Physically, I’m far from attractive. But I would never let someone take a knife to my face or inject it with stuff to make it smoother and more “youthful.” For one thing pillowfaces just look weird, not young. My livelihood doesn’t depend on my looks. If it did I certainly wouldn’t ruin my appearance the…
“I can’t do this to me!”
November 27, 2013
One of the funniest cartoons I ever saw showed Senator Joseph McCarthy as a spider all wound up in his own web—trapped, struggling, shouting, “I can’t do this to me!” I wish I could remember the cartoonist’s name. That’s one of my favorite lines. I’ve used it for years whenever someone self-implodes. Alec Baldwin’s TV…
The Elephant in the Room
September 8, 2013
Some of us see the elephant in the room. It takes many forms. I found a great article titled “Feminism: Unpopular because of bad marketing?” by Meghan Murphy. In it she says: And it isn’t only men who might react negatively to the argument that perhaps there is something troubling about the fact that, while…