Alittle deception can be good for a marriage Aug 28, 2009
I don't want to sound like Erma Bombeck, but you cannot be completely honest with a person you spend so much time with. Husbands and wives have an unprecedented ability to get on each other's nervesnot only do they know each other really well but they also spend a lot of time together doing things like changing dirty diapers, trying to find a plumber on an early Sunday morning, and filling out income-tax forms. (MSNBC -- Health)
Funny and Famous Wine Quotes and To... Jul 4, 2009
It was said, "In water one sees one's own face, but in wine one beholds the heart of another. No other drink has inspired so many poets and writers! The skill of master winemaker created the essence of wine, but the journey of wine was chronicled by the thousands of quotes and saying penned or uttered by history's most notable characters. Quotes, quips, idioms, and sayings were passed down from Jesus, Homer, Plato, Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain, Wm. Butler Yeats,... (Suite101.com)
Famous pick-up lines used at writing conferences (3) Jun 29, 2009
I m not Erma Bombeck (yet), but I don t quite perceive myself as a newbie, or a wannabee either, until I meet some of the blowhard writers who seem to huff and puff upon each contact. Sure, I can answer their questions, but when I respond that I m published in newspapers and magazines, that seems to be a checkered flag for them to begin bragging that they are candidates for the Pulitzer Prize or the Edgar Award. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Parents Who Talk Too Much May 14, 2009
The audience for this anti-sentimental portraiture, the sort midwifed by Betty Friedan and Erma Bombeck, was other mothers: Angels in the House fed up with mythologized motherhood and ready to bond over their inner bitches. The most successful mothers-turned-memoirists have stuck with the consciousness-raising formula ever since: Evoke the emotionally incorrect muck and panic of life with clamoring kids and (here's an apt verb) milk the subversive humor for what it's worthwhich is ideally to... (Slate)
‘A Life Well Lived’ scores for Hospice caring May 2, 2009
The Humor columnist Erma Bombeck, wearing an apron: This is not me but I did get married and have children. Oh my gosh, children (once you have them), you re expected to know their names and ages. (Brenham Banner, TX)
LOL (laugh out loud): A tribute to Erma Bombeck Feb 24, 2009
Today would have been Erma Bombecks 82nd birthday. Bombeck, the well-known syndicated humorist whose books included Eat Less Cottage Cheese And More Ice Cream, was one of the worlds great self-deprecating wits. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
