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Women, careers, big cities, and other thoughts

April 30, 2009

I’ve been thinking a lot about women lately.  I’ve seen a couple articles floating around online about the role of women in the workplace, with children, and so on.  Penelope Trunk talks a lot about it in her blog (which you can Google because I’m still undecided whether I want to link to her).   While I’m convinced that she’s having a mental breakdown, in the meantime, she is running a company and taking care of two children, one of ...

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Why we all sometimes need a Roman Holiday

April 26, 2009

I just finished watching Roman Holiday with Mr. B, who harbors a long-time crush on Audrey Hepburn, cause he’s classy like that.  It’s actually one of the reasons I admire him most.  I like to think that, not being able to marry Audrey, he saw me as the second-best choice. I also like to think that I will lose 5 lbs simply by switching to low-fat ice cream.  I live in delusion-land sometimes.  Come join me, it’s great over here ...

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יום השועה

April 21, 2009

My mom calls me. “Do you have a candle,” she asks. “No..”  I think of all the Glade scented candles I have.  She can’t mean those.   Her voice sounds serious. “Why not?  Don’t you know what day it is?” I start to panic.  I didn’t know.  I felt like I failed some sort of Jew test. “No.  What day is it?” “It’s Holocaust Memorial Day.  Go light a candle.” Oh, I had candles.  But,I wasn’t going to light a ...

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