June 18, 2010
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Birthdays, Slump Buster, EconMan, Puck, The Strip Club, Mom, Parenting, Family, Holidays, Music, Depression, TV, Television, Cake, Cupcakes, Crumbs Bake Shop, Astrology
Oh, how I love a break up right before my birthday!
Since my divorce, I’ve only been attached (and precariously at that) twice on my birthday. The first time was to EconMan (you can read about that unhappy occasion
here); the second time
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June 3, 2010
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Insatiable, EconMan, Body Image, Running, Injuries, Gym, Exercise, Dating, What Would Men Say, Andrea Schell, TV, Television, Recipe, Napoleon, Berries, Strawberries, Pudding, Whipped Cream, Chocolate, Powdered Sugar, Dessert
“Do you think I’m getting too thin?” I ask Dave one night as we spoon dispassionately in bed.
“Is this a trick question?” he asks.
“No, I’m serious.”
“I think you look hot,” he says, taking one of my butt cheeks in his hand. “You’re not thin, you’re slim. There’
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March 24, 2010
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The Mexican, Marriage, Pregnancy, Babies, Miscarriage, Divorce, Keanu Reeves, Writing, Parenting, EconMan, Puck, Insatiable, Recipe, Cookies, Pecans, Nuts, Powdered Sugar, Mexican Wedding Cakes
Eleven years ago today, at this very moment, I was saying my “I Do”s with The Mexican at a judge’s chambers in downtown Minneapolis. The dress was a horrific Macy’s prom frock covered in sequins and the reception was held at…
…Olive Garden. Oh, the shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Based solely on our first
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March 16, 2010
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Alcohol, Whisky, Dating, Men, Puck, Jail Bird, EconMan, The Mexican, Addiction, Recovery, TV, Television, Holiday, St. Patrick's Day, Irish, Family, Recipe, Bread Pudding, Breakfast, Brunch, Make-Ahead, Apples, Raisins, Cinnamon, Challah, Bread
You asked for it. Okay, perhaps not you, personally, but one of my readers challenged me to dedicate a post to why, if I don’t drink, I date so many men who do.
At first, I thought my reader was way off base.
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January 29, 2010
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Slump Buster, Jail Bird, EconMan, Shrink, Puck, Music, Books, Advice, Recipe, Pancakes, Blueberries, Blackberries, Fruit, Breakfast, Brunch
Was I too harsh in my last post? Blame it on my writing style. Third person plural can sound accusatory, so today I will stick to “I” statements. This is what was really going on inside my pretty little head:
At about 24 hours post slump-bust, the insecurity set in. A doom-and-gloom thought train thundered
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December 8, 2009
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EconMan
A funny little anecdote about EconMan that didn't make the cut…
“Would you have dinner with my aunt and uncle on Sunday?” I asked EconMan one evening. “They’re driving up from Kansas.”
“You know how I feel about Sunday nights,” EconMan whined; he abhorred plans that interfered with his weekly turkey roll-up preparation (
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November 17, 2009
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EconMan, Yoga, Puck, Gorilla Guy, Running, Pancakes, Recipe
EconMan used to say “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” If that’s true, I have arrived.
I originally made my celibacy pledge whilst studying the Yoga Sutras (a.k.a. The Ten Commandments for us pretzel people.) My mentor had given a lecture on bramacharya, the moderation of one’s
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November 15, 2009
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The Mexican, EconMan, Fuck Buddy, Books, Writing, Man Eater, Recipe, Brownie, Chocolate, Cherries, Whipped Cream, Pudding
Isn’t virginity great? In hindsight only, I mean. I think of the year I turned 15 and was really raring to go, sexually speaking, and it was just a matter of finding Mr. Right Now! to pop my cherry. Those pre-sex days, when the excitement of what could be made you all light-headed and
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November 7, 2009
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Jail Bird, EconMan, Gorilla Guy, Insatiable, Body, Recovery, Doctor, Recipe, Ice Cream, Sundae, Caramel, Nuts
I once said that God must read my blog, judging from the amount of onscreen fantasy that has materialized in real life, albeit in often warped ways. Now I have reason to believe Mother Nature reads the Man Eater blog, too.
In yesterday's post, I described being overtaken by an odd "nesting" instinct. No,
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October 23, 2009
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Match, Men, Love, Puck, EconMan, Technology, Dating
It’s official. Man Eater is a masochist.
I’m only 48 hours into round three of online dating and already regretting the ten minutes it took to update my profile and upload a few not-too-pornographic pics onto Match.com.
My “plan” had been to just put the profile up, wait until my in-box had
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October 17, 2009
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Fire Writer, Puck, The Mexican, Professor Orange, Fuck Buddy, EconMan, Married Man, Coffee Shop Cutie, Jail Bird, Pumpkin Eater, Intoxicating Artist, Anchor Man, Insatiable
Made you read! Today was supposed to be the much-anticipated Fire Writer post, but as plans tend to do, it blew up in my face. (This is why I don’t make promises I can’t eat.)
It was an honest mistake. I wanted Fire Writer’s post to coincide with a certain event,
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October 7, 2009
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Insatiable, EconMan, Townhome Hunk, Recipe, Cupcakes, Cake, TV
“Dangling the Carat” (a.k.a. carrot cake) seems like the appropriate recipe today because it is one of the chapter titles of INSATIABLE (my memoir now available in bookstores everywhere).
Because eating disorders are anything but sexy, I consider the marketing of that book my “day job”. MAN EATER is my escape. I
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September 25, 2009
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Music, The Mexican, EconMan, Fuck Buddy, Married Man, Recipe, Chocolate
Sinatra got it wrong. A kiss is never just a kiss. A kiss is a corporeal form of connection. Communication. Communion.
Kisses, as quirky as the participants, as unique as fingerprints.
My first kiss was in the second grade lunch line. That day, fate arranged us alphabetically in reverse. I was still a Veldey,
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September 24, 2009
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EconMan, Insatiable, Recipe, Cheesecake
EconMan has been on my mind lately, namely because he’s a big part of my memoir INSATIABLE...and he doesn’t know it. Yet.
This year, on my 28th birthday, I received the news that INSATIABLE was available for pre-order on Amazon. I immediately e-mailed all my peeps to inform them. EconMan replied
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