This afternoon I had to call a guy who may or may not have been trying to impersonate a writer at the paper where I work. I found the whole thing somewhat comical. Most of the time, no one in this town would dream of pretending to work at New Times. We’re not so popular and […]
This just in: Stupid flies live longer, according to a study by some Swiss scientists. I’ll just say the politically incorrect thing: When you have a kid with Down syndrome, stories like that are of great interest. I clicked on the Yahoo headline link just as Ray and Sophie were walking into the kitchen. Ray […]
Our newish sitter, Julie, was standing at the stove making herself some banana pancakes last night, when Annabelle marched into the room and farted just about the loudest, juiciest fart I’ve ever heard. (At least, the loudest/juiciest I’ve ever heard come out of Annabelle.) I held my breath for a minute. You know, not everyone’s […]
I really got crazy this morning (after my night at the grocery store) and stopped by the bank to deposit a check for a truly hellish freelance assignment I took so I could pay off a credit card I never should have signed up for. I’m sort of scared of the ATM (have you noticed […]
“Who actually goes grocery shopping at 10:30 at night?” I looked up from my the depths of my cart, from which I was trying to extract a slippery bottle of berry-flavored Propel. Apparently he was talking to me, as he rang up Ray’s Lorna Doones and Sophie’s mini quiches. “What? Oh, yeah, ha ha.” I tried to […]
Mercury is in retrograde. I knew it. My friend Betsy confirmed it last week, when I emailed her to ask. I talk to Betsy most often when things are going wrong, only because she’s the only person I know who knows when Mercury is in retrograde. I have no idea what that phrase means, which […]
One of my proudest moments in parenthood — ok, in life — was when I realized that Sophie was potty trained. Not at night, she still wears a diaper at night, and I’m not saying she doesn’t have the occasional accident, but as soon as we really decided to set her free in panties, she […]
My kids are freaks. They actually like healthy food. It’s embarrassing sometimes. We were at the Denver Zoo last weekend with the cousins, and everyone was hungry, so we quickly loaded up a tray and nabbed a table. I actually felt a little self-conscious as Annabelle munched on plain lettuce and begged me to save […]
I was doing an interview this morning for a profile I’m working on for my day job — don’t want to spill my own beans now, but I’ll link to it (if I’ve figured out how to do that by then) when I’m done, it’s a story about an artist here in Phoenix whose art […]
Brian silently motioned me into the den, away from the kids, who had invaded every other corner of the big house. I was visiting my sister’s family in Denver, and we’d all come to Brian and Meredith’s for a Memorial Day BBQ. Brian was done cooking; we’d all eaten (Sophie had actually consumed a buffalo burger, then passed out […]
