I’m not voting for the woman this time. I didn’t vote for the woman the last time or the time before that. I voted for the men. And I couldn’t be prouder.  Read more>

There’s nothing worse than preparing for a trip and traveling across an ocean only to find the typical “ugly American” checking into the same hotel or travel tour as you. According to a recent article in Forbes, the ugly American stereotype is “a major headache for executives traveling the globe to build relationships not destroy them.” This image is bad for our economy too.  Read more>

Adler’s home decorating book is called “My Prescription for Anti-Depressive Living” and it delivers. He’s all about using colors and décor that surprises and puts a smile on your face.  Read more>

Something is seriously wrong with the way people get paid in this country.

And the perfect example of that just came from the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). It’s a liberal group, to be sure, out with its 17th annual survey of executive pay. This time it looks at how many backs were stepped on as these guys… and almost all of them are guys… laid off more people than anyone else in the country (public employees not included).  Read more>

Some dreams are best left forgotten, but someday my dream will happen. Won’t it?  Read more>

An Illustrated Guide to What We Girls are Thinking

Bad news, women. Just when we thought we’d perfected the feminine mystique, suddenly The Man comes along and cracks our code. And when I say “The Man,” I mean, of course, “match.com.” Now that our secret is out, it’s up to us girls to clarify to the world just what match.com is talking about.  Read more>

Don’t let the trailer fool you, this is not an action flick. It’s a drama about a lonely assassin. Watching it, I felt as if I’d entered the bleak and isolated world of an Edward Hopper painting. Based on a novel by Martin Booth, The American has sparse dialogue, photographic-like cinematography, and a dark vibe that becomes even more pitch as it progresses.  Read more>

In a lot of ways, I’m so not the target market for this TV show. Vampires were never really my thing…but make them southern vampires with werewolves, shape-shifters and a ghetto-fabulous fry cook thrown in? Well, color me addicted.  Read more>

Last season’s cast grabbed your interest the second you heard the names…Pamela Anderson, Kate Gosselin, Shannen Doherty. Images of bitch slappin’ danced through our heads. This year not so much. ABC just announced it during “The Bachelor Pad” and if the headliners are really Bristol Palin and Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, lightening may have struck for the last time.   Read more>