elizabeth: Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana did something a few weeks ago that no other member of Congress has done in the open. He gave Congress the middle finger and is walking away – no re-election campaign for him. Bayh is feeling like millions of Americans are feeling – fed up, pissed off...
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Laurie: Oprah, my March issue of O Magazine arrived today. You looked lovely on the cover of course, but imagine my surprise when I turned the issue over and there on the back cover was Ellen DeGeneres! Now granted, this was an advertisement for both Olay and Cover Girl (you would think that between...
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Laurie: It occurred to me that I have an ever-growing list of things I will never do. First and foremost is anything I am told to do. I’m not saying I can’t or won’t follow instructions, but telling me I have to do something is the kiss of death. Even if it makes perfect...
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Laurie: Never say never. I sat on a wooden porch somewhere in Baroda, India, and watched a peacock stroll by with full plumage unfurled. A couple of “saints-in-training” clad in orange togas were sitting in the trees to provide spiritual support. We were on a guru’s ayurvedic farm during monsoon season, and I had...
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Laurie: Someone stopped me as I was going out of building last week and asked “Are you really going to be on the cover of O Magazine?” I had no choice but to cover for you, and believe me, it was my pleasure. They would never have understood that we have yet to...
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Laurie: I can’t believe it’s time to haul out that big folder with all the crumpled receipts and attempt to make some sense out of the mess. First, we curse. We curse because last year around this time we swore that we would neatly file all these pesky pieces of paper in a proper...
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elizabeth: There are those people who are easy to hate and deserve our fury. Hitler, Idi Amin, Charles Manson and his buddy Ted Bundy and my third grade teacher Mrs. Kaplan who tried to leave me back a grade. You get what I am saying – people who hurt a few to a few...
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elizabeth: Laurie, did you hear that our friend Oprah (we are all children of the universe so I feel comfortable calling her a friend until she elevates us to “special girlfriends”) is having an unauthorized biography coming out about her in April 2010. The Times of London reported that “Oprah’s life is next in...
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Laurie: I hope I’m not going to get my citizenship revoked. This may even be considered an international insult but I am going to risk it anyway. I am not watching the Olympics this year. Okay, pick yourself up off the floor and listen to my reasoning. I was pretty sure that I didn’t...
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