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Close But Still So Far

As of today, it is t-minus 13 days and counting until the launch of my book Column Inches. Today I finalized the layout for the entire cover. I have one final word to correct in the manuscript before it is finished and ready to approve. I'm so close and yet so far.

My Kind of Fantasy League

OK. I'll admit it. I don't like to follow or watch sports on TV. Many would say it is almost unAmerican. Get over it. In yesterday's Thursday Styles, I read about a fantasy league that I can get into—fantasy celebrity league. And if that isn't enough, they also have a fantasy country music and a fantasy fashion league. I love the Internet. I'm imagining all the stars duking it out each week to earn their teams more points in the pursuit of their ultimate goal—publicity and the all mighty dollar.

The next round of "league play" starts this Sunday and and I logged right on and started selecting my team. I reserve the right to keep refining my team but so far I've tried to go mostly for the big guns. On my women's roster I have Jennifer Aniston, Britney, Lindsay and Paris. I'll be monitoring all the major indicators—celeb web sites, the tabloids, monthly magazine covers—all the things that really matter. My men's roster includes Hugh Jackman (Men's Health cover guy), Keanu Reeves, Jeremy Piven and Vince Vaughn (let's hope The Break-Up does well). I'll let you know how my team is doing.

20 Years Flew By

I am just back from my twenty year high school reunion in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. What a crazy, great weekend! I often say, I still feel like I am eighteen years old and just out of high school.  Although the realities of adulthood--job stress, friends my age who have 4 kids when I have none, laugh lines, aging parents, just to name a few--hit me everyday, somehow I still don't feel like I have truly grown into my late thirtysomething skin. And being back in that small, conservative town at my preppy high school with my high school friends brought that feeling back something fierce.

A longtime friend put it well today when he wrote in a post-weekend email that he felt like everyone was a slightly better version of the people they were back in high school. I don't know about you, but I have found that seems to happen with reunions in general. All the old cliques disolve and most people seem genuinely interested to see you and learn about what you have been doing for the past five, ten or twenty years.

Of course, I wasn't conviced it was going to be that easy last week when I was trying to figure out what to wear or who I hoped I would see. But once I was there, those feeling seemed to subside...for the most part. Hey, I am only human, right?

The Clock Keeps Ticking

Man...time flies. With all the work to get my book ready, I lost track of time. It is now t-minus 15 days and counting until launch day. Right now I am finalizing the cover art and approving the final galleys. Before you know it, you will be able to log on to Amazon.com and buy it. I hope everyone will check it out and buy a copy.