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October 25, 2007

Tonight I am getting together with my group of friends

who are known as "The Bad Girls", so named by the mother of one of the original members. This name was bestowed upon them after one of the girls had been thrown out of school for a youthful transgression. The mother yelled at her daughter, "You are a very bad girl!" And then gazed upon her friends who were there with her and pronounced, "In fact, you are all very bad girls!" This group of friends has grown to include me (not really a bad girl, but I am flattered to be considered) and others. We will be celebrating the birthday of Melissa N. (her real name) one of the originals and not really so bad after all. As a matter of fact, she is probably the sweetest one out of all of us.

But still, there is something wonderful about "bad girls". They fascinate in a way that good girls never can.

I have been anxiously awaiting my copy of Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker and I am happy to report that it came in this morning. This has been touted as the definitive biography of one of the most unique women in American history. The author, Stacy Cordery had access to diaries and documents previously unavailable.

The oldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, she was a teenager when he became president, and she took Washington by storm. In fact, when asked by a friend if he couldn't control his daughter he famously replied, "I can either run the country or control Alice. Not both." If you have ever lived with a willful teenager you can totally empathize with this comment. Alice decided early on in her life to go her own way and so she did. Her wit was legendary and barbed. Her quest for knowledge unquenchable (she learned Greek at 80!) She was a bad girl of the best order.

So tonight I will be with The Bad Girls, and we may be bad or we may not. But we will be together and God knows a good time will be had by all. Because reallly, who would you rather spend time with? Good girls or bad ones. I know what my answer is!

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