I can’t show you a picture, or I’ll get arrested. So you’ll have to take my word for it that Sophie is currently stark naked, dancing to Paul Williams’ rendition of Rainbow Connection, which he is performing on Yo Gabba Gabba. (I couldn’t find the performance during a quick Google search, but I prefer this […]

Who doesn’t love a cake walk? One of my fondest elementary school memories (it’s already been established that I was a pissy child, but I do have a few fond memories) is of the cake walk at the Hopi Hullabaloo, the school carnival held each spring, always eagerly anticipated. Annabelle and Sophie’s school carnvial takes […]

Some days I feel it more than others, but most of the time I can tell that having kids — and yes, in particular, having a child with special needs — has changed me. I’m not saying (nor would some people who know me say) that I’m any nicer. I still have a button on […]

It was inevitable, I suppose, that this week would come crashing down on my head even before Tuesday was over. We’re in the final throes of putting together the “Best of Phoenix” (ironically titled, if you ask me) and in many ways it’s the best and worst one we’ve done. Always a ton of work. […]

From the moment we pulled up at the drive-in, all I wanted to do was belt out, Stranded at the drive-in./Stranded a fool./What will they say — Monday at school? And so I did (with apologies to John Travolta). The good thing is, the monsoon winds were blowing so loudly, no one could hear. I […]