Girl on the Brink: Surviving Desperate Times with Desperate Measures

Day 159 — Situation

ANN’S NOTE: Catch a gander of the real Ann today on FOX Business Happy Hour, between 5:20 and 5:30 PM EST. I’ve got a situation. Girl On the Brink racing on bicycle toward a blind man poking his long white cane from side to side on a narrow sidewalk. Think fast. What to do? Holy shit. Get the hell [...]

Day 158 — Shut Out

ANN’S NOTE: Ann lands a national TV interview on FOX Business Happy Hour, Friday, Sept. 4, between 5:20 and 5:30 PM EST. Miss it? Catch her on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7 at 10:45 AM EST on the Louisiana Radio Network (WRKF), an NPR affiliate. Read the press release that got her the gigs. Jobs end abruptly, as [...]

Day 157 — You’re Caller, No. 3

As I stepped onto the subway platform at the Bethesda Metro stop, I glanced up to read the screen that displays arrival and departure information. “Expect delays…to Glenmont.” I walked to my spot and waited for my train to arrive. And then it hit me. Delays. Life is a continual cycle of delays, involving deliveries, accidents, checkout [...]

Day 156 — ‘Ch-ch-ch-chia!’

The purpose of Girl On the Brink is to embrace, not alienate. Yet, sometimes I feel I alienate because others think I’m a snob. But I’m not. Nonetheless, I don’t know what some of my male suitors are thinking when they email me like a bolt from the blue. Honestly, I don’t know how they find me [...]