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Three Cheers for Three Wednesday Women:

Wednesday Woman #1:

Michelle Allen, of Middletown, Ohio was arrested last Saturday for allegedly chasing children and blocking traffic while wearing a cow suit. 

The Middletown Journal did not speculate on the reason for the cow suit, besides the obvious fact that it made for the best mug shot ever.

Ms. Allen reportedly wore the cow suit again on Tuesday morning for her court appearance.

Why? you might ask.

Well, I might ask in return, Why the hell not?

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Wednesday Woman #2:

I do not know the difference between a functional saxaphone and good martini, but University of Tennessee music professor Connie Frigo sure does. 

And this week, Dr. Frigo went to bat for my 12-year-old daughter, who  is taking lessons from one of her graduate students.   The student teacher reported to Dr. Frigo that my daughter, a first-time sax player, had been provided with a seriously defective saxaphone by a local music store. 

Dr. Frigo fired off an email to me: This hits a nerve with me for many reasons!  and asked us to allow her to communicate with the music store on our behalf. 

She called the manager, and spoke with the repair man, whom she knows, and insisted they make things right for us. 

I will come down there, she told them, and look at the instrument myself, if I have to.

She called me back.  Take the sax in and ask for the manager by name.  Here’s his name.

And tell him Dr. Frigo sent you… 

(Wow, marvelled my daughter when we went to the store. He sure got NICE all of a sudden when we said her name, Mom…)

Ah, how much a woman after my own heart is the  Professor Connie Frigo.

Frigo is featured in this month’s issue of The Saxaphone Journal. 

She is also featured in this month’s Almostgotit Family Gallery of Heroes.

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Wednesday Woman #3

Superfunny supergenius Sarah Haskins, for her video, Feeding your F—ing Family.

Hat tip to Beyond Help for this video on my favorite (not!) topic, which more politely might be subtitled “How the Media are Messing with Our Mommy Minds.”

photo: Terry Shaw, special to Knoxville News Sentinel

What a coincidence. The Knoxville News-Sentinel printed an article today about Knoxville’s Career Closet , thus doing almost all of my planned blogging work for me.

A couple of weeks ago, I helped my friend and colleague Andy take his deceased wife’s hundreds of beautiful and contemporary career clothes to the Career Closet so that they could be used by unemployed women who are interviewing for jobs.

In fact, that’s Joy’s red blazer hanging on the rack to the right.

To be eligible for an outfit or two from the Career Closet, women must first complete a basic job training course through an organization such as the Tennessee Career Center.

Donating to the Career Closet was a win-win-win. Andy and his son now know that Joy’s clothes will be deeply appreciated and used. A couple dozen women (at least) will have gorgeous new business outfits to wear to their interviews. A number of retired folks who work at the Career Closet will see their own efforts benefitting more people. Andy will have a large tax deduction this year which will help off-set the sudden loss of his wife’s income stream. And I was able to do one small but useful thing to help this family that I love.

A quick Google search shows that Knoxville is not the only city with a “Career Closet” program that provides women with business attire and other assistance in landing a much-needed job.

How about cleaning your own closet this weekend, and giving another woman a career hands-up when you do?