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Dear Good Greatsby: How Do I Convince Someone to Give Me a House?

August 31, 2011

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Today is my birthday and my mom has agreed to be a guest panelist and refrain from trying to make me feel guilty as her gift to me. The first question comes from Jim Chaney at The Wordslinger.  Please check out his blog and click on all his links.  You might start with his hilarious post My […]

Dear Good Greatsby: How Do I Convince My Sister to Do Me More Favors?

August 24, 2011

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Today’s guest panelist will be my best friend, Todd, who finds himself with a bit of time on his hands since I accidentally got him fired from his last three jobs.  The first question comes from The Average Person at the blog theaveragelives.wordpress.com. Dear Good Greatsby, Recently I’m becoming increasingly worried due to my sister seemingly […]

Dear Good Greatsby: How Do I Convince My Children I’m Smarter Than They Are?

August 17, 2011

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Today’s guest panelist will be my time-wasting robot, Philo T-2000, who has been watching reruns of Oprah to enable him to understand human emotions and give applicable advice. The first question comes from Jamie of The Life of Jamie.  Allow me to recommend Jamie by saying she’s displayed excellent taste by disliking all the same […]

Dear Good Greatsby: How Can I Convince My Sister-in-law to Leave the Country?

August 10, 2011

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Today’s guest panelist will be my mom, who has promised to only give advice relating to the question and not use this as a platform to criticize my life choices.  In exchange, I’ve offered to stop arguing when she suggests I like the same things I liked when I was five.  When she suggests I feed […]

Dear Good Greatsby: Should I Pretend Not to be Better Than Everyone Else?

August 3, 2011

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Today’s questions come from blogger and author, Tyler Tarver.  Allow me to introduce Tyler by saying he has never asked to borrow money or invited me to his child’s birthday party, thus winning my hearty endorsement of him as a writer and human. Allow Tyler to describe himself in his own inspiring words: “Tyler is […]

Dear Good Greatsby: Help! My Granddaughter’s Blog Might Get Me Murdered!

July 27, 2011

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Today’s guest panelist will be my mom, who has graciously agreed to interrupt her normal schedule of spending the day being disappointed in me. The question comes from the Grammy of blogger Girl on the Contrary.  If you’re not familiar with Girl on the Contrary, allow me to introduce her with the compliment that she […]

Dear Good Greatsby

July 20, 2011

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In response to overwhelming popular demand by two or three readers, Wednesdays will be devoted to an advice column in which I’ll fix your problems with the assistance of a guest panelist.  Today’s guest panelist will be my personal assistant, Ken.  Ken was selected because I haven’t had time to find anyone good.  You wouldn’t […]