My son is in the stage crew for his high schools production of "West Side Story." Its a fabulous production, with a huge cast and cute Sharks and Jets and re-created a sweet brick tenement fi...
Like Mary and Wendy in a Springsteen song, BFF Justine and I headed for New York yesterday, Golden Ticket in hand as lucky winners of Sirius XMs Bruce Springsteen at the Apollo show."So youre sca...
Chardon students at a candlelight vigil for the victims on Tuesday.I had not thought about my high school General Business teacher in a long time.Why would I? I was not the kind of student who kept i...
Remember in the movie "Willie Wonka", when Charlie stood outside the candy store and longed to be one of the kids buying up boxes of Wonka Bars in the hopes that he would get just one freakin...
Bedtime stories, 2030."Grandma Snarkshelf, tell me again about what it was like when you were growing up."Well, sweetie, long ago, when I was your age, women marched in the streets for womens...
In honor of todays South Carolina primary, I have a new game. To show some respect to both Newt Gingrichs $500,000 line of credit at Tiffany and his reported request for an open marriage, lets play:&...
Ive been catching up on my movie-watching this winter break. Some I paid for on-demand and in theaters. Others I have stumbled across on cable, some for the second time, others for the 322nd time. He...
So last night, Mr. Snarkshelf and I went out on a real date. And by that I mean a trip to our local Lifestyle-Center-Downtownian-O utdoor-Mixed-Use-Center, where we enjoyed dinner, gelato, a movie and...
Hard times - When you are a Clevelander, you are used to this. There was never a boom. The economy has been busting several times over as long as I can remember. The city defaulted when I was a kid. ...
Flipping through the cable On-Demand menu the other night, I came across a movie. "I Melt With You," that got some buzz earlier this year at the Sundance Festival. The basic synopsis of the i...
Spurred (shamed?) by a large number of visitors staying with me Thanksgiving weekend, the Snarkshelfs embarked on a big closet-cleaning project on Saturday.It was a productive morning, with all kinds...
Dear Penn State Frat Boys,Dude! Its me, Snarkshelf. I saw you on ESPN last night! That was you with "JoePA" painted on your nipples, hooting behind the broadcaster guy, right? So awesome. Rem...
There is a new trend sweeping urban areas from Brooklyn to Berkeley.Its not vegan cupcakes. It is more global than that.I present to you......the child-sized man.Do these flat-front pants make me loo...
My father made all the friends he ever needed in about the third grade.That was approximately 75 years ago. Real-life buddies, 1949This group went to high school together (Class of 47). Many of them ...
I am not a fan of the chick flick. OK, most chick flicks. I will watch "27 Dresses" if it is on, but mostly because James Marsden is so adorably cynical in his role as a would-be Pulitzer Pri...
Facebook? Is that you? Hi! You remember me, dont you? We lived on the same street when we were little and I remember...Oh, wait. That was something, I wrote ON Facebook not TO Facebook.I am a little ...
Todays "Stuff I Dont Get" is from three of my favorite topics: fashion, TV news and politics.1. Missoni For Target - This designer created a limited-time-only line for Target. Now, I love Tar...
I care where these guys were, not where you were.It is not yet 11 a.m. and I have to tune out. I will skip news coverage, Twitter and all other social media today, and if you know me, that is no easy...
I took the summer off. I know my 60 fans missed me.But I am back, and hopefully ready to blog. So here was my summer in 140-character, Tweet style form:1. My brother-in-law got married on the Chesape...
Dear Anthony Weiner,It is extra insulting when a member of the tribe does something really bad. We Jews make up one percent of the population in the United States. We have to stick together, and, if ...
Son of Snarkshelf and I went to see the new Woody Allen movie "Midnight in Paris" yesterday.That was a much better decision than last weekends viewing, "Blue Valentine," but live and ...
OMG. OPRAH! Dont go!OK, truth be told. I tuned in today to see Oprah talking directly at me (OK, and a gabillion other viewers). She told me to live my best life! To believe in myself! I can do anyth...
Since it is now Spring, I realize now what has been missing in my life.Its not peep-toed pumps. It is not a pot of impatiens. It is not Claritin.It is the realization that I do not live in the Potter...
I didnt attend my college graduation. Since I was on the 4.75-year plan, my final semesters boiled down to filling some requirements (damn, you dumb remedial math!) and having my diploma mailed to me...
On Mothers Day, I would like to give a special shoutout to the mothers of only children. You know who you are. You are the ones attending school events unencumbered by "the baby." You can dri...
To: BravoCC: The Housewives of NYC, OC, NJ, etc.From: SnarkshelfDear Housewives, Its not you, its me. No, wait. It IS you.We have had a good couple of years, but now we are done. Being the reality TV...
I know you can get your news from lots of places. So I I bring you "Four days of news in pictures and an economy of words."Fabulous.Hunky.Glov ey.Fugly.Hilarious.Furious.Dea d.Dude.
There is something so big happening this Friday. No, it is not the local high school production of "The Scarlet Pimpernel," where Son of Snarkshelf will be part of the stage crew. My mother i...
Well thats 72 hours of my life Ill never have back. Thank God.As I mentioned yesterday, last week was a series of biopsies, both for my mother and me. Those biopsies were part of the family crest of ...
Some families have a photo gallery of ancestors - an Admiral there, a General there. Maybe a priest or a rabbi, and a few cute babies.In my house, it is the wall of dead people. On my moms side of th...
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