
If you have a strong sense of adventure and enjoy outdoor activities like hiking, rock climbing and sweeping landmines, you’ll l...
I like to think of myself as a generous person willing to give of myself, whether of my money, time, or bodily fluids. Twice a yea...
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I’m not taking it too seriously—at least not in my parody ad for a &ld...
Going to the doctor isn’t fun. You wait for hours. You answer lots of personal questions. You get p...
If you’ve never heard of Freshly Pressed, it’s a feature on WordPress that promotes blogs. Each weekday WordPress selects ...
If you haven’t heard, asphyxiation and foot binding aren’t just for waterboarding anymore. Water torture has a froze...
December is a time of year steeped in tradition—a time when we catch the holiday spirit, a time when we celebrate with fami...
Dear Facebook User, As you know, we here at Facebook encourage you to share everything about yourself— birthdays,...
Some things are easy to take for granted, like Christmas. People get caught up in the hoopla and forget that not everyone in the w...
WARNING: This may include content that is mildly rude and not appropriate for young children, animal rights activists, or Yogi B...