A humorous collection of personal essays discusses the author's career in journalism, divorce, a long-anticipated inheritance with unanticipated results, and the evolution of her relationship with her e-mail in-box.

"A Borzoi book" -- T.p. verso.

I remember nothing -- Who are you? -- Journalism: a love story -- The legend -- My Aruba -- My life as an heiress -- Going to the movies -- Twenty-five things people have a shocking capacity to be surprised by over and over again -- I just want to say: the egg-white omelette -- I just want to say: teflon -- I just want to say: the world is flat -- I just want to say: chicken soup -- Pentimento -- My life as a meat loaf -- Addicted to L-U-V -- The six stages of e-mail -- Flops -- Christmas dinner -- The D word -- The O word -- What I won't miss -- What I will miss.