by Celia Rivenbark | May 1, 2023 | Weekly Column
“Mr. Thomas! Clarence Thomas! Yes, please have a seat in that last cubicle on the left and our Gold Star Tax Preparer Blanche will be right with you. We’re so happy you have chosen H&R Block!” CT: “Thanks. I meant to come by weeks...
by Celia Rivenbark | Apr 24, 2023 | Weekly Column
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I saw the video of Kid Rock using an assault rifle to blow apart a case of Bud Light. (If you just thought to yourself, “What’s a Kid Rock?” advance 10 spaces and collect my undying admiration.)...
by Celia Rivenbark | Apr 17, 2023 | Weekly Column
Oh, thank you, Jamie Lee Curtis, for bringing to the nation’s attention a problem that many of us, er, “seasoned citizens” have been too embarrassed to talk about. No, not bladder control. Honestly, I can’t take you people anywhere....
by Celia Rivenbark | Apr 10, 2023 | Weekly Column
Well, lah-di-dah and pass the Sima! Finland has been named the Happiest Country in the World. Again. For the sixth straight year, if you’re keeping track. And I am. Finland? A word, please? OK, listen. Way back in the 1990s, a very talented American...
by Celia Rivenbark | Apr 10, 2023 | Weekly Column
Well, lah-di-dah and pass the Sima! Finland has been named the Happiest Country in the World. Again. For the sixth straight year, if you’re keeping track. And I am. Finland? A word, please? OK, listen. Way back in the 1990s, a very talented American...
by Celia Rivenbark | Apr 3, 2023 | Weekly Column
A recent CNN story revealed young women—and many older ones–hate being addressed as “ma’am.” All y’all say “Duh.” The timing of the story was odd since the network is still dealing with fallout from host Don Lemon’s...
by Celia Rivenbark | Mar 27, 2023 | Weekly Column
American men are getting vasectomies in record numbers and the reason is as plain as the twin vertical lines on a positive pregnancy test: Last year, the Supreme Court abolished the constitutional right to abortion that had been in place for 50 years, allowing...
by Celia Rivenbark | Mar 20, 2023 | Weekly Column
A friend recently gave me an illustrated history of the small town I grew up in—Wallace, N.C.– and I still can’t believe what I saw while thumbing through the pages. Drag queens. Tons of ’em! And guess what else…They were, in many cases, the...
by Celia Rivenbark | Mar 13, 2023 | Weekly Column
A few years ago, I wrote a book called “You Don’t Sweat Much for a Fat Girl.” It was a “New York Times” bestseller, and I’ll always be convinced the in-your-face title was the biggest reason. Today, the folks obsessed with...
by Celia Rivenbark | Mar 6, 2023 | Weekly Column
When you’ve been married a long time, there’s just a natural evolution of how, and even where, you go to sleep. While neither Duh Hubby nor I curl up together at night–“Is that your foot? OMG, why is your foot on my side? Ewwwww!”...
