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“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
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I'm not working right now because I can't pull myself into the right frame of mind, so to speak. I'm in tatters. My brain brok... -
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Self-Portrait The first time I went into the mental hospital was in early 2014. I'd been fired from my job at the end of Nove...
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That woman in Jaws who yells “Twenty-four hours is like three weeks!” has irked me since I was 7 years old. Or by her math, 45 years old. -
Ellen Lubin-Sherman Some years back I did some editing for a style/fashion writer in NYC, Ellen Lubin-Sherman . She was a hoot. She once tol... -
I wandered into the TV room where my little brother was splayed out on the rug watching Miami Vice. I had just turned fourteen and my room... -
Jaws is my favorite movie, but to be frank, I hated the book. I don't like Peter Benchley's writing at all, may he rest in peace. Th... -
Self-Portrait The first time I went into the mental hospital was in early 2014. I'd been fired from my job at the end of Nove... -
A Short Primer for the Spiritually Conflicted If your thousands-of-years-old religion's definition of "dec... -
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