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Celebrity Auctioneer Is Thrown Out of Charity Auction!
 Posted 2/6/2010 2:56:00 AM
I just got thrown out of this charity auction, which, in itself, isn't that unusual except that I was the "celebrity" auctioneer at the time. And when I say "at the time," I mean I was on the stage with the mic in my hand when the organizer asked me to leave.
Normally when I'm thrown out of places it's because I've done something wrong, like sneak into a bar with a fake I.D., or start a fire in the bus-stop bathroom (even though that was an accident) or crawl into bed with my roommate's boyfriend (even though it was my bed and he was waiting like a rattlesnake under the covers). What is not normal at all for me is to be thrown out of a place after my presence has been especially requested in big florid emails from a fundraiser who wanted me to help with her event. ...
This Side of the Table
Posted 2/4/2010 7:55:00 AM
Every Body Who Wants in the Picture Get on This Side of the Table
by
Sister Louisa aka Grant Henry
"I am in AWE of Life
and how things
magically fall into place!
The secret to this "magic"
is me deciding
what "falling into place" means.
We are all figuring out
how to negotiate
our place at
The Table.
The meltdown of the economy
has got us
having to let go of things
that one day defined us.
Why not decide to
Choose to Let Go?
I give away my Power
by being a Victim!
THAT is stressful.
I have to keep ahead of the curve,
decide my place
within this new reality.
I have Choice.
There is no time
like the present
to Free Myself.
Life is NOT going to be
The Same,
but I will survive,
and thrive,
because I choose
to embrace the changes.
No matter what ...
Funny Hump_Day Clip of the Week
Posted 2/3/2010 11:15:00 AM
Louis CK at Sundance 2010 -- Worst Joke Ever
Posted 2/3/2010 5:29:00 AM
I caught Louis CK's movie, Louis C.K. Hilarious, at the Library Theater at the Sundance Film Festival last week. This year I almost didn't go to Sundance because it would have been my eighth time and in that eight years I've become craggy and occasionally convinced my brain is about as big as it's ever going to get and you can't fit or stretch it any more in any way -- and even if you did it would, like, hurt.
In fact, I am amazed at how much time we spend avoiding pain when we grow up. When we're kids, we don't know what hurts and what doesn't, so we just walked into everything with open eyes and open arms and get the crap kicked out of us more times than not. I think the result (or the danger) is that we curl up into a . . . not ...
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About Hollis
Writer's Digest "Breakout Author" Hollis Gillespie is an award-winning humor writer and NPR commentator who also writes a monthly column for Atlanta magazine. Her books include Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch (the film rights of which were bought by Paramount), Confessions of a Recovering Slut, and 2008's Trailer Trashed.
Find out more about her at hollisgillespie.com.
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