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Cancellers, Chubbies, and Pretenders: Trainers’ Nightmares

Posted on March 25, 2014 by sabasabas

      From time to time, I train other females in fitness workout routines geared to meet their specific goals. I don’t take many clients simply because my day job meets most of my financial needs, and no matter … Continue reading →

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The Scoop on The Dish

Posted on September 11, 2013 by sabasabas

  Gossip is a vaguely shameful dish which, like over-processed, pink slime-ridden fast food, should be consumed only rarely. It causes stomach ache, bloating, and indigestion while providing a false sense of fulfillment. Regular consumers of gossip soon find themselves … Continue reading →

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Barbie Era

Posted on September 4, 2013 by sabasabas

Today, my students wrote about beauty. They’d been reading John Donne’s elegies, several of which are satirical poems which form a literary antithesis to Shakespeare’s sonnets. They are, in fact, hilarious: “Such are the sweat drops of my mistres’ breast, … Continue reading →

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Let Them Eat Popcorn

Posted on August 30, 2013 by sabasabas

Woody Allen’s new movie, Blue Jasmine, sent me into paroxysms of literary glee. His paean to Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire hit all of its marks and then some. I fully expect Cate Blanchett to win an Oscar for … Continue reading →

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Privacy#notanissue#

Posted on August 14, 2013 by sabasabas

  Trapwire, NEC networks, smartphones as tracking devices, drones, wiretapping, spycams…our Cowardly New World seems to know no boundaries where privacy is concerned. This morning, my students and I were discussing spying as a motif in Hamlet, and extended the … Continue reading →

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Panning Golddiggers

Posted on July 19, 2013 by sabasabas

Golddigging among the bearded, mule-packing set in Cali in the 1800s took initiative, physical stamina, and a honed ability to strategize and weigh odds. These days, it seems too many women have adopted these strategies to extract gold from the … Continue reading →

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