Category Archives: Tool For Tuesday

Tool For Tuesday: Helen Gurley Brown on Reinvention

Posted on August 14, 2012 by dianabletter

Helen Gurley Brown, who died on Monday, wrote in her autobiography, “Having It All” (1982), “I never liked the looks of the life that was programmed for me — ordinary, hillbilly and poor — and I repudiated it from the time … Continue reading →

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Tool for Tuesday: Life Isn’t Fair. Period.

Posted on August 7, 2012 by dianabletter

The Canadian women’s soccer team was leading 3-2 against the Americans in the semi-finals at the Olympics. Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod caught a ball and fell on the grass. She took 4 seconds to get up, then took another 10 … Continue reading →

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Tool for Tuesday: Admit it. Sometimes You’re a Bitch.

Posted on July 31, 2012 by dianabletter

When are you a bitch? And men, you can join right in. When you admit that sometimes you can be a bitch, that you’re not always a saint, that you don’t always act like Mother Theresa, that even Mother Theresa … Continue reading →

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Tool For Tuesday: It’s Your Own Fault

Posted on July 24, 2012 by dianabletter

Joelle’s daughter is 23 and she’s been in therapy for the past year, blaming Joelle for everything from her big feet to her bad posture, her unhappiness and her lackluster love life. Joelle’s been footing (pardon the pun) the bill … Continue reading →

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Tool for Tuesday: Look for Your Own Higgs Boson

Posted on July 10, 2012 by dianabletter

Am I the only one who thought they found the Higgs bosom? I’ve been looking for my own for years. I had a hunch I was a 36-D all along and not a 36-AA. I could have sworn it was … Continue reading →

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Tool for Tuesday: The Tool You Should Not Use

Posted on July 3, 2012 by dianabletter

Here’s something different: the tool not to use. The word should. When should you use the word should? Almost never. Why? The word is manipulative. As in, “you should have known I wanted the four-caret diamond.” It’s judmental: “You shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Tool For Tuesday: Do the Small Things Big

Posted on June 26, 2012 by dianabletter

We had a job chart for all six kids when they were young. One of our sons, Tom, always tried to sneak his way out of his chores or he’d do them without really trying. He swept the floor with … Continue reading →

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Tool For Tuesday: Dial 911

Posted on June 19, 2012 by dianabletter

A while ago, I had to go to court to take care of some family business. My friend, Kate, volunteered to go with me—under one condition. “Ask me,” she said. “Ask me to go with you. Don’t be ashamed to … Continue reading →

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Tool for Tuesday: Courtesy Begins at Home

Posted on June 12, 2012 by dianabletter

My friend Joelle jokes that she has a black belt in “tongue fu.” I had to laugh but she was serious. She said that when she was growing up, the pastor of her church thought that she had a perfect family. … Continue reading →

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Tool For Tuesday: How Important Is It?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by dianabletter

My friend, Joelle, told me she had an Ah-ha moment the other day relating to today’s Tool for Tuesday: How Important Is it? Her husband, Tyler, was making coffee for both of them when he opened a second pint of … Continue reading →

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