A couple of days ago I wrote a blog about how my sisters and I sometimes cast movies of our lives with real actors. It’s good wholesome fun and an alternative to drinking gin when the power goes out. For me, it’s a day-long activity, because I can never remember the actual name […]
Aliens, Butterflies and Conan O’Brien
I saw something that I wish I could erase from my mind, but I can’t. Some things get into your brain through your eyes and that’s it. They’re there forever. Like when I read American Psycho. I had heard all this crazy stuff about this book, how the author was getting death threats from otherwise […]
The Role of the Secretary Will Be Played By . . .
I was having a conversation with someone from my home town and we were talking about a family we both know well. He suggested that if a movie were made of this family, Bea Arthur could play the mom. I immediately cast the rest of the movie: The Dad – Scott Glenn of Backdraft fame, slightly […]
Bad Moms are All Relative
Did I tell you all already that I take perverse pleasure in witnessing bad parenting? I think I did, but I may have dreamed it. If you’ve heard this already, go check your Facebook page. I’ll be right here when you get back, probably talking about something else. I get a borderline sick satisfaction […]
Stimulate This Package
If I hear one more person use the phrase ‘stimulus package’ and they’re not a CNN correspondent, I’m going to punch someone in the throat. If you get a rebate on the Canon printer at Best Buy, you’re getting a stimulus package. If you get a room for $89.99 at Days Inn, you’re getting a […]
In the Face of Change
As someone who is getting AARP mail, I am loving the new Facebook changes. Not because they’re better; frankly I can’t really even tell the difference. I was already confused and regularly posting inappropriate things on people’s walls that I thought were secret. (I didn’t know “wall” meant big, brick wall outside the house […]