“Brenda, I appreciate your flexibility with scheduling. I am only in San Francisco today.” “My pleasure, Oprah, when your producer called I was gobsmaked. Do I call you Oprah?” “’Gobsmaked?” “Brit slang means surprised, astonished.” “I see. Yes, Oprah is what all my friends call me. Brenda, now that my show is over, I have [...]
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After her last show Oprah’s agent asked, “What are you going to do now?” Normally, the response is something like I am going to Disney World, or I am going to have a bowl of Wheaties Cereal’. You can imagine my surprise when she said, “We’re going to interview my non-stalker writer friend in San [...]
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“To have super powers”, Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben said before he was slain, “with great power comes responsibility”. I’ve given this topic consideration, truly, I have. I simply do not want that sort of responsibility. True, to be able to leap tall buildings instead of taking the elevator, or being gifted with laser vision so [...]
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It struck me hard as I hobbled out the front door this morning—hobbled due to a tumble I took last night carrying the groceries from the back of the SUV to the front door, which saw me face down on the wet grass looking into the Moorish green eyes of a snarky bug—that I need [...]
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You wouldn’t know it to look at me, but I have something in common with Fleetwood Mac-we’re all about the drama. Stevie Nicks uttered those very words to her fans at one of their concerts, which made it to a CD, “you know us, and we’re all about the drama. I was in the front [...]
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