There is a certain sense of resignation to her writing now that her heroes have been crushed. The cutesy, inane, sarcasm is gone and she skulks now instead of strutting. The sophomoric attempts to be clever are missing. She's gone now from being marginally irritating to irrelevant. Hardly even warrants a "Dowd Alert" anymore. Oh, well.
The Dowd Alert is to flag people for the inevitable pictures of the lovely Mrs. Douglas, nee Miss Zeta-Jones.