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Categories: Editorials, Humor, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Uneasy education

All aboard the dissertation station By Leigh E. Rich   (Text will be posted soon.) Rich, L. E. (2002, May 1). All aboard the dissertation station. CU-Denver Advocate. Second Place – Humorous Columns – Colorado Press Women – April 2003

Categories: Books, Editorials, Feminism, Humor, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Hate

… à la Dorothy Parker By Leigh E. Rich Hate. À la Mrs. Dorothy Parker. Certainly, it goes without saying, no one—man or woman—could craft such lovely hate poems as the irascible Parker. For those who know only of her rabidly biting sayings (“Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses”) and equally feral […]

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Valentine’s Day quiz By Leigh E. Rich With the ever-popular St. Valentine’s Day (aka Hallmark Holiday) around the corner—that’s tomorrow for you lovable or lovelorn out there—we friendly (and we do mean friendly) journalists here at your beloved Advocate thought some of you could prosper from our extensive “love” expertise sought after by four out […]

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Intestinal therapy for 2002 By Leigh E. Rich New Year. New colon. At least that’s the way my roommate sees it. Instead of making half-hearted, life-long resolutions neither of us ever intend to keep—fortunately, for most of you out there, as my last resolution was to be meaner—she has convinced me to partake in a […]

Categories: Editorials, Health, Humor, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Life with STD girl

Aurarians do it with their heads on By Leigh E. Rich I haven’t dated. I’ve done research. Really, I make a lousy first date. And I wouldn’t know about the second and third as I am rarely invited back. Perhaps I should follow the advice of my cousin, who sternly admonishes me before I leave […]

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Predictions for the coming year? By Leigh E. Rich Unearth those bunkers and stock up on Spam, the end of the world is near. This is nothing new—prophets have been talking about it for, well, millennia. The Great Pyramid of Giza supposedly dates world annihilation to the year 2001. The ancient and exceedingly accurate Mayan […]

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Can’t pin down these pin-ups By Leigh E. Rich Imagine our surprise when the latest pin-up calendar appeared in the office. We were shocked and a bit confused, hovering above the images, unsure what to make of all those women. All 12 months and not one cleavage shot. It’s mind-boggling. We’d like to think the Women Firefighters 1998 Calendar ushers […]