
I presented a short talk to about a hundred people on Sunday and I began with a number:
17, 288
That’s the exact number of days I was alive when I opened my eyes on Sunday morning.
And except for one young lad who was celebrating his 17th birthday and had lived a mere 6,205 days, most of the people in the audience had clocked upwards of 11,000…
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Two Saturdays ago, I woke up at 7:40am when I heard a knock on my front door. I peeked through the blinds and saw an LAPD officer.
Uh-oh.
My heart started pounding because police officers never knock on doors to deliver good news like winning the lottery.
In this case, they were checking to see if I had noticed anything missing or had seen or heard anything suspicious…
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I woke up this morning feeling like I was hit by a truck.
Oh, that’s right, I was.
Yesterday I was rear-ended on the 101 Freeway by a Chevy Trailblazer that pushed me straight into the Prius in front of me.
A car sandwich, let’s call it, with me and my Honda as the center fixings.
And when you realize you’re being hit, you know you can’t do anything…
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Ladies, start your engines and mark your calendars so you can race on over to H&M on November 17th to grab some goodies from the Versace collection!
Women’s Wear Daily and The Telegraph are reporting that Versace has come on board for H&M’s latest designer collaboration. That means this November you’ll be able to find Versace silk and studded leather dresses along with high heels and costume jewelry,…
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When you’ve been in the vintage clothing business as long as I have, it’s inevitable that you will see the same vintage clothing item show up more than once. And it’s always surprising when it does. I often think, “Amazing! I used to own that dress,” or “I remember seeing that dress a few years back in a vintage shop.”
Now certainly the chances of you…
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