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How to Torment a Telemarketer

Writer Vixen — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:06:57 -0700

Share I hardly ever answer my home phone anymore. Gave it up years ago, like a bad habit. Ninety percent of the calls I get at that number are from telemarketers. This is how I know that the National Do Not Call Registry is a big joke. And leading up to an election (like the past six weeks) at least 20 percent of the telemarketing calls to my home number are pre-recorded campaign pitches. Yes, I'm on a first-name basis with all of my senators and congressional reps, plus a couple of big-name celebrities. I'm all a-flutter. So my home phone is basically reserved for outgoing calls. I assign special ring tones to my friends' numbers — they all have my cell number anyway — and when my home phone rings with a regular tone I know to ignore it. But I'm thinking of changing my ways. This awesome, short video demonstrates how to drive...

How Men & Women Date

Writer Vixen — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:30:10 -0700

Share C'mon, admit it — you're dying to know exactly how men decide who to date versus how women decide. Maxim (of course!) has the answer. One thing you can always count on Maxim for is stupid fun — in this case, in equal portions.

Why Men Shouldn't Write Advice Columns

Writer Vixen — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:08:40 -0700

Share With props to Glamour magazine's "Ask Jake," from whom I've frequently taken advice myself . . . I can't remember where I first saw this. If anybody knows, leave me a comment. ;) _______________________________ Twittering vixenish things @WriterVixen

Twittering the Oscars: Keeping It Real

Writer Vixen — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:40:00 -0800

Kathryn Bigelow and team collecting well-deserved awards for "The Hurt Locker." [Photo: Monica Almeda/The New York Times] There may have been few surprises in the awards, but there was loads of heart. Kathryn Bigelow was the dark horse favorite, with The Hurt Locker taking home awards for Best Picture and her award as the first woman ever to win for Best Director. She finally (finally!) got to trade in ex-husband James Cameron—who was himself the odds-on favorite for both awards—for an even smaller, far more powerful man with whom her name will now forever be associated. And one who doesn't talk to her. Which made her the big winner of the evening in every conceivable way. Presenting the Best Director award in a moment destined for Oscar clip history, Barbra Streisand prefaced the announcement with, "Well, the time has come." Babs is the queen of drama—not to be confused with the mere drama-queendom of lesser...

Happy Valentine's Day

Writer Vixen — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:10:22 -0800

Wishing everyone a fabulous day of love and indulgence! ;) _______________________________ Photo courtesy of Sephora. Twittering vixenish things @WriterVixen