And it’s a good thing. There’s just so much fun stuff going on right now, it makes me happy. My eyes have a permanent twitch to them from constantly:
A. Staring at the computer screen or B. Reading Harry Potter (I’ve read them all before, but have a really fun kind of Booknesia- every time, I’m [...]

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We had a very responsible day scheduled yesterday. Taking Old Kid, 12, to the doctor to get his physical, and dragging little kids, 4 and 2, along for flu shots. It was my first visit to the pediatrician since my accidentally fake heart attack, so I was a little nervous.
But not as nervous as [...]

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I was listening to Oprah Winfrey’s channel on XM on the way home from the school run this morning (Hey! Stop judging me! We can’t all be NPR all the time.) and I heard an interview with Wynton Marsalis about his new book, “Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life” . I [...]

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Back in the day, I used to cruise in my mom’s station wagon…a big old maroon Chevy Impala, vinyl seats. I could ride in a maroon car, but never red, since an unfortunate carsickness incident in a realtor’s car at the age of three. Probably more unfortunate for the realtor…that smell lingers.
Back then, a [...]

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I’ve been noticing a trend among my friends lately: claiming a cool, avant-garde artist as your first concert, only to sheepishly admit it was REALLY…oh, I don’t know. New Kids on the Block.
I’m just as guilty as the next 90s kid. For years, I claimed Peter Murphy as my first. Oh, Bauhaus, with all your [...]

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