Dear Marilyn, I was recently hired to work at a really nice, upscale department store. I had applied for the job several times before they called me for the interview. I was […]
Should she keep or quit the far-away job?
Dark irony, well-done with “Eve” at WCP
By Thom deMartino Sooner or later, what comes around goes around: and sometimes, we even cultivate the seeds of our own downfall – a dark irony. In “The Wisdom of Eve,” […]
Retorts: Playing the name game to win
What’s in a name? Plenty. Some of us love our names; some of us rather squirm when we hear them. Some are so hard to accept that we gladly embrace whatever nickname […]
She loves to spend, he can’t spend much
Dear Marilyn, I love to shop online. I do it every day. I don’t know what it is about it, but it is so much fun. I mean, really, you don’t even get […]
A split America goes “Into the Guns”
By Jim Tortolano There are shelves and shelves of what I call “apocalypse fiction.” These are books about the downfall of the world or just America. It could be aliens, zombies, disease […]
“Dog’s Purpose” barks up wrong tree
By Jim Tortolano Much has been made of the leaked video of a dog in distress shot during the making of “A Dog’s Purpose in Life.” That clip is probably going to […]
Retorts: Do women march together?
There’s a song in the musical “City of Angels” entitled “What You Don’t Know About Women.” I think that could be one of my theme songs, being, as I am, one of […]
Dear Mari: It’s at least one job too many
Dear Marilyn, I am a 22-year-old female, and a resident of Huntington Beach. I am a community college student, and I go to school full time. I also have three part-time jobs. […]
Retorts: Don’t kick, lest you be kicked
The world is going just a little bit crazy today. At noon on Friday, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Love him or loathe […]
Dear Mari: Liar, liar, your pants on ….
Dear Marilyn, I am a pathological liar, and I don’t know what to do. As a child, my parents always told me that I had quite an imagination, and that I would […]
