Saturday, January 31, 2009
Gorgeous ex-bloggers Leah and ENC may have broken our hearts by leaving the blog world, but they were unable to resist my efforts to convert them into gorgeous WendyB clients. Leah, formerly of Style for the Stay at Home Mom, recently caved into my demands for a photo of her wearing my Isabella Wolf-Fang Necklace [...]
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Friday, January 30, 2009
As any man can tell you, there’s such a thing as “too soon.” In 2004, while I was working at Lehman Brothers, a colleague introduced me to a bartending artist who specialized in portraits of his bar’s customers. The artist also did a huge, action-packed painting of the traders on the floor of the New [...]
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
My almost-husband Paul McCartney is on my good side today, thanks to his appearance on The Colbert Report. Some viewers are on my bad side for their online comments saying that almost-MrB didn’t “get it.” WTF? I’m resigned to people having poor reading comprehension but poor TV comprehension is a new low. As you’ll see [...]
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
If you’re anything like me, there was only one possible reaction to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s opening remarks at the inaugural ceremony last week: Get me the names of her doctor and hair stylist! Dianne FeinsteinPhoto from the Modesto Bee Dianne is 75, people. Seventy-five! And she looks great. Clearly, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts [...]
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
On Monday, McDonald’s reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ expectations. I hope you click the link in the first sentence because I put some effort into finding the right earnings story for you. A lot of the headlines on the McDonald’s stories out there just said earnings fell almost 23%. That’s true, but the fact [...]
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Monday, January 26, 2009
Dysphemism (noun): the substitution of a disagreeable, offensive, or disparaging expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one. The antonym of “euphemism.” Example: “Have a good day, bitches!” *Brought to you by Wendy Brandes, dysphemistic since (approximately) 1977.
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
When this Dolce & Gabbana ad came out last year, I had the same thought that a lot of people had: “Oh, my! Is that very tan, very blonde lady fashion designer Donatella Versace?” Click to enlarge My next thought was, “It wouldn’t make much sense for Donatella to be in another designer’s ad. After [...]
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Why didn’t you bitches tell me that my 60-year-old, African-American identical twin was on Jimmy Kimmel Live? I would have skipped a Law & Order rerun or ten to check out security guard Veatrice Rice, whom I discovered only after she died of cancer. Someday, I hope to be remembered as Jimmy remembers Veatrice while [...]
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Yesterday, I posted about some of my 3D designs. Here’s another. The gold Hatshepsut Locket is set with diamonds on both sides, so you can wear it either way. This photo shows the locket open and closed. Hatshepsut Locket© Wendy BrandesPhoto by Squaremoose If you want to invest in an ounce of gold, this is [...]
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