Category Archives: Chutzpah
Rabbit Season
Happy Tase-Day!
Portrait photographer Patrick Hall has been called a sadist, a madman, and an irresponsible maniac. Continue reading
Native New Yorker
Little Boys Blue
Taylor’s Revenge (with a special appearance by Barbra Streisand!)
Farewell to the Queen of Side Eye
Why do my OBiT posts always seem to come in twos?
Mind the Gap
Australian Don Ritchie was a decorated hero, but his heroics were of a very unusual variety. Continue reading
Curtain up! Light the lights! We’ve got nothing to hit but the heights!
Show time. (gulp)
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Snarky Goodness from 1911
Painted Ladies
Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
Lydia the tattooed lady
She has eyes that men adore so
And a torso even more so
Lydia, oh Lydia, that en-cy-clo-pedia
Lydia, the queen of tattoo
On her back is the Battle of Waterloo
Beside it the Wreck of the Hesperus, too
And proudly above waves the red, white and blue
You can learn a lot from Lydia!– Harold Arlen
The Many Loves of Iris Apfel
There’s nothing quite as satisfying as a fabulous, ballsy old lady. Continue reading
Getting Our Drag On!!
Trey Parker and Matt Stone Want This Guy Dead
Because he thought of it first. Continue reading
The R-Word Update: the U.S. Government Makes a Move!
A few days ago in my post The R-Word, I wrote on how I feel about the Washington Redskins’ name and logo. Today, something wonderful happened! Continue reading
On Breasts and Martinis and Why I Should Shut Up
Years ago, I came up with the martini rule, which has gotten me in trouble nearly every time I’ve said it. Continue reading
Fuzzy Slippers or Not, She’s Still Got Those Legs!
A Rainbow in Someone’s Cloud
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away.”
Stormé Weather
The 10-Month Pregnancy
My second daughter was born a month late. Continue reading
















