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Be still, my cougar heart!

Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008

Six months after he won the title of American Idol, my way-too-young-for-me heartthrob, David Cook, is releasing his first CD today.

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Farewell to normalcy

Monday, Nov. 17, 2008

President-elect Obama and his wife, Michelle, appeared on a lengthy segment of "60 MInutes" last night. I was struck by how normal they both seemed. Normal, smart and articulate people (and clearly hot for one another), who are just starting to realize that their lives will never be normal again.

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Why I'm not into Bond-age

Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008

Oh, I comprehend the appeal of the quintessentially cool, modern Renaissance man who can fend off five would-be assailants then, seconds later, mix two perfect martinis (shaken, not stirred), and bed a gorgeous woman before she can fish the olive out of the glass. I get it. It’s a guy thing.

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General Dunwoody, we salute you!

Friday, Nov. 14, 2008

After 33 years in the Army, BoomerGirl Ann E. Dunwoody became the first female four-star general in U.S. military history today. My question is, what took them so long?

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Remembering our vets, and those who loved them

Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008

This Veteran's Day, as I take in all the images of family members visiting the graves of their loved ones, I think there but for the grace of God go I.

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RIP, Ugly Dog

Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008

Gus, the one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world's ugliest pooch for 2008, has died in Florida.

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She's got legs, she knows how to use them

Monday, Nov. 10, 2008

That old ZZ Top song might have been written for Svetlana Pankratova, the woman with the world's longest legs...a whopping 51.9 inches long, to be exact. That's 15.1 inches shy of my entire height!

Reflecting on real change

Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008

It was no small thing when my mother’s station wagon pulled into Donna’s driveway on a cul-de-sac teeming with black children playing street games on a warm, spring evening.

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About that dress...

Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008

Here's the scoop on that red-and-black dress worn by Michelle Obama Tuesday night.

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Life by number: A historic first

Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008

America elected our first president of color. Decidedly. No questions. No doubt. I know I wasn't the only woman of my generation who was moved to tears last night.

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Would it matter?

Monday, Nov. 3, 2008

Designed by Tor Myhren, Creative Director at Grey Advertising in New York, this poster provokes a lot of timely questions.

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...and not a minute too soon

Friday, Oct. 31, 2008

We don't "fall back" until tomorrow night but I can't wait for Daylight Savings Time to be over, and here's why.

Top 20 best part-time jobs for boomers

Friday, Oct. 24, 2008

With all the talk about how most of us will NEVER get to retire completely, perhaps you'd be interested in this list from Newsday and Careerbuilder.com.

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A 51-year survivor remembers

Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008

When a woman was diagnosed with breast cancer in the 1950s, there was no one to turn to, no one to talk to. An 88-year-old survivor has lived to tell the tale.

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Cupcakes for a cause

Monday, Oct. 20, 2008

Cupcakes! The perfect comfort food. Visually appealing and sweet, but proportionally correct so as not to derail your diet. This week, you can have your cupcake and help fight cancer in kids, too. Find out how....

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