I have a BA in Theatre (useful, doncha think?  But college was soooooo fun for me!) and an MA in Arts Policy and Administration (the “policy” and “aministration” parts of that degree have been pretty handy, actually). I have over a decade of experience working in non-profits. I have been to seven countries outside of [...]

I’m not totally sure how today is going to shape up.  The cause of my unease?  I’m only 80% certain I remembered to put deodorant on this morning.  Sure, I have a travel size deodorant in my desk for just such occasions but it’s the principle of the thing.  If I’m forgetting to sanitize my [...]

When the doctors held up a screaming baby in the c-section room and said “It’s a boy!”, I did not fully comprehend what that meant.  I was too busy listening incredulously as the youngest doctor I had ever seen since Doogie Howser was telling me that my incision was really very small and I was [...]

I recently saw an ad in which Dr. Joyce Brothers admonished me about the dangers of living alone and recommended that I get a product that is basically 911 on a lavalier. I think similar product advertisements spawned a generation of “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” jokes but that ad aired so long [...]

Aw, that title sounds like I’m going to get all sentimental and sweet, doesn’t it?  ‘Fraid not. This week my parents paid a visit to my cousin, her husband, and their 18 day-old son.  My dad recounted for me that the new parents are tired, really tired, that special kind of first-time-parent tired.  Remember that [...]

In my purse at this moment: WalletKeys7 Lipglosses*iPhone** (personal)BlackBerry (work)Game Change*** by Halperin and Heilemann4 board books (two of them about trains)Fruit roll-upCapri-SunTupperware filled with goldfish crackers and raisins3 binkiesSmall red toy carA fingerpainting  project from Christmas * I am not wearing any lipgloss as I write this**iPhone contains a growing collection of toddler game [...]