Before I got pregnant, I thought that the most inconvenient thing about it would be the whole no drinking thing.  However.  It turns out that I likey fake sweet stuff way more than I likey booze, caffeine, cleaning the litter box, and eating something other than carbs.  It was SO H...

The other day I mentioned to a co-worker that Rob and I were thinking about fostering a rescue Shih Tzu.*  The response was one of disbelief and laughter.  And a "no comment." I was really sort of ... taken aback.  Now, I do realize that we already have a 2:1 animal to hu...

About a year ago, I read Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking , a memoir about the sudden death of Didion's husband, John, and her daughter Quintana's serious illness.  I don't remember much about the book except for the concept of "magical thinking."  In ...

Last week, I read Confessions of a Memory Eater by Pagan Kennedy, which I thought was a fabulous book. The main character, Win, is introduced to a drug called Mem, which allows him to relive his  happiest memories when he's high on it.  He can move throughout this past and decide wha...