The Stiletto: Category Archive for In My Shoes

How a nice, New England Jewish boy became “a gun nut”

Posted by The Stiletto at February 12, 2013 | Add Comment

How a nice New England liberal became a gun-owning Texan

Posted by The Stiletto at February 4, 2013 | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

War is hell, ex-marine warns women

Posted by The Stiletto at January 28, 2013 | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

For the want of a slipper …

Posted by The Stiletto at December 10, 2012 | Add Comment

As Staten Island family tried to escape Sandy storm surge, two risked their lives to rescue a disabled cousin

Posted by The Stiletto at November 20, 2012 | Add Comment

Dream house destroyed by nightmarish storm

Posted by The Stiletto at November 8, 2012 | Add Comment

He (also) wants to live, dammit!

Posted by The Stiletto at November 3, 2012 | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

What zombies can teach us about income inequality

Posted by The Stiletto at October 1, 2012 | Add Comment

The political press corps travels on its stomach

Posted by The Stiletto at August 1, 2012 | Add Comment

When every day is Memorial Day

Posted by The Stiletto at May 28, 2012 | Add Comment

“I’ve had enough of Girl Scout cookies”

Posted by The Stiletto at January 23, 2012 | Add Comment

“I was a teenage janitor”

Posted by The Stiletto at January 17, 2012 | Add Comment

What it’s like to live with type 2 diabetes

Posted by The Stiletto at January 12, 2012 | Add Comment

What it’s like to be a surgeon

Posted by The Stiletto at January 4, 2012 | Add Comment

What it’s like to wait 77 years to reunite with daughter given up for adoption

Posted by The Stiletto at January 2, 2012 | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The deer hunter

Posted by The Stiletto at December 28, 2011 | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

“I kept my promise”

Posted by The Stiletto at November 14, 2011 | Add Comment

WWII veteran is old school when it comes to his prosthetics

Posted by The Stiletto at November 11, 2011 | Add Comment

Mad for Manolos

Posted by The Stiletto at November 7, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: “My Face Is Paralyzed, And I Can’t Blink.”

Posted by The Stiletto at October 3, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: “I Would Be Dead Under ObamaCare”

Posted by The Stiletto at September 26, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Would The World Be A Better Place Without Autism?

Posted by The Stiletto at September 21, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Cover A Hurricane For The Weather Channel

Posted by The Stiletto at September 2, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Greater Love Has No Man Than This

Posted by The Stiletto at July 4, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Be Andrew Breitbart (These Days)

Posted by The Stiletto at June 27, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: The Feminine Mistake?

Posted by The Stiletto at June 24, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Just To Pass The Time Away

Posted by The Stiletto at June 20, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Can I Change My Name To “Burger?”

Posted by The Stiletto at June 10, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: A Conservative Playwright Comes Out (And Lives To Tell About It)

Posted by The Stiletto at May 29, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Have Amnesia

Posted by The Stiletto at May 23, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It's Like To Live In NYC

Posted by The Stiletto at May 20, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Bourbon Women Are The Stiletto’s Kind

Posted by The Stiletto at April 13, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Grade School Volunteer Burnout

Posted by The Stiletto at April 11, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: If You Knew Barry, Like I Know Barry

Posted by The Stiletto at April 6, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s LikeTo Get Blown Up By An IED

Posted by The Stiletto at March 25, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: My Run-Of-The-Mill Medical Plan Paid For A Medical Miracle

Posted by The Stiletto at March 23, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: When Sexual Assault Is A Job Hazard

Posted by The Stiletto at February 21, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: I Was Within Minutes Of Being Killed In Cairo's Tahrir Square

Posted by The Stiletto at February 18, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Talk To Someone With Aphasia

Posted by The Stiletto at February 16, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Recover From A Gunshot Wound To The Head

Posted by The Stiletto at January 24, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: There’s No Business In Snow Business (Anymore)

Posted by The Stiletto at January 21, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Hold A Bedside Vigil

Posted by The Stiletto at January 14, 2011

IN MY SHOES: Bald Is My New Normal

Posted by Cynthia Ruccia at January 5, 2011 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: An Untraditional Christmas Tradition

Posted by The Stiletto at December 24, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It's Like To Be A Russian Journalist

Posted by The Stiletto at December 13, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It's Like To Be A Caregiver

Posted by The Stiletto at December 3, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: I Must Have Been The Most Conflicted Voter In Ohio On Election Day

Posted by Cynthia Ruccia at November 12, 2010 | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Flow It, Show It, Long As G-d Can Grow It

Posted by The Stiletto at October 25, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Be Pamela Geller

Posted by The Stiletto at October 11, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Racism On The Railway?

Posted by The Stiletto at October 8, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Breaking Up Over Bedbugs

Posted by The Stiletto at October 4, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Perpetual Motion Machine

Posted by The Stiletto at October 1, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Harvard, By Way Of Boston Post Road In The Bronx

Posted by The Stiletto at September 29, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: And What Color Nipples Would You Like Mrs. Ruccia?

Posted by The Stiletto at September 27, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: She Wants To Live, Dammit!

Posted by The Stiletto at September 22, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Be A Christian Living Under Sharia Law

Posted by The Stiletto at September 20, 2010 | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Be A Jewish Marine

Posted by The Stiletto at September 17, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What Kind Of IED Can You Make With Maple Syrup, Anyway?

Posted by The Stiletto at September 13, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Nine Years And Counting …

Posted by The Stiletto at September 11, 2010 | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Is This The “Post-Racial” America The Stiletto Was Promised?

Posted by The Stiletto at September 8, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: This Is Not My Idea Of Feminism!

Posted by Cynthia Ruccia at July 28, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: I Was So Much Younger Then, I'm Older Than That Now

Posted by lemonfemale at July 21, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: A Financial Wake-Up Call For Generation Y

Posted by The Stiletto at July 19, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Mexican-Born Engineer Deports Himself Because He Wanted To “Do The Right Thing”

Posted by The Stiletto at July 14, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: From Liberal Dem To Tea Partier In One Lifetime

Posted by The Stiletto at July 12, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: From Yellow Dog Dem To Repub In One Generation

Posted by Big Old Boot at July 9, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: How Arizonans Weather The Heat

Posted by The Stiletto at July 7, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: My First Car … At The Age Of 48

Posted by The Stiletto at May 24, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Another Liberal Gets Mugged By Reality

Posted by The Stiletto at April 9, 2010 | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Putrid In Pink?

Posted by The Stiletto at April 7, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Granny Get Your Gun

Posted by The Stiletto at March 29, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Be Andrew Breitbart

Posted by The Stiletto at March 26, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Healthcare “Reform” Horror Stories

Posted by The Stiletto at March 24, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: My First Day In The Big House

Posted by The Stiletto at March 22, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Should Glenn Beck Practice What He Preaches?

Posted by The Stiletto at March 12, 2010 | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It's Like To Be Joseph Farah

Posted by The Stiletto at January 27, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: A Changed Man

Posted by The Stiletto at January 18, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: A Turk Learns She Is Also Armenian

Posted by The Stiletto at January 11, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Be Rep. Bart Stupak

Posted by The Stiletto at January 8, 2010 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Have Swine Flu

Posted by The Stiletto at November 20, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Witness An Execution

Posted by The Stiletto at November 16, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: For The Want Of A Shoe

Posted by The Stiletto at October 12, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It Takes To Be A Female Bodybuilder

Posted by The Stiletto at October 7, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Witness A Suicide

Posted by The Stiletto at October 5, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Netanyahu: “The Jury Is Still Out On The United Nations, And Recent Signs Are Not Encouraging”

Posted by The Stiletto at September 25, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: “This Is Your Rifle Now”

Posted by The Stiletto at September 18, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: “The Oath I Follow As A Doctor Supersedes Presidential Decrees”

Posted by The Stiletto at September 16, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: The Food Police Have Gone Too Far

Posted by The Stiletto at August 31, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Live In The Bronx: Part II

Posted by The Stiletto at August 24, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: “My Rapist Is About To Get Out Of Jail”

Posted by The Stiletto at August 19, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Be A Woman In Saudi Arabia

Posted by The Stiletto at August 17, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: “I'm Just Not A Flip-Flop Kind Of Guy.”

Posted by The Stiletto at August 10, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: “I’m A News Junkie – And I Still Don’t Understand Healthcare Proposals”

Posted by The Stiletto at August 3, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Live In The Bronx

Posted by The Stiletto at July 20, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Estranged Father And Son Meet, Come To Terms

Posted by The Stiletto at June 22, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Be Ruth Madoff These Days

Posted by The Stiletto at June 15, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: What It’s Like To Have Parkinson’s Disease

Posted by The Stiletto at June 3, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Heart Attack, Stroke Could Not Keep This Vet Away From Rolling Thunder Rally

Posted by The Stiletto at May 25, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Being No One’s Child

Posted by The Stiletto at May 11, 2009 | Add Comment

IN MY SHOES: Becoming An Orphan – At The Age Of 55

Posted by The Stiletto at April 27, 2009 | Add Comment
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