Elizabeth Lardie
It's Not You, It's Me -- We've Got Lame Dating Excuses
While flipping through a copy of People recently, I saw that in the "out" section of a recent Style ...
The Most Annoying Customers
Waiting tables has its perks: flexible hours, free food and maybe, just maybe, a five-figure tip. ...
How to Self-Diagnose Online -- Without Contracting Cyberchondria
The information age has blessed us with instant, round-the-clock access to shopping, friends and ...
Why I Chose to Get Arrested and Locked Up for Good
When you work with death on a daily basis, you have two choices: You can get depressed, or you ...
Life After (Writing About) Death
So, it's safe to say I really need to finish up my gig as an obits editor sooner rather than later. ...
Staying Quiet, Out of Respect for the Dead
While most of my work with the obituaries involves simply editing and formatting them, occasionally ...
Have a Nice Day ... Depending Where You Work
Of course I say, "Have a nice day" to people. I worked in retail for a spell, so it's a reflex, and ...
Would You Date a Guy Who Spends 99 Cents on You?
With Thanksgiving in our not-so-distant past, I find myself compelled to write about another kind of ...
Death: The Ultimate Party Foul
As with many people, there are days when I feel like my job prevents me from having much of a life. ...
Never Say 'Die'... Except in the Obits
One of the first items in my newspaper's style guidelines for obituaries reads as follows: "We use ...
Gallows Humor and the Death of the Day
"Are there any cool dead people today?" It was a question I sickly relished hearing almost every ...
Coming Face-to-Face with Life and Death
After a mere few months as an obituary writer, I got disturbingly accustomed to saying things like, ...
Finding the Right Words When Someone Dies
I've always been of the mind that nothing adequate can be said when it comes to the loss of a loved ...
Meet the Duchess of Death
When I started as the community editor of a small New England newspaper, basic survival was honestly ...
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