@ Nattjenta Moon -

Hugh Jackman.  Uh huh.

Is that you in the picture?  Your hair is beautiful.

Wishing you a great weekend,  E

L#2

Dear Downtrodden,

Your BF sounds like an ideal friend.  Maybe you two aren’t meant to be.  Maybe he’s lazy in the romance department.  Maybe he’s just not that into you.  Maybe there’s more to him than you know.  Whatever the case you deserve to sail to the stars in a love relationship - why settle for the beautiful but permanently docked spaceship?  Tell him you’ve been thinking that maybe you two should not be exclusive.  See if that creates a spark in him.

I wonder how much of the story of his previous romance is the truth and how much is a cover.    

Wishing you much love and happiness,  E

L#1

Dear Lucky,

Some people are foolish and say foolish things.  Smile as you shake your head in disagreement and say something pleasant like "hi there - have a great day" so that you can disarm them instead of engaging any more of their idiot buttons.

Your complaints don’t compare to the buffoonish strangers who view a woman’s  baby bump as license to touch her belly or stare at her breasts and ask if she’ll be nursing.  

Wishing you and your family patience and wisdom,  E

The plastic surgery reportedly spiraled after the Pepsi Cola fire - I believe that is likely true.  The video of the aftermath on MJ’s scalp and beyond was frightening to watch.  He already suffered from identity issues before the fire - one can only imagine how extensive burn traumas to your head and face would effect someone as hyper-sensitive as MJ.  His relationship to dad was a complex one just as are all such narcissistic parent-child abuse and confusion relationships.  As for anyone saying that MJ was not abused - well MJ said so himself.  Papa Joe is still alive - when he kicks the bucket the kids will finally have permission from themselves to expell all the crap they dealt with.

MJ confused me.  I’d been a big fan of the J5 when I was a goofy little girl buying their 45’s and spinning them on my little red suitcase turntable (in between "rides" my Barbie and Skipper would take on it!).  He was so ‘Pop’ that I just had to turn my back on him in my teens and beyond.  Later I wanted to like him but it all just got so icky … over and over and over.  His behavior and energy walked like a duck and he did nothing to alter that perception and heal his image.  Now I just wish that his kids will eclipse it all and do surprisingly well and it would all just go away and ….  Oy gevalt.  I’d like to watch about 10 minutes of the movie.

L#2

Dear S in W,

"Am I wrong to be upset?"

No, you are right. 

Wishing you clarity,  E

L#1

Dear DS,

Margo’s advice is is very sensible and you’d likely do well to follow it.  I’ll add that you might consider having your husband examined by an MD to see if he’s picked up any "fleas" in the exchange with the stripper. Is he getting any counseling for the alcoholism - it should also be on his to do list.

As for you, well, if you are unable to stop returning to the rendezvous please seek some healing/guidance/therapy through whichever process is the best fit and most expansive for you.

Wishing you and your husband well,  E

That the friend-count aspect of Facebook and Twitter doesn’t point out the shallow, maipulative ego driven underbelly of these sites is disappointing.   

Wild and wooly.  Ha!  You made me think of Mike Myers as Austin Powers <shuddering>.  Jon is beautiful though.

So much sexier to make the best of what you’ve got - faux is so … desperate.  

It is so disappointing when someone you grow to depend on for moral and ethical leadership turns out to be corrupt.  Just how wealthy is Rangel that he could have a bookeeping oversight to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars?  If we are to believe that he is capable of such an oversight could we even trust him to walk the dog on time?  Nevermind what Pelosi ought to do - Rangel needs to do the right thing for his nation, constituents, party, family and himself by gathering up his courage, stepping out into the light of truth and resign.

I wish Mr. and Mrs. K-T much happiness and good fortune in the future.

How thrilled must The Donald be that his Ivanka grew up to be so talented, bright, charismatic and all the while completely respectable?  I’d bet the farm that he’s had more than one private moment on his knees (or in the mirror?) thanking his higher power.  Ivanka, independant of her father, is exactly what our popular culture should be spoon-feeding the masses.  Instead we creep along like bottom-feeders in the hazy yellow bathwater of sex tape alumni like Hilton and Kardashian.  

Oh bah Deber.

Copying and pasting quotes will not win over anyone.

The statement you quote above seeks to define Americans as only those who agree with it, as well as defining anyone who disagrees with it as less than hard-working - therefore it is tacitly flawed.   There are many intelligent, red-blooded, patriotic and hard-working Americans who disagree with that ideaology.  In fact history bears out that runaway deficits have only occured when the POTUS is of the GOP persuasion - with Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush creating the highest ever percentage of increase.  Each and every POTUS since FDR belonging to the Democratic Party has effected a distinct decrease in the national debt.  As for taxes they will likely have to go up to counter the wreckless bleeding of our accounts during the GW Bush era and not due to taking care of our nations sick and poor.

Mr. wOw - Lucky you to get to go to The Metropolitan Museum of Art whenever you want.  Haven’t been there in so long.  Soak in all of that inspiration this weekend and you will have done a lot. Whatever you do remember to have fun  =)

What we have is a government owned and run by the banks and big business instead of one of the people, by the people, for the people.  Our current economic shipwreck - as well as the downwardly spiraling, pornographic,  coarse, dog eat dog nature of our popular culture - has everything to do with the size of Ken Lewis’ paycheck.