Barb Best

Pop Culture? Poppycock!

Barb Best — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:29:22 +0000

I feel your pain. Do you feel mine? I bet you do. Yes, I refer to that niggling noggin splitting pain, that bone gnawing anguish, that teeming existential angst we experience whenever we face The Ugly Truth. You know what I speak of, for like my humble self, you too are a highly discerning [...]

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Words With Moms

Barb Best — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:14:24 +0000

One of the BEST things I learned from my mother… best |best| superlative of good adjective of the most excellent, effective, or desirable type or quality • most enjoyable: some of the best times of my life. • most appropriate, advantageous, or well advised “If you don’t know the meaning of a word, [...]

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Go Fly A Kite!

Barb Best — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:33:17 +0000

MAY DAY! MAY DAY! After a long winter and a chilly, slow start to spring… (you may have noticed) it’s finally May. The spring fever many of us felt in April was merely the flu. So it’s time to squeeze in a celebration of spring before Memorial Day whacks us like a Wasabi wiener and [...]

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This is Your TV on Budget Cuts

Barb Best — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:01:31 +0000

How is sequestration (THE budget cuts) affecting your favorite TV programs? 1 – THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS #RHOBH is cutting the cast by one member. The vote is in. Adios Adrienne Maloof. And take your Maloove Hooves with you! Don’t let the limo door hit you on the way out. 2 – [...]

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7 Tips for a Good Night’s Sleep

Barb Best — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:53:24 +0000

Obviously, we all want a good night’s sleep... 7 TIPS – WHAT NOT TO DO 1 – Don’t read the New York Post crime blotter as your bedtime reading. The grotesque stories will sneak into your sexy sweet fairy dreams and turn them into a night terror, perhaps a myocardial infarction. 2 – Don’t [...]

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Let’s Kiss AATH!

Barb Best — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:34:45 +0000

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful. — Bob Hope Before you look down your nose on a clown nose… It’s important to realize that therapeutic humor is a valuable tool to help others. Think of those who battle cancer and [...]

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Author Tracy Beckerman & Her Puppy Monty

BARB BEST — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:39:59 +0000

Funny new book by popular columnist Tracy Beckerman! Lost In Suburbia: A Momoir How I got Pregnant, Lost Myself, and got My Cool Back in the New Jersey Suburbs Tracy gave us an exclusive… an interview with her fetching puppy Monty. “The Scoop” with Monty B. Monty, you’re even cuter than Tracy’s cell phone pics [...]

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Laughing is a Good Sport

BARB BEST — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:30:47 +0000

Tired of football, basketball, hockey, golf, and especially LaCrosse? Competitive laughing is now a sport. No kidding! Come on, who doesn’t like to laugh? Want to learn all about the health benefits of laughter? Be in San Diego for the AATH Conference! Related articles Laughing Is Now A Competitive Sport

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Aging With Humor

BARB BEST — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:59:18 +0000

What does “Raging Gracefully” mean to me? Oh, did you say “Aging Gracefully?” Raging, ranting, bitching, and moaning ages you faster than a triple digit birthday or an I.R.S. audit. Cultivating and maintaining A SENSE OF HUMOR is your only saving grace. You age gracefully when you can LAUGH at the various insults and [...]

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How To Be Really Miserable

BARB BEST — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:33:41 +0000

Woe is me. As relationship expert and best-selling author Margaret Paul, PhD. writes at HuffPost Healthy Living, “While life is often challenging, lonely and heartbreaking, misery is a choice.” HERE ARE MY 7 TIPS – HOW TO BE REALLY MISERABLE Wear Spanx underwear daily, preferably in a size too small. (Guess what? It’s ALL [...]

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