Boss-man (rich and vacuous) was having an (emotional?) affair with the office manager (bish extraordinaire); to pacify his wife, who got drunk and really vocal about it at the company picnic, he bought a $40,000 diamond ring. How do we know what it cost? The receipt was faxed to the office (this was before everyone…

Now I understand your avatar name! So cool!

These posts are fascinating. Moar moar moar.

Since large institutional investors are yanking money from hedge funds, due to their lack of performance and astronomical fees, he's probably (heh) hedging his bets, since he might be out of business very soon — the failure rate for hedge funds is high and not well-publicized. She should get as much up front as she…

Seriously opened this post to see if they'd provide tips on how to "pass." Why I'd want that I dunno, just might come in handy someday to look like a wealthy conservative?

Great pecs, but pants like a Ken doll, IMHO.

LOVE my Sorel boots. Hadn't worn mine in a while, they are suede, buffed them up with a brush and they looked like new. Also, forgot how comfortable they are as well as steady in treacherous snow/ice rubble paths.

Have seen cable knit beret hats (not the wee wool Frainsche kind) that are more like a snood and will hold a lot of hair. Since I rarely shop in a real store, I must have seen it either at Target or online - someplace like Etsy. (Target does not count as "shopping." Target is for necessities but I always browse the…

Second grade. There was this big stack of colored paper and a large open window so I grabbed most of the stack and tossed it out the window, watching the courtyard updrafts make it float beautifully away, like large colored confetti (think: the plastic bag in American Beauty). Don't remember the reprisal although it…

That is very beautiful!

The discussion is about women who wielded great power and influence during a time when most women were very marginalized, uneducated, and subject to the whims of their husbands (not a great place to be if husband = Henry VIII). Of course it's a subject of fascination — and strong feelings.

Like the future Duchess of Windsor, she could never be too rich or too thin. Plus pure social power.

Though I think she's awesome, is she not aware she's about to give birth to a human being who will be embarrassed by this for the rest of its life?

"Mothers can be tremendously cruel." Say it ain't so.

That's what you have to do when the GOP isn't flying designer clothing to your hotel room.

... one of the items I tossed was a wee Lancôme giveaway compact (eye color and blush) that I remember taking to Europe like, 15 years ago? I was like — OK, enuf sentimental attachment, out you go, old thing.

That's so funny, not like in ha-ha funny, but just where you are comfortable with color. Somebody told me today they "missed my red lipstick." (I do, too!)

Find or try a lipstick that color and if you like it, wear it, pale skin or not (get assistance from the nice ladies at a makeup counter if you need advice and try-on time). Lately, I haven't been wearing my usual pomegranate lip color because I have a cracked lip and I'm babying it with Arnica and assorted other…

...umm, I've removed them, including some on my eyelid, with a sterilized needle. The thing is, you have to go in one side and out the other, then remove the little bastard with the tip of the needle and disinfect the spot immediately.

This is THE BEST and I've tried EVERYTHING over decades. I, too, would get split fingers — I'd look down and there would be blood on the keyboard. They make a foot cream, too, that I tried this year for the first time; it has actually made it unnecessary to sandpaper my heels every weekend. Seriously: look for…