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Teresa Strasser

Teresa Strasser

The Candy Man Can

If you\’ve ever tried to split a Big Hunk candy bar — the kind made out of brittle white nougat and peanuts — then you understand a typical breakup.

Singles – Painted Clowns

I\’m drinking at a bar called the Dirty Horse on Hollywood Boulevard. Well, that\’s not the real name, but I never got a look at the sign and that name seemed right.

The Fastest Therapy in the West

Welcome to The Ten Minute Method, a new form of condensed counseling offered by a Chatsworth therapist that promises to be both fast and affordable at $18 a session.

Unmarried Counseling

My neurosis is like a Ferrari. I can go from 0 to 60 in under four seconds.

Table of Dreams

In a world of cryptocreative fitness classes like flamenco yoga and aerobic pole-dancing, Ping-Pong seems pretty old school.

Honors for Author, Antacid

At 72, Roth recently became the youngest living author to be honored by the Library of America, which issues hardcover collections of the country\’s most accomplished writers. The first two volumes, covering Roth\’s work through the early 1970s, are out this fall.

And Mari Makes Three

Another woman has come into my relationship with my boyfriend, and she\’s the best thing that\’s ever happened to us.

A week ago, a 22-year-old Japanese foreign exchange student named Mari moved in with us for the month while she studies English in the morning and hip-hop dances in the afternoon.

Strasser – I Wanna New Hug

Back in the primitive days of male hugging, my dad was what trend watchers might call \”an early adapter.\” When few of the other Little League dads hugged their sons, my dad clutched my older brother any chance he got, Mr. Focker-like, at the drop of a bat.

Child’s Play

Is our culture trying to scam us into having kids?

This is an epic question and I only have 850 words, so let me start close to home, with my grandma.

\”Listen to me,\” she said last week over the phone from Reseda. \”You have to have kids. You\’ll never regret it. It\’s the best thing you\’ll ever do. Listen to your grandma.\”

Catch any celebrity parent on a talk show and you\’re likely to hear the same sentiment about the singularly life-changing effects of parenthood. When Jude Law, Eminem, Denise Richards and Esther Strasser agree on something, you have to give it consideration.

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