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You Can't Spend All Your Time Worrying About Money

Lisa Earle McLeod could go on and on about gas prices, food prices, layoffs, cutbacks and all the other reasons why people are struggling. But at a certain point, you can't spend all your time worrying about money. Find out her solution.

Why Don't We Hear About Women Politicos and Cheating?

Here we go again, another political sex scandal. Has anyone noticed that these things never seem to happen to women? Statistics show that the number of married women having affairs is on the rise. But why aren't more powerful, middle-aged women caught in sex scandals? Let humorist Lisa Earle McLeod give you two good reasons why.



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Funny Lady

Lisa Earle McLeod is the ultra-feminine wiseguy. She's one funny lady who allows us to see the humor in office politics, laundry, Hollywood babies, and the daily news. Follow these links to brighten your day.

The Ghost in My Closet

My mom's ghost lives in my closet. And she doesn't use her inside voice when she talks to me. She is more like a news reporter who is standing in hurricane-force winds and yelling into a microphone about impending disaster.

Singing the Botox Blues

My hairdresser got breast implants and I've got the gray hair to show for it. Actually, it wasn't her new D cups that left me looking like the Wicked Witch of the West. It was having the fat sucked out of her kneecaps that turned me gray. She couldn't stand for three weeks and her convalescence left me hanging in the root zone...

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