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Archive for December, 2006

Stella’s treasure chest

by Stella

( Health and Life and Sex )

Almost every woman is guilty of wearing a bra that is too large in bandwidth and too small in the cup. It’s tempting to get hung up on cup size, Oprah says—she’s been there. “I was in a C for years,” she admits. “I thought only strippers were Ds.”
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America’s true decider, Oprah, recently introduced a […]

Tales from the office

by Cedric Cedarbrook, MD

( Death and Health and Life and Mind & Brain )

Elaine
I met Elaine four years ago. Although her home attendant had to push her wheelchair into the room, Elaine cheerfully asserted her control over the visit. Her smile beamed as she greeted me with a warm “Here I am!” I soon learned it was her trademark greeting. I also noted that […]

A Redneck Riviera Xmas

by Lisa Parrish

( Family and Geography )

Greetings from the beautiful Gulf Coast of Florida! Wish I could report it was sunny and warm, but sadly it is not. Stella and I nearly froze today on a little trip out to the beach. More on that forthwith.
I rarely come to my hometown to see my parents (they’re quick to load up the […]

War on Christmas: Dispatch from the front

by TGW Staff

 

Hermie on holiday

by Pandora Brewer

No time for nice little essays this week. No intelligible thought whatsoever. My brain is a pile of brown boxes I have to unpack before Sunday. Hermie’s writer persona is on hiatus—The Abominable Snowman is out shopping.
But the sugar plum fairy is in full pirouette. There must be time for cheese, in a cheddar ball encrusted […]