Wendy's Excellent Adventure

I need some Titty. Oh, get your mind out of the gutter.  I'm talking, of course, about my hairdresser. And yes, that's really he...

Zeke is going through a bit of a law and order phase. I don't mean that he is spending his time watching hours of NBC's long runni...

The other day I was talking to my brother Sam.  I was telling him about how after a month and a half of enjoying life with the family back i...

I never had weight problems growing up.  I was always skinny and athletic as a kid, then I got boobs and was curvy but always in shape.  Som...

It's an interesting thing, how people born of the same parents and raised in the same household can be so totally and utterly different....

Australians tend to come up with highly descriptive expressions for their likes and dislikes.  They tend to be a bit vulgar, and also, somew...

What is a home without children? Quiet.                       - Henny Youngman    I don't know what was going on on Saturday, but ther...

Feeling kind of disjointed and off today.  Could be any of the following: The nature of springtime in Denver, which is totally schizophreni...

My Grandma Anne - my dad's mom - used to be a great artist.  She doesn't do any art anymore, but before she became physically infirm...

I saw a comedian do a bit a few years back -- I think it was Chris Rock -- about the racial stereotypes of Jews and Asians being smart and g...

Jason and I were legally married in Australia in December 2005, but we did a second wedding in Atlanta four years ago today ( i.e., 5 months...

The Accent Wars are beginning in earnest. You will recall that I recently was taken aback, and a bit freaked out, when Zeke used Jason...

We have a history in my family of enthusiastic and creative rough-housing. When Josh and I were really little (before Sam was born), we cam...

I'm here in Boston, at the hospital with Emma.  She spoke for the first time last night, which is awesome, and has been much more respon...

Lately I've felt like I'm looking in a mirror when I look at Zeke.  Yes, he has Jason's coloring, but I've seen enough pictu...

Tonight is the first night of Passover.  The holiday celebrates the liberation of the Jews from bondage (don't get excited, Michael St...

I'm heavy on the "look at how cute my kids are" posts this week, because the other stuff occupying my mind isn't so happy....

Today is Josie's 6 month birthday.  She has been nothing but a joy from the moment she was born.  Sweet, smiley, giggly, mellow, happy, ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a two-year old in possession of a cute tush must be in want of excessive time to run around with...

I always had this perception of myself as a strong person.  And I guess about some things, I am.  I can deal with certain, probably many, ty...