June 2010

Reasoned.

June 27, 2010

Oh, how I envy the reasonable. The reasonable are able, as their name suggests, to see reason. They know that just because they are emitting coughs of the sort which, when heard in a movie, suggest that the character coughing will be dead before the credits roll DOES NOT mean that they, themselves, are in [...]

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Scroller’s Scaphoid.

June 21, 2010

Let’s play a game! Can you guess what this is? If you went with “fast-growing tumor” or “inept method of cocaine concealment” you are incorrect. It is my new workplace accessory, a handful of ice cubes sealed into a sandwich baggie and arranged beneath a tight-fitting sleeve. You know, for the pain. It is beginning [...]

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The Big Day.

June 9, 2010

I woke up on the morning of my signing feeling deranged with nerves, missing the shuttle when my shaking hands resulted in a dramatic mascara wand mishap and I had to wash my makeup off and start from scratch. Here I am, averting my eyes so that you will not see the CRAZY! in them: [...]

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Very Superstitious.

June 7, 2010

Last week, a visit to the pediatrician ended with a referral for an echocardiogram, one they took it upon themselves to schedule FOR us, for the very next day. Those of you who have dealt with wrangling specialist appointments know that the helpfulness and alacrity with which an appointment is scheduled usually correlates to the [...]

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Ordinary Mother or Potential Child-Killer? YOU Be the Judge!

June 1, 2010

So, I am back, and tomorrow I will start telling you all about BOOK EXPO! and boring you with tales of New York. Tales of book signings and French 75s and also of being mistaken for a hooker! (Oh no I’m NOT. Kidding, that is. Or a hooker.) My first day back was marvelous in [...]

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