So there is this column that has been running a while in Main Line Life, which is a fabulous paper. So you read this column. What do you think about this columnist? Honestly, I keep waiting for author to wow me on some level....it's good writing, don't misunderstand me...anyway read this:

Column ideas from the cutting room floor
By Kathy Stevenson

During my decades-long career as a newspaper columnist, it has always been my habit to keep notebooks where I write down brief comments and observations. These are often just a line or two that capture a first impression of something I might want to write about later. All writers I know have these notebooks - you simply cannot rely on memory to re-create an idea or image that you may have had 12 hours ago, even if it seemed unforgettable at the time.Sadly, many of these impressions and comments do not provide enough fodder for an entire essay. (And believe me, I can write 750 words on just about any topic you give me.) They do, however, deserve life as brief, pithy zingers. A couple times a year, I'd like to share with you the column ideas that never quite made it to the big time. Here's the current batch:

When I look at the list of top-selling music CDs and artists for each week, I have rarely heard of a single one.

The words "restaurant-inspired food for cats" should never appear together. Likewise for the phrase "doggie spa."....I wish I had invested in Google at $100 a share. I wish I had invested in Google at $200 a share. I wish

I have lived my entire life without ever checking the air pressure in my tires.

Every time I go to the bookstore and see all those "dummy" and "idiot" books, I wonder, is it better to be a dummy or an idiot?

When I heard that Neiman Marcus had a bad quarter because of the economy, I immediately headed over to the store in King of Prussia to help them get back on track. Just doing my duty as an American.

It kind of scares me that a candidate for president has a health record that is 1,100 pages long.

Please promise me that they won't make another Indiana Jones movie 20 years from now. I know this sounds like ageism, but I just don't want to see Harrison Ford running away from explosions when he's in his 80s.

One of my favorite things about the ongoing presidential political campaigns has been watching the people who are directly behind the podium when the candidates are giving a speech. There are either a lot of really goofy people in our country, or those that are, just happen to love being seen at political rallies.

Does Ardmore really need another boxy beige or orange-colored stucco building?

Hmmm, where is the item that says "do green buildings have to be ugly?" But her Ardmore comment? Well gee Sleeping Beauty, where have you been? A lot of us have been asking Ardmore questions for years....I would love it if she let loose on Ardmore as a topic...it might wake some folks up to have a new voice.

Anyway, this is a newspaper columnist apparently,so she should not mind feedback.... and to her I ask: what are your passions? Write about those. Don't just take up space, make us believe. Thanks.