Summertime, Summertime
Ah, the joys of summer. Lazy days, hammocks under the maple tree, Â corn on the cob, poison ivy… Wait. I live in southern Oregon. We have poison oak, not poison […]
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Eavesdropper brownies
My husband hates it that I eavesdrop, but it’s a writer thing. You get the best snippets of dialogue by eavesdropping. Or sometimes you get a great recipe. This one […]
Things I learned baking cupcakes
The theater department at my son’s high school raises a little extra change during play runs by selling mom-made goodies at intermission. It was my turn this time, and the […]
Of white gloves and women
I had one of those mom assignments today—to go out and find white gloves for my son.  Not for prom, but to complete his Cogsworth the Clock costume for his […]
Jiggidy Jig
As in Home Again, Home Again. I went off on a journey with my son and his girlfriend this weekend. Â No, no markets involved — rather, it was colleges. They’re […]
AIG paying $1.2 billion in bonuses
That’s right. Not $121 million. Â Not even $165 million. Â $1.2 BILLION, in bonuses and retention payments, a big chunk of it to the very idiots in their Financial Products unit […]
Piggy Banks, or Banks as Pigs
Last October, I posted about a terrific explanation of the mortgage crisis that had been done on This American Life. Well, they’ve done it again: Alex Blumberg and NPR’s Adam […]
The $100 Pot of Chili
On Sunday morning, 17 called and asked if he could have some friends over for a last-minute SuperBowl party. Â Now this surprised me, because he’s a theater kid and neither […]
And now a public service announcement…
You know those annoying  commercials where Person A offers Person B a piece of overly sweet junk food, and is refused with the comment “That contains high-fructose corn syrup. You […]
My really crappy week
Actually, it had its high point, that being the inauguration of President Obama and the sight of that big Marine helicopter soaring off with his predecessor. (Oorah!) Even as we […]