September 2011
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The 83-Year-Old Money Tree →
Aside from being a nurse on the island for the past 53 years, the 5-foot-2 mother of seven is the sole administrator of the Mary D. Fund, a charity meant to help the 1,000 or so residents who call Block Island their year-round home.
Donnelly has only two stipulations: One, that applicants be year-round residents, and, two, that they let her pay the bills herself so that they don’t take the...
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Wiltonians Mount Effort to Clear Horseshoe Pond →
In 1989, the town attempted and failed to use herbicide to kill the lilies. In the mid-1990s raking was tried, but this, too, failed. The pond was created in the 1950s, and it required trees to be felled. Many of those stumps are still in there, just under water, creating problems for raking the pond….
The town also tried to drain the pond and freeze out the lilies’ roots. This...
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Those Were the Only Two Phrases I Knew
Me: At my first birthday, I called everyone a baby and then thanked them each for their gifts.
Ben: Oh, really? That's both polite and obnoxious, well-played. Who knew it would be fitting for the rest of your life...
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101 Things to Do in New York in the Fall →
In case you need some inspiration…
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Why I Want to Marry Rich →
Ooh! Ooh, I know! “Because I am the worst”? I did enjoy this comment, though.
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“I finally got a Gmail account, but I never use it. I like AOL because it’s so...”
– Paul Rudd, the only person who could have an AOL email address without losing my respect
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A Message To Women From A Man: You Are Not “Crazy”... →
Gaslighting is a term, often used by mental health professionals (I am not one), to describe manipulative behavior used to confuse people into thinking their reactions are so far off base that they’re crazy.
The term comes from the 1944 MGM film, Gaslight, starring Ingrid Bergman. Bergman’s husband in the film, played by Charles Boyer, wants to get his hands on her jewelry. He realizes he can...
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11:11 - Rufus Wainwright
Strangely enough, I did...
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I don’t really feel like I have the right to write about 9/11. I wasn’t there. I didn’t lose — or even almost lose — anyone I knew. I wasn’t even in New York City yet; I was 50 miles away, in my hometown of Wilton, Conn. I don’t want to compare my experience in any way to those who were personally affected by the event, but it profoundly changed my life...
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Anonymous asked: BizLis: So based on previous posts, every time you wear that kind of business outfit, guys flirt with you? This reader was wondering what you wear. That outfit is great.
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Overheard in Hell's Kitchen
Dude #1: Is this story restaurant-appropriate?
Dude #2: I mean...it's New York City restaurant-appropriate.
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