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November 2016

wasted time

7 Things I Will No Longer Be Wasting My Time Doing

Jessie Rosen - November 30, 2016

It dawned on me Tuesday of last week that I have been wasting a lot of time, but then I kept on wasting it for a whole additional week because wasting time is very fun. And yet there is nothing more annoying (aka less fun) to me than the thought of time wasted. Is that ironic? Mid-90s Alanis Morissette would probably say yes, but I’ll …

How Hillary Herself Dried My Tears

Jessie Rosen - November 9, 2016

This is hard, but I always write on Wednesdays, and I’m not stopping despite my pain. I am a strong woman, like the first woman to win the popular vote in an American presidential election, Hillary Rodham Clinton.   This is a deeply disappointing day for our country and for me personally. I feel that anger, hate and division won. I feel that respect, decency and progress …

#nomakeup

Why I’m Furious With Alicia Keys And My Husband

Jessie Rosen - November 2, 2016

I spent all last week furious with Grammy-winning recording artist Alicia Keys and my husband (R) – for the same reason.   No. They didn’t have an affair. If R had an affair with Alicia Keys I would be deeply sad but also very impressed and somewhat jealous. It would be an incredibly conflicted emotional time in my life. Right now I’m not conflicted, I’m mad.   …