Clowning around has its rewards
How does that old song go? Send in the clowns
Adding to the class menagerie
As usual, our family remains committed to causing highly educated and supremely dedicated professionals seriously doubt their career of choice.
Americans just say no to science
A team from the National Science Museum in Tokyo, has, for the first time, discovered a giant squid captured on camera in its natural habitat.
Are you a victim of cable TV?
Once again, I have let a perfect opportunity for martyrdom pass me right by. Isn't that always how it is? Blink, you miss it, and before you know it, all the good victimizations are taken.
Ultimate trick is the scary treat
Obviously, it is never too early for me to start scheming - and worrying - about where my next sugar rush will come from.
Getting hammered on home improvement
There are just some things no woman ever wants to hear from her spouse including: "Honey, I've met someone.
My lost, and found, popularity
When I think of all the years of my youth I wasted worrying about being popular, why, I could just weep.
Forging a ‘failure for life’ in first grade
There is a certain, delicious agony in failing first grade. Granted, it's virtually impossible to really flunk out on the second day of school, but me, I'm an overachiever.
Here’s to a not so ‘perfectly’ good year
On your mark, get set, go back to school! That rite of passage, the "back to school season," is upon us once again, ready or not.
My friends have me flying out of control
I am running with a bad crowd. Somewhere there is a bookish gathering of nerdy, sedentary types missing me terribly.
