Today, my nephew Jack, a.k.a. my favorite person on the planet (sorry mom, GTB, and Katie-did), turns 3. I called his mom a few minutes ago and asked the prerequisite “How are you?” Her response: “A helluva lot better than I was on this day three years ago!” Jack’s delivery was rough. So were the […]
GTB is cheating on me. I should have known it was only a matter of time. The honeymoon can only last so long, even if we haven’t actually been on one yet. I’ve given up. I can’t win. Faced with this kind of competition, I might as well be trying to woo him away from […]
I can’t even believe I’m doing this…. In an ongoing debate between GTB and not just me but pretty much everyone in my family (not to mention my friends who grew up in either Washington or Oregon), we have yet to determine whether or not Oregon drivers are really as bad as I think they […]
As I was driving home after work yesterday, I heard news stories about Hugo Chavez calling Bush the devil. As much as I dislike our president (and it’s a lot, in case you didn’t know), I felt a little defensive. Chavez is a few marbles short and I’m not OK with him talking shit about […]
When we both lived in Seattle, my friend Jeff and I would get together on a regular basis, usually at his apartment, for TV watching and Cheetoh eating. Because he had a huge, high-def TV, anything we watched was entertaining. Shit, the news was even good, because in high-def, Dan Lewis’ hair is hilarious. Usually […]
This brings new meaning to the oft-uttered “Light a match!” INCINOLET Just go look. Seriously, I have nothing more to say.
Forget what the Pope said about Muslims. You know which religion is the most violent? The religion of college football. Take Saturday’s Oregon vs. Oklahoma game. If you don’t know anything about it, here’s a brief recap: With less than two minutes remaining in the game, Oregon made the most of one, if not two, […]
On Sunday morning, as we lingered in bed, GTB nursing a hangover and me reluctant to get out from under the warm comforter, we discussed the Ducks game and how I’m not really a true fan yet and how things would be different if we’d gone to college together. GTB joked about how, if I’d […]
I’ve never been a waitress. I earned my pocket change in high school working at my step-dad’s pharmacy and the local flower shop. In college, I worked retail at a bath and body store in the mall and at cool jobs around campus. After graduating, I went right to work in my chosen career, publishing. […]
I’ve been trying to think all weekend about how I wanted to address this daunting anniversary. I thought about telling you the story of where I was that day. Or about how in the weeks that followed, when someone would ask me if I was glad that I didn’t still live in NYC, I wouldn’t […]