September 2008

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

The New Year

This is the Gaon (Genius) of Vilna, allegedly my ancestorIt is the new year for us Hebrews (as we were called at Ellis Island) or Israelites (as we're called in France, because Juifs is too reminiscent of the Nazi occupation). My father used to say he...

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Come see a McCain in Newport Beach!

Ok, it's not Senator John McCain, but for the young folks, this might be better...***Come Meet & Greet: Meghan McCain, Tuesday, September 30, 2008 For Margaritas With Future Leaders The Republican Party of Orange County Scott R. Baugh,...

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Senator Joe Biden Dropping Out?

Yes I know, I know...everything on the internet is completely true and never made up...However, this rumor is too fun to pass up...and it's not Newport Beach related...Taken from Foxnews.com...The story line goes as follows: John McCain’s selection of...

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Update: the Search for Organic Whey Powder

Bovine growth hormones: Does she or doesn't she?I wrote quite a while back about my search for protein powder without soy or rBGH--recombinant bovine growth hormone. I finally found Jay Robb Unflavored Whey Protein Isolate from non-hormone-ated cows...

Monday, September 22, 2008

Back in the Saddle

Ceci n'est pas une Cancer Bitch.Friday I was riding my bike to French yoga at the Alliance Francaise. (It's yoga with instructions in French.) At the stoplight at Fullerton and Lincoln I heard my name. It was M, whom I hadn't seen since BC (before cancer)....

Friday, September 19, 2008

Newport Centric OCGOP Events

...it's been a long time...Taken from the Republican Party of Orange County's calendar, here's a list of upcoming events in and around Newport Beach.Monday, 9/22/086:00 PMSpecial Event Team Irvine FundraiserTo Benefit Christina Shea For Mayor, Steven...

Monday, September 15, 2008

For the Girl Who Has Everything...

LINK: I found these (above link) while I was looking for something else. A Chicago Daily News columnist, Sidney J. Harris, used to write occasionally about things he found out while looking up something else. So here's to Sidney Harris, who died in 1986,...

Wind and Water

It rained here in Chicago for almost two days straight, flooding some neighborhoods and suburbs and I kept thinking that this is what it's like in Houston, though I knew it wasn't. In Houston it had stopped raining and there was flooding but mostly devastating...

Monday, September 8, 2008

This is not a picture of Ikea.

Everyone thinks that Dante said the lowest rung in hell is reserved for the neutrals. Actually, he said something much subtler than that. But we will continue with this idea. I am trying to figure out why Ikea is so awful, both going to, being there,...

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Cara cepat mendapatkan Informasi

Mencari cari informasi melalui jendela browser sangatlah menyenangkan, kesenangan itu akan bertambah ketika kita mendapatkan informasi sesuai dengan yang kita inginkan. Seringkali kegiatan inikita lakukan, terutama bagi Anda terbiasa melakukan browsing...

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Paid to Review

Paid to Review atau PTR merupakan salah satu cara kita untuk monetize blog, dimana kita akan di bayar untuk setiap review yang kita buat. Review yang kita ambil dan kita tulis bisa kita sesuaikan dengan minat atau tema yang sesuai dengan minat kita....

Friday, September 5, 2008

This Mortal Coil

So I'm filling out the marketing questionnaire for The Adventures of Cancer Bitch. This means I'm listing possible reviewers and interviewers who might be interested in me and the book. So I'm looking at the press list from my last book, looking up reviewers....

Songs of the 60s

I listened to the conventions. I didn't watch much of the Dems on TV, except for one night at an Obama party. I've been listening to the Republicans on the radio. As part of the film about McCain's life, the sonorous narrator tells us that he survived...

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Things happen/Origin of the specious

Heather Bruce, Sarah Palin's older sister, with whom Bristol Palin lived last spring, said that Bristol is "just a sweet girl and things happen in a family." Apparently that is the family motto, on some things. Pregnancy happens. (When you don't educate...

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

New Idea for Prosthetic Breast/Sarah Palin

No, the fish isn't the new prosthetic breast. The fish has to do with the next paragraph. As Cancer Bitch, I feel obliged to bring you the news of breakthroughs in breast replacements. Here's one I hadn't thought of: A cross-dressing thief was using...

Jackie Heather....Miss Newport forever!

Having a meeting with former Mayor Jackie Heather in 1986 at her comfortable little home was a rare treat. Here is this older surfer guy.....who wants to run for City Council and in his naivete believes he should go to someone that reallyknows their...

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

War Against the Squirrels

When I first came to the Midwest (never having heard the term "Midwest" and thinking that Chicago was the East, near New York, but that's another story) to go to Well-Regarded University, I fell in love with the squirrels on campus. They had no predators...