Punk’d by a Phlebotomist?
Apparently my Crohn’s took a turn for the worse this year without my knowing it. When I went for my annual colonoscopy in June, my intestines had narrowed significantly, indicating either some crazy...
View ArticleSee This Film: From This Day Forward
Artwork by Trisha Shattuck – pending permission for use Last week was the AFI DOCS Film Festival in DC. If you couldn’t gather it from the name, it’s a documentary film festival. Friday night, Alan and...
View ArticleWhat Katie Couric DIDN’T show us…
Time for Ye Annual Colonoscopy. Which always gives me flashbacks to Katie Couric being heralded for being so brave and broadcasting hers. She makes it look simple – which the actual procedure is. What...
View ArticleKicks from the crypts?
Facebook recently announced the creation of a “legacy contact” feature, where you can appoint someone as the curator of your Facebook page to maintain it or shut it down after you die. Upon learning...
View ArticleNew year flashbacks.
Happy new year, everybody! For the first time in a long time, I was awake when the ball dropped last night. If you weren’t able to make it up that late, here’s all you need to know to participate in...
View ArticleEat to live or live to eat?
We all learned a lot about each other’s eating preferences on our trip to Italy. If I had to summarize, here are our dietary tenets… Mom: It’s not breakfast unless it involves orange juice and milk....
View ArticleFrom Russia, with (Not Exactly) Love?
Mom and Alicia on our train TO Naples – when everyone was healthy (but apparently tired). I thought the Cold War was over, and – Putin aside – Americans and Russians generally got along now. I may...
View ArticleMy girls are riding a wee bit higher these days.
One of the items on my 40 x 40 list was to get a professional bra fitting. I know, it’s kind of pathetic that I’m almost 40, have huge knockers, and have never actually been fitted. Especially since...
View ArticleMy cat hates me. Allegedly.
My sister shared this article with me that claims it’s been scientifically proven that cats don’t love us. (For the record, the subject line of Alicia’s email was, “Lies, Lies! All Lies!”) As I write...
View ArticleAward: Best Parenting Ever
If my Facebook newsfeed is to be trusted, then today was the universal “First Day of School” everywhere in the United States. I cite this as a fact because of the number of obligatory front-step photos...
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