Inquirer Columnist - Lisa Scottoline http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/lisa_scottoline RSS Feed for Inq Col Lisa Scottoline en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT Chick Wit: Pimping the family at Thanksgiving http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/lisa_scottoline/20091122_Chick_Wit__Pimping_the_family_at_Thanksgiving.html This Thanksgiving, I'm pimping out my family. As you may know, my book of these columns is titled Why My Third Husband Will Be A Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman, and it will be published on Tuesday, two days before Thanksgiving. I'll be doing a short tour for the book, and thought it would be a great idea to get Mother Mary to come along to a few signings, because she gets more fan mail than I do. Chick Wit: Dog-daze afternoon is the solution http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/lisa_scottoline/20091115_Chick_Wit__Dog-daze_afternoon_is_the_solution.html This is a world in which the squeaky wheel gets the grease, but I'm wondering if we should change that. Chick Wit: What's this about set it, forget it? http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/lisa_scottoline/20091108_Chick_Wit__What_s_this_about_set_it__forget_it_.html Not only are my appliances breaking down, they're conspiring against me. Or at least, though they claim to make my life easier, they really make it harder. Chick Wit: Where food gets made, to disorder http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/lisa_scottoline/20091101_Chick_Wit__Where_food_gets_made__to_disorder.html If Freud had wanted to know what women want, he could have asked. If he'd asked me, I would have answered: Chick Wit: Brother's soul finds a way to beat aging http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/lisa_scottoline/20091025_Chick_Wit__Brother_s_soul_finds_a_way_to_beat_aging.html I just got off the phone with Mother Mary, who's lost her mind. Or maybe it's Scottoline birthday madness. Let me explain. Chick Wit: Confessions of a nut addict http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/lisa_scottoline/20091018_Chick_Wit__Confessions_of_a_nut_addict.html Addictions sneak up on you. They lure you in, teasing you, and before you realize it, you have a craving you can't deny. Chick Wit: Each decade, words that define a life http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/lisa_scottoline/20091011_Chick_Wit__Each_decade__words_that_define_a_life.html I think a lot about words, and I like to choose the most important words for the decades of my life. Chick Wit: If you sweat a deadline, you're lucky http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/lisa_scottoline/20091004_Chick_Wit__If_you_sweat_a_deadline__you_re_lucky.html The good news is that I didn't have mange. The bad news is that I had poison sumac and a deadline. Chick Wit: The critters return with a vengeance http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/lisa_scottoline/20090927_Chick_Wit__The_critters_return_with_a_vengeance.html It's that time of year, when nature comes too close for comfort. My spiders are back, which means that when I open the front door, they rush over the threshold, scurry into the living room, and take the good chair. Chick Wit: New book written off by Mom http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/lisa_scottoline/20090920_Chick_Wit__New_book_written_off_by_Mom.html I have big news. Not as big as a puppy or a date, but big. These columns, more than two years' worth, are going to be published as a book. The title is Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog.