Herspectives by Women with something to say

Ageism jokes are no laughing matter
Posted by Women with something to say on May 8th, 2008

By Jane Glenn Haas 0 The Orange County Register What's so funny about getting older? How come people over 70 ...

Feel like a celeb — faux sure!
Posted by Women with something to say on May 6th, 2008

By Lori Borgman - McClatchy Newspapers Time magazine reports that you can now hire personal paparazzi to follow you around ...

Ode to the day trip
Posted by Women with something to say on Apr 25th, 2008

By Joanne Schiffbauer All over America, families are planning trips to amusement parks. The anticipation is kind of like that ...

You're gonna lose, whichever you choose
Posted by Women with something to say on Apr 14th, 2008

By Lori Borgman - McClatchy Newspapers The college kid asked if I thought she should wear a light jacket or ...

She's lost her mojo
Posted by Women with something to say on Apr 3rd, 2008

By Mary C. Curtis - McClatchy Newspapers I've lost my basketball mojo. I realized it at work, as a group ...

Mizz B's car goes chk-chk-chk
Posted by Women with something to say on Mar 31st, 2008

By Lori Borgman - McClatchy Newspapers I believe you should hang onto a decent mechanic for the same reason you ...

Take a nap … please!
Posted by Women with something to say on Mar 22nd, 2008

By Mary Lou Aguirre - McClatchy Newspapers I never considered myself in the same league as Thomas Edison, Salvador Dali ...

It's a bleepity-bleep world on TV these days
Posted by Women with something to say on Mar 15th, 2008

By Celia Rivenbark Diane Keaton started it. Dropped the F-bomb right on "Good Morning America" just as Aunt Sudavee was ...

Dear Oprah: Please cut me some slack
Posted by Women with something to say on Mar 9th, 2008

Dear Oprah, How are you? I am fine. Well, actually, I'm not so fine considering I woke up with night ...

Hubby's beard elicits perplexing comments
Posted by Women with something to say on Mar 6th, 2008

By Celia Rivenbark Duh-hubby's New Year's resolution was to grow a beard and, so far, so good. It's going to ...

Reach out and avoid someone
Posted by Women with something to say on Mar 5th, 2008

By Jeanne Marie Laskas, Special to The Washington Post Finally, a cellphone service available to everyone, everywhere — free! No ...

Take the diva dive with pride (and pain)
Posted by Women with something to say on Mar 1st, 2008

By Lori Borgman - McClatchy Newspapers There are times when you simply need to break out of the mold, raise ...

High-tech world dumbs us down
Posted by Women with something to say on Feb 26th, 2008

By Lori Borgman - McClatchy Newspapers The more computers do for me, the less I do for myself. Our son ...

This time, I mean it
Posted by Women with something to say on Feb 23rd, 2008

By Joanne Palmer I am a liar. This is a hard thing to admit, especially in print, because up until ...

Putting your best face floorward
Posted by Women with something to say on Feb 14th, 2008

By Celia Rivenbark My dad was in the hospital last week and I realized, while sitting in the emergency department ...

A political clean sweep
Posted by Women with something to say on Feb 12th, 2008

After spending this sunny yet frigid winter morning accomplishing household tasks that, no matter what, refuse to stay done, my ...

Education, no emollients
Posted by Women with something to say on Feb 8th, 2008

By Susan Ager - Detroit Free Press Standing naked in the warm waterfall of the shower, I counted on the ...

Poke eye, start winking
Posted by Women with something to say on Feb 1st, 2008

By Lori Borgman Just because I’m winking at you doesn’t mean I think you’re cute. It means I have a ...

Hair-raising bad cuts
Posted by Women with something to say on Jan 30th, 2008

By Lori Borgman - McClatchy Newspapers My hairdresser has moved to Japan. Considering how hard it is to get a ...

The She-Devil Wears Cashmere
Posted by Women with something to say on Jan 28th, 2008

By Karen Hamilton I think I scared them. No, I take that back - I know I scared them. And ...