A few weeks ago, Senator Dean Heller, the Republican from my state (Nevada), voted to bring gun control up for debate. This isn’t generally what Republicans do, so for about 10 seconds I fell into the trap of believing he might actually be a decent guy. Clearly this is why it was so easy to…
Thought everybody would be anxious to hear the update from my friend whose son experienced the horrible bullying/sexual assault incident at his school. Thanks to everybody who wrote and gave such thoughtful advice. ******** Here is the follow-up, and please let your readers know how much I appreciate their input and support. This isn’t quite…
We’re back in 1991. This is the continuation of last week’s story when Eric met the fabulous Frangelica. Want to get caught up? Start here. And if you want a list of the whole shebang, go here. ******** “So, was that a friend of yours?” Eric looked up to see a tall, heavy-set man standing next to…
So I woke up to an email that made my blood boil this morning. A friend sent me this: I’m only sharing this with you because we are pretty similar in a lot of ways, and I think you’ll get my sheer outrage. My son has been the victim of sexual assault, harrassment and bullying…
A few years ago, I made the HUGE mistake of sending the kids on a treasure hunt to lead them to their Easter presents. Yes, we’re the jerks who get Easter presents for our kids. Try not to hate me too much. A lot of this stems from the fact that my mother, who was…
So this is something I’ve been dying to tell you guys about. A few weeks ago, a friend pointed me to a website for these: They’re little ping-pong-sized, hard foam balls that attach to the corners of your iPad (or mini) to keep it from breaking if it falls on the ground. It’s an ingenious…
So here’s one more reason to lose faith in humanity: the LFL or “Legends Football League” (truly, I regret linking to this and showing you any of it, so I’m just sending you to Wikipedia because I know these jackasses really enjoy the publicity from irate people like me writing about them). The LFL was…
After last week’s peak into the life of Peter’s dad, we’re back to Eric in 1991. This is after he’s dumped Peter and come back to San Francisco from his almost deadly trip to Thailand. Want to get caught up? Start here. And if you want a list of the whole shebang, go here. ******** Eric wondered…
So we’re back from Mexico. We failed to get pictures of us swimming with dolphins, ate one of the best meals of our lives, and almost got in a fist fight with a TSA agent. Just your typical spring break… A little background: Tenzin, my husband, and I made the monumentally bad decision to purchase…
I’m in Puerto Vallarta, which is why you people haven’t heard, and probably won’t hear, much from me this week. I went back and forth about saying we were out of the country because I have slightly irrational “Come rob my house” fears, but it occurred to me that there’s nothing of value in our…
So come on in. I made some Arnold Palmers. And a nice jello salad...
