So, it all started about a month ago. The house to our left has been vacant for a while, but it was bought by a real estate company and they’ve been trying to flip it.  Unsuccessfully I might add–because our entire neighborhood has let our yards die in the drought, and our block looks like… Read More

*sigh*  You know that feeling that someone is never going to get you and yours? Ever. Like when I got into the hot tub at the health club with the woman who said, “Oh, no– my whole family was so glad when the kids outgrew animated movies. I never have to see another Pixar picture… Read More

*gasps for breath* Holy COW! Did you all see that? That was SEPTEMBER! It went at the speed of light– we’ll never catch it now!   *wheezes to a halt* Well, here we are in October, and it’s right before GRL in San Diego, and dudes… going so fast. And I”m getting SO excited! So… Read More

My friend Berry Jello– Reason 1– I’m at her Scentsy party and I hand her a little wax fragrance tester. “What’s that?” she asks– she is a little loopy with wine. “I dunno. Smells like vanilla and cum.” “Oh my God!” “What?” “Did you guys hear that?” she said loudly. “Amy says this smells like… Read More

Okay– I am extremely pleased and surprised and flattered at how many of you REALLY love the Cartinski (as a reader has dubbed it) dynamic. (You can chime in as to whether you like that or John/Jack, actually– I’ve been calling it John/Jack.) One reader hath gone above and beyond and made me many many… Read More

Chicken’s Cat, Val, who is chunky andvocal and loves the boys better.Chicken adores her. I’m not sure I can articulate the thing that causes the snap. There is a moment when my brain–which has been running like a hamster on a wheel for some time–simply stops. The hamster is thrown off the fucking wheel, into… Read More

I had a wonderful birthday 🙂 Big T and the little kids gave me the movies Ghost, Blade Runner, and To Kill a Mockingbird. Mate took me out to dinner–and my friend Wendy gave us a gift certificate to the steak place we love the most. Chicken gave me this amazing .gif. Amazon.com gave me Mate’s… Read More

So, this morning, the lovely, inestimable, AMAZING fantastic Rhys Ford did a terrible thing to me today. She wished me Happy Birthday.   Now see, a couple of years ago, Rhys took me on one of my best and most memorable birthdays to date– she took me to an alpaca farm, and to eat with… Read More

*  The @midnight episode with Jack McBrayer was the best thing about my day. Saying. Surprising minx that he was, I very much enjoyed watching the other players and Chris Hardwick tease him into relaxing and kicking ass on the show. Favorite moment?  Chris Hardwick was just about to tell him that because it was… Read More

Well, much of my social media heard me crowing to the stars that I’d finished something last night. I’ve been editing it today, to submit tomorrow, and then my pre-GRL life can start. Because right now, I’m behind on ALL THE FUCKING THINGS. Anyway– I thought I’d share a little bit of Selfie, which is… Read More