READBaby, Mix Me a Drink What: a board book from the Baby Be of Use series by Lisa BrownWhy: Until they make Spot Goes to the Bar and Gets Some you’re going to find a new series to read to the little ones while simultaneously teaching them important things like how to make a martini, [...]

1. Emily Yeung
2. Daniel Cook
3. The man at Costco who hit my kid with his shopping cart to make sure I wouldn’t get a sample of tuna before him.
4. Myself for not knowing how to make my columns wider on my blog
5. Loren, Lo and Audrina, but I want to bitch slap them [...]

One glass of wine will often make me feel all warm and nice. I begin to think more positively and have this weird affection for humanity. My mom likes it when I drink because she is perky and I am typically Perky’s opposite.Here are some of the thoughts I had last night after [...]

I recently posted about awards I do not have, but now I’ve been given two awards! No, not for my brilliant novels, but for my blogging smack-talking skills. Thank you, Happily Ever After Land for this:
and thank you Wise Young Mommy, for this:Now I will pass the torch.Mamadawg’s Kick Ass Blogger award [...]

I have a love/hate feeling when I leave my daughter at preschool when she’s crying. It makes me feel so awful, driving past, seeing her in the teacher’s arms looking at me and bawling, her mouth open wide, her eyes pleading with me to stop. And then there’s the heartbreaking cry of “Mama! [...]

WATCHTropic ThunderWhat: A movie garnering protests over the use of the word ‘retard’Why: You know it will be funny and those protests sound retarded
BUYTatermash roll down lunch bagsWhat: Super cute oil cloth lunch bagsWhy: It’s back to school, suckas’
READThe House at Riverton by Kate MortonWhat: A gripping tale about a young servant working at a [...]

I wrote an article for Honolulu Magazine about dining out at nice restaurants with kids because hell to the no am I going to spend a Saturday night at Chuck-E-Cheese unless the pizza has shrooms on it. I really love food and dining, but I am NOT a ‘foodie.’ I can’t stand that [...]

I just have to thank May in the Bay for being jealous of my life. It’s ironic that a childless young thang in a fabulous city should covet my life as a dysfunctional writer, whose hobbies include grocery shopping and gum-chewing. Right now my daughter is home with diarreah and instead of working [...]

I’m still vacant on vacation so it’s summer rerun time. Here’s what’s on:How do you Party Now? My very first post about ways to party as a mom.Snoop Dog at Preschool My search for kid-friendly rap after an embarrassing incident at daughter’s school.Export Yourself An essay about me and Dad, the surfing republican.I Don’t [...]

I’m in Wisconsin. My brain is mushy, and cheesy. My humor is off, too. It’s like I’ve lost all my sarcasm and irony, perhaps my will to live. I think, just a few minutes ago I actually said “okay” to my mother in law when she asked if I’d go to [...]