A Great Big Diva!

Million Dollar Quartet & Me: Oh What a Night!

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I performed with The Million Dollar Quartet (MDQ) again last night. It was a wondrous experience again - even better than the last time I performed with them in May. I was very nervous the first time I sang with the show.. I was just plain scared. I was afraid that I would screw up the song lyrics, didn't know what to wear, I felt fat - the whole insecurity payload. I got over it by the time I started singing the Ruth Brown tune and that tune allowed me to clown a little bit and have …

Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: Weight Scale

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I haven't owned a functioning weight scale in some time. I had a weight scale - it just wasn't functioning. And the reason for this? It needed a new battery - one of those round flat batteries (it looks like a nickel) whose size I could never recall whilst in the housewares section of the supermarket or Walgreens. So last week, I finally opened the battery compartment on the bottom of the scale, popped the dead battery out and put it in my purse so that I would simply replace it the next time …

Some of My Best Friends Are Jewish

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I have always wanted to say that line. It's one you grew up hearing as the ultimate sign of the unenlightened, only the statement was: Some of my best friends are Black! To which my mother would always say: And when was the last time you invited your best friend to your house for dinner? …

I love singing at weddings.

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Last night's gig was a wedding. And it was a humdinger! The bride was from Chicago. She had an MBA and was a world traveler. I got all of this info from the speeches made. In fact, the best man's speech was so funny and he was so charming (Oh! That accent!) that I kept thinking that I shoulda paid an admission to see it! The bride met her husband (who is Scottish) while a guest at a wedding in Thailand. They fell in love, she relocated to England and the rest is history - including the …