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goodbye
Sometimes, the Best Decisions Are the Ones That Are Made for You
Here's my last round of layoff horror stories: my own! So, let me just say, as I eeeease out of the office: About a month ago, worried for some reason I couldn't place... More »
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By SheilaComment by Mysterious Skin: If Sheila really cared about you numnuts she would have attended that farewell party you planned for her. Sheila is destined... 18 Responses | Other threads
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Vice
OMG! Are You Worried About Third-Hand Smoke?
We love to ingest smoke the old-fashioned way: straight into our lungs. Second-hand smoke will do in a pinch. But third-hand smoke? What kind of smoking hysteria is that? More »
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By SheilaComment by drunkexpatwriter: Man, there is such a fucking industry dedicated to scaring the crap out of people about smoking. And I'm so... 23 Responses | Other threads
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Books
Holocaust Memoir Cancelled to Save Oprah's Heart
The maybe-fake Holocaust memoir we told you about—by Herman Rosenblat, who says he married the girl who tossed him apples over the fence when he was a boy in a concentration camp—has been cancelled. More »
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By SheilaComment by Richard Lawson: "OK, OK. I lied. They were polka dot pajamas." 16 Responses | Other threads
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Politics
How Many Times Can Caroline Kennedy Say 'You Know' in Under a Minute?
Aspiring senator Caroline Kennedy might want to hire a vocal coach in addition to her PR help. Today's NYT headline reads "As a Candidate, Kennedy Is Eloquent but Elusive," but the accompanying audio clip says:
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By SheilaComment by MisterHippity: Hey, everybody! Let's help the New York Times write a better headline! They've made two attempts so far, but they... 23 Responses | Other threads
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Trends
The NYT Discovers Xanax Lit
Chick lit is tired! We predict Xanax lit in 2009. In this week's Modern Love, we learn the perils of what happens when a breast-cancer patient cops an unauthorized Xanax in the waiting room before a biopsy. More »
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By SheilaComment by Xylo: I don't get it. They're pretty much the same drug - benzodiazepine, anxiolytic: [en.wikipedia.org] 23 Responses | Other threads
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Magazines
Radar: The Final Insult
Radar magazine died a particularly gruesome death in its third iteration: bought by AMI, its website was gutted and replaced by a terrible Zombie Radar. Now, print mag subscribers received one last insult via postcard: More »
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By SheilaComment by Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): Lets concentrate on the IMPORTANT things here folks! Like how we can get a MUCH better pictiure of that cover..... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Week in Review
The Week We Got Thee Behind Us, Santa
Even Christmas was a disappointment this year. Can we move on to 2009 already? This week, it was the holi-daze! More »
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By SheilaComment by bigleggedwoman: I love all the Sheila posts today. Miss you already! Here's why my Christmas was good: got the day off, then... 14 Responses | Other threads
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Trends
Desperate Retailers Want Us to Spend Even More
It's amusing to watch retailers squirm and cry about disappointing holiday sales. What part of "we don't have money" don't they understand? That's what happens when you balance an economy on consumerism and debt! More »
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By SheilaComment by kitkatsplash: I'm engaged to a Bankruptcy lawyer. I know of about 7 huge retailers that are about to run out... 14 Responses | Other threads
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Trends
So, What Did You Guys Get for Christmas?
Anything homemade or stolen, as predicted? Anything howlingly inappropriate? Did people totally cheap out this year and use the economy as an excuse? More »
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By SheilaComment by DennyCrane: I got a home beer-making kit for Hanukkah. So I can't really complain. 11 Responses | Other threads
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Pop Culture
Palin Will Never Quit Us in 2009
Did anyone receive a new calendar for Christmas? (I got a puppy one.) Perhaps you received the Sarah Palin 2009 calendar—it's the #1 most popular "Office Product" on Amazon! More »
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By SheilaComment by steveholtsmother: Not that I wish her ill harm, but I keep thinking of Two-Face in Batman Forever, "Why won't you just... 6 Responses | Other threads
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TV
Sopranos Actor Commits Suicide
Sadly, suicides (and pet deaths) rise during the holidays. John Costelloe, the actor best known for playing Johnny Cakes on the Sopranos, was found dead in from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. More »
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By SheilaComment by Mymoustache: Was he just found? Cuz if so, maybe killing yourself and nobody noticing for a week might be an explanation. 3 Responses | Other threads
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obama
How Obama (and the Paparazzi) Spent His Christmas Vacation
Obama attended a private memorial service for the grandmother who helped raise him, Madelyn Dunham, in Hawaii. He and family members scattered her ashes in the Pacific. They weren't alone: the trusty paparazzi came along, too!
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By SheilaComment by contradicto: No word on how Obama broke the law spreading the ashes? 6 Responses | Other threads
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Christmas
Merry Christmas from a Prehistoric LOLCat
That's it from us today. We're taking tomorrow off and will be back up and running on Friday. Have a wonderful Christmas/FourthFifthDay of Hannukah/Thursday. More »
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By SheilaComment by bjonston: Hey, is Hippity hosting the Top Chef Liveblog tonight? I turned down dinner plans with my parents not to... 18 Responses | Other threads
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The Internet
Great, Now We're Going to Have to Use Facebook
When you get laid off, you have to give people a new way to get in touch with you. Now we're regretting that, unlike Portfolio's Jeff Bercovici, we never became an "accidental Facebook slut." More »
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By SheilaComment by Baroness: My social networking site is GarboNet- for people who vant (sic) to be left alone. Elusiveness, numbness and Weltschmerz are prized,... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Scandal
Another Madoff Victim: L'Oreal Heiriess Who Invested Through Suicide Banker
Liliane Bettencourt, who London's Times describes as "the world’s wealthiest woman and heiress to the L'Oreal empire," is another victim of Madoff. Amazingly, this is probably the least of her current problems. More »
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By SheilaComment by BookishLookish: At the height of the French-hating hysteria a few years ago, this good lady could've thrown a Free Makeup Day... 8 Responses | Other threads
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bloglash
Courtney Love to World: Merry F**cking Christmas
Courtney Love, our favorite rock star/experimental meta-blogger, clearly on an all-night blogging bender, warns that if we're expecting a happy Christmas story from her, then "think again..." More »
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By SheilaComment by SinisterRouge: Good thing for her that Kurt ate a bullet. He would have divorced her ass by 96. 5 Responses | Other threads
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Celebrity science
Peaches' Hipster Williamsburg Marriage a Sham! Duh.
New Williamsburg It girl, the Nylon-'working' 19-year-old Brit tabloid smash (and washed-up rockstar daughter!) that is Peaches Geldof, has so pulled the second-oldest trick in the book: More »
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By SheilaComment by eXXX: Remind me why I can't marry another dude again? 8 Responses | Other threads
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Books
Maybe-Fake Holocaust Memoirist to Break Oprah's Heart
Uh-oh: Oprah fell in love with another memoirist, and we all know what happened last time. Herman Rosenblat has twice been on her show for his touching story of the Holocaust and long-lost love. More »
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By SheilaComment by caligulash: Don't forget another Opra hero: the Professional Holocaust Survivor and fake memoirist extraordinaire, Elie Wiesel (the post 1997 June war... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Holiday memories
"Why Don't You Just Invite the Police Over This Year?"
Yesterday, we explored the emotional resentment that the gift of a Paul Smith jacket can dredge up. Then you shared your stories! This season is truly about failing to connect with our loved ones. More »
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By SheilaComment by howdybeep (runs with monkey wrenches): So there it is, Christmas morning, and my mom and dad and I are huddled around the Christmas tree, enjoying... 16 Responses | Other threads
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Books
Malcolm Gladwell Really Wants You to Know About His Cousin
Once we said 'hi' to Malcolm Gladwell at a party, but then Julia Allison came up and was all "blahblahblahbla." That ruined our chance to ask if Colin Powell was really his cousin. More »
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By SheilaComment by Botswana Meat Commission FC: My wife's family is Jamaican and apparently there's some rule that every single Jamaican she ever meets here in the... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Holiday memories
"Is That Why You're Crying?"
To be sure, the holiday season is stressful. If it's not about hiding your drug use from your dysfunctional family, it's about your crushing inability to find a proper gift for your significant other. More »
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By SheilaComment by Richard Lawson: Last year, on Christmas Eve, my cat died. So that was nice. 32 Responses | Other threads
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Books
Relapses Will Not Stall Your Redemptive Memoir
A drunk-driving "thing" will not stall former Full House child star/meth addict Jodi Sweetin's six-figure redemptive memoir with Simon & Schuster. Good to know. More » -
Photo Gallery
First Snow in New York
How many times today has a coworker of yours looked out the window and shrieked "IT'S SNOWING!"? Everybody's flipping out. Check out the snow-gallery and remember how pretty it was before the sleet started. More »
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By SheilaComment by tammyfey: Regarding IThink, Joanof and DumbCommenter above, I thought this sort of blight was supposed to be killed on sight now.... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Science
We're All Still Cruel at Heart
Recently, scientists repeated the Milgram test, reports the BBC, which demonstrated normal people's willingness to inflict pain on others, and guess what? There's no difference today. More »
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By SheilaComment by EleanorRigby: Displacement of responsibility, Kitty Genovese...social psych 101. 10 Responses | Other threads
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Cancelling christmas
Molesters Ruin Kids' Letters to, Belief in, Santa Claus
It's like the razors-in-the-apples Halloween urban legend: one bad kid-hating apple ruins it for everyone. People used to visit the post office and cheerfully respond to letters addressed to "Santa, North Pole." No more. More »
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By SheilaComment by harvey_wallpaper: there's nothing christmassier than the ball of weirdness that forms in your stomach when hindsight reveals that as a child... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Pic Of The Day
Bail This Out
Detroiters line up today for items like food, toiletries, and toys in one of the poorest areas in the country, with a vast underclass and barely-perceptible aboveground economy colliding with the long-dead auto industry. [Getty] More »
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By SheilaComment by WackoJacko: Yay, I'm flying there to for the holidays for 11 whole fucking days on Wednesday! Does anybody want me to... 17 Responses | Other threads
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Celebrity
What Might've Caused Jeremy Piven's 'Mercury Poisoning'?
We gotta hand it to actor Jeremy Piven: 'mercury poisoning,' unlike 'exhaustion' or 'dehydration,' is an excuse we've never heard from a celeb. Let's help diagnose him—what could have caused it? More »
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By SheilaComment by eXXX: Other side effect: utter douchebaggery 6 Responses | Other threads
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Pop Culture
Buy the Luv-Beds from the Real World Brooklyn
Would you like to buy the actual Ikea beds from the Real World Brooklyn? The reality stars might have, you know, done it in said beds. Now you can. STD screening not included. More »
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By SheilaComment by Housebroken(mostly): I always expect a couple extra screws when I get furniture from Ikea........ (anyone want to take it from here?) 3 Responses | Other threads
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the help
Who Will Bail Out the Yolandas and Yvettes of the World?
Are you ready for MASS NANNY/MAID LAYOFFS? We're sure that Manhattan nanny Yvette is touched that her former employers are reaching out to the good people of Craigslist to help her find a new job. More »
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By SheilaComment by overunderover: At first glance, I saw the 718 number and was like - Huh? No one in Queens has a nanny.... 7 Responses | Other threads
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