I just got back from getting a massage, and I feel like THIS. You’re judging me, right? Dude, a few years ago I would totally have judged me. Oh how nice for her, precious little prissypants, getting a massage because she doesn’t have a real job.  I bet she puts her feet up on her velvet footstool […]

When I was a kid, I used to wake up gently and look around my beloved bedroom. Ahhh. Blue and white quilt snugly over me, the dresser with my treasured knicknacks on it, sun gilding the peaceful scene. So serene, so wholesome. And then?  I’d wake up again, for real. Only this time my room […]

It’s an odd thing about humans; we get almost as much pleasure savoring what’s coming as we do from the experience itself. This is why I want you to plan for joy. I think this might have something to do with dopamine, but I don’t really care– I just know that I derive an immense […]

  Last week, in a speech at NYU, Hillary Rodham Clinton quoted Eleanor Roosevelt.  (This photo is just a joke, ok, Secret Service?  Hillary is my BFF; she just might not know it yet.) “Women in politics or public roles should grow skin like a rhinoceros,” she said.  I instantly felt the zing of truth: yes! […]

  Nothing’s worse than a bad Valentine’s Day.  The cheap heart-shaped chocolates, the red polyester negligee…and the eager expectation of what’s going to happen next.  We’ve all been there. So if you’re single, breathe a sigh of relief with me.  It’s so fantastic to be single on Valentine’s Day! Right?  Riiiight??? I hear a lot […]