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Saturday May 19th 2012

Posts Tagged ‘ageing’

So a 38 year old woman is going to play Miss Marple

So a 38 year old woman is going to play Miss Marple

Did you like the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Millennium series? I did. Thought they were fantastic. Actually downloaded the last one on my Kindle and read it on a beach in Italy. That's a juxtaposition. Surrounded in natural beauty with my head [...]

And you think your parents are embarrassing?

And you think your parents are embarrassing?

You know that awkward time when, as a teenager, you realise that your parents still have sex? Well imagine how former British PM's Tony Blair's children must feel. Their parents love running off at the mouth, sharing information about their sex [...]

You’ll thank me for this photo, really you will

You’ll thank me for this photo, really you will

Thank you to that wonderful newspaper The Daily Mail for showing the above online photo. Double click on it to make it bigger. Truly, it's worth it.   Now play a guessing game with your co-workers, husband, anyone really. The guessing game? [...]

I am not a piece of fruit, I am a work of art

I am not a piece of fruit, I am a work of art

Triumph has done a survey and found that we women don't like having our body shapes compared to a piece of fruit and they've hit upon a touchy feely new thing to call us--works of art. For instance I am no longer a pear, I am a Botticelli which [...]

Charlie’s got lots of people in his Korner

Charlie’s got lots of people in his Korner

A reprint of today's column where I talk about 21st self-claimed messiah, Charlie Sheen. Charlie Sheen has got a new show.  Seen it yet?  It’s called Sheen’s Korner. When it streamed live over the internet it opened with 100,000 viewers.  [...]

Gypsy Rose Lee will make a comeback. I see it in the stars.

Gypsy Rose Lee will make a comeback.  I see it in the stars.

Oh I'm looking into my crystal ball and I'm making a prediction. And that prediction is that...all things Gypsy Rose Lee will be everywhere. So, you ask, who's Gypsy Rose Lee? Well she's a girlhood idol of mine. Yes, I know that it sounds very [...]

Are you ready for your closeup, Premier Bligh?

Are you ready for your closeup, Premier Bligh?

I've been given a regular column in the Townsville Bulletin Savvy magazine writing under the moniker Gen X Girl. This is the piece that appeared in last week's mag. Gosh that Anna Bligh is a multi-tasker. I'll go so far to say she's a woman for [...]

Cameron Diaz morphs into Madonna. Why?

Cameron Diaz morphs into Madonna. Why?

Check out the guns on Cameron Diaz. What do you think of them? Obviously a lot of work went into getting them in that state. Haven't seen arms like that since Madonna...and The Rock. Hmm Madonna and Cameron what have they got in common beside big [...]

Getting your tatts off

Getting your tatts off

New year, old rant. It's been ages since I've gone off on a tattoo carry on, so I'm pulling in some big guns to support my point of view. Guess who said this. "The tattoos are so ugly - I don't want them on my body any more," she confirms. [...]

Fashion advice from the 50s that may be relevant today

Fashion advice from the 50s that may be relevant today

Before Trinny and Suzanna, before Gok, before Carson Kresley, before those two awful girls who took over from Trinny and Suzanna, there was Ann Fogarty, a style icon of the 50s who wrote an etiquette book called The Art of Being a Well Dressed [...]

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