Come on, admit it: If you didn’t actually throw something at your TV in the last couple of weeks, you wanted to, didn’t you? I certainly did. The feeling started right around mid-February after the latest mass school shooting when bobblehead, pro-gun-voting Florida Governor Rick Scott came out to offer his “thoughts and prayers” for the 17 victims in Parkland, Florida. I only own one TV so I tweeted instead: Continue reading “How Many TVs Did You Smash in Your House Last Month?”
Tag: Las Vegas
The Year I Earned More Money From Gambling — Not Writing
It was 1991. If memory serves correctly, it was March of that year when my husband, Joe and I won $28,000 in one night of playing blackjack at the Mirage in Las Vegas. I had just started writing my first novel, Scandal because “isn’t that what you’ve always dreamed about doing?” my husband had asked pointedly as I rattled around our new Boca Raton mansion. It was the first time in my journalistic career I was without a regular staff writing job, having quit my associate editor position with TV Guide to move with my husband and son, Danny to Boca. Continue reading “The Year I Earned More Money From Gambling — Not Writing”