Author Archives: Liza Blue

Podcast: Dear Mr. Manfred, Major League Baseball Commissioner

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Podcast: People Sitting in Front of Me: The Bald Man

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/The-Bald-Man.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhat can you deduce from the backs of people’s head sitting in front of you.  What about this bald man? Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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People Sitting in Front of Me: The Bald Man

  Even in the crowded writing conference, the bald man in front of me catches my eye, his noggin is as smooth as a bowling lane and as well-worn as a catcher’s mitt.  He turns slightly and the fluorescent light … Continue reading

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Open Letter to Dos Equis Beer

Dear Dos Equis Beer, I am writing in regard to your recent announcement that you are retiring your spokesperson for your “Most Interesting Man in the World” beer campaign.  I am excited by this opportunity to refresh your image.  For … Continue reading

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Podcast: Open Letter to Dos Equis Beer

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Dos-Equis.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSDos Equis is retiring their current “Most Interesting Man in the World” spokesperson.  Now is the time to replace him with a truly interesting man.  I nominate the inventor of the vacuum cleaner. … Continue reading

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Easing into the Back Nine of Life

Sixty is a magical number, the six and the zero plumply nestled together and then flanked by the stern prime numbers 59 and 61.  And 60 is so accommodating, evenly divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; the … Continue reading

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Podcast: Easing Into the Back Nine of Life

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Easing-into-the-Back-Nine-of-Life.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe anticipated joy of my unencumbered 60s was disrupted by a steady stream of promotions for a prepaid cremation! Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Last One Picked

Our seventh grade class was divided into several cliques: the boy crazy girls, the horse crazy girls, the sporty girls, the brainy girls and the blah girls, the default category of those with no mainstream identity. The boy crazy girls were … Continue reading

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Podcast: Last One Picked

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Last-One-Picked-2016.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe agonies of being the captain of our grade school softball team – I had to stigmatize one of my classmates as the “Last One Picked.” Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Dear Coobie Bra Company

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Dear-Coobie-Bra.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSI want to buy a life time supply of the perfect bra, but how many.  Thanks to the Coobie Bra company for prompting me to consider my mortality. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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