Have you checked out this new show Ex-Wives Club on ABC? It has potential.
It’s hosted by Angie Everhart (ex of Ashley Hamilton), Shar Jackson (the pregnant girlfriend who got ditched by Kevin Federline and then had to watch his romance with Britney Spears in color – ouch),  and Marla Maples (one of Donald Trump’s ex-wives).
The one I saw brought up several issues for me.
First, divorce is extraordinarily painful for everyone involved. Period. We gloss it over with the assumption that we all can move on, but the pain that comes through the show, even on the spouses that chose to leave, is palpable.
Second, …read more

I don’t read tabloid rags, but I did catch the cover of this month’s Star Magazine’s Most Annoying Celebrity List issue.
What cracked me up was the sub-title: …And Why We Love Them!
The usual suspects appeared on the cover: Paris, Lindsay, Nicole, Britney — the lot.
Suddenly I found it irresistible to come up with a “most annoying” list for some people I’ve worked with — in the same editorial style as Star.
Here’s mine**:

Mary in charge of travel and expenses — for always, ALWAYS calling me on the occasional 3:00am cocktail at the Philadelphia Ritz Carlton. …read more

For nearly two hours today, it seemed as if all of the news and blog outlets around the world could talk about was the possibility of The Donald making the decision to strip Tara Conner of her Miss USA crown.
In the end, Mr. Trump let her stay Miss (is it Ms.?) USA. But she has to perform her duties while in rehab.
Oh Boo Hoo! What did I just say about holiday partying and young women!
Keep your shirts on and your booze under control.
And by the way…if this were you or I who’d done this at work…damn straight …read more

This New Year’s Day will be the 2nd anniversary of the launch of my stationery business, The Pet Set.
A person with a healthy sense of self-esteem might look at that personal milestone as an exhilarating acheivement.
How do I view this upcoming date? With utter panic and fear.
Why?
Why would a person who left Corporate America to tackle what many Americans hope for — to become small-business owners — feel anything less than euphoric by what has been accomplished, in a little more than 2 years?
Why does every Pet Set sale give me only a momentary blush of pride — followed …read more

Next week is Memorial Day already, and soon you will be thinking about the beach (if you haven’t been doing so since January). Beach time is book time and I have one that I think should be mandatory reading.
I am not much of a “chic lit” gal, nor am I a Da Vinci Code kind of gal. I’m the only person on the planet who did not read that book. I’m more of an historical biography fan…I can’t tell you how many gigantic Alexander Hamilton bios I’ve got just sitting on shelves, waiting to be read.
100 BS Jobs is written …read more