Posted in Nitpicks, Uncategorized, tagged beauty queens, Dyan Cannon, Gunnie, Jon Stewart, Meg Ryan, Palin, Phantom Tollbooth on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dearest Carla Fran,
I may have to switch careers. I think you hit the difference between Meg and Debra Messing’s hair squarely on the, er, head. Dyan Cannon I know from Ally McBeal, where she was marvelous, wattle and all. She pulls off a certain kind of old broad glam in a way that Meg [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Debra Messing, Gunnie, Hair in the 90s, Shooting Ranges, The Women on September 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My Millicent,
I read your last letter while in my topless cubbyhole of an office, and surprised myself by uncontrollably tittering when I read your comparison of the gun cartridges to super-absorbent tampons. I am sorry that your last time at the range was so…deserving of note for all the wrong reasons. In one [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged .44, Annette Bening, blurghiness, brung, Eats, grammar, Gunnie, Meg Ryan, Shoots and Leaves, Snow White on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dearest Carla Fran,
I am sorry to hear about the stray verb that marred your cover letter. Those little things can disturb one so afterwards–even vicariously, as I can attest. I heard a student yesterday use the word “brung” to a professor during a seminar on the Augustan Age. It bothered me enough on his behalf that [...]
