I don’t hear it so much anymore, so I was surprised. “I’m so retarded!” a brand-new employee said the other day, struggling to open a door with a new key card. We were coming back from lunch, and as we walked to the security office to get the key card, I’d winced a little, thinking […]

Last night was the regional competition for Special Olympics cheerleading. Sophie’s team was robbed, I tell you. Robbed. “Tempe’s bringin’ down the house!” the announcer yelled at one point during their routine, and it was true — the entire crowd was rooting for the navy-and-white clad cheerleaders, who had the best moves of the night […]

The other night at a gallery opening, a beautiful woman I don’t know very well approached me in tears. “I need to tell you I’m sorry,” she said. “Do you know why?” I did. Back up 20 minutes. I was having a pleasant conversation with this woman and her date, a writer in from LA […]

We had a mood last night. Actually, the honeymoon of the whole back-to-school-after-the-holidays-thing is officially over. That happened this morning. But that’s another story involving another Bad Mom situation: The debate over whether to allow the 5 and 7 year olds to drink their Carnation Instant Breakfast from a sippy cup. I’m sure I’ve already […]