Imagine how fun Election Day would be if we could just vote by the Claw Machine! (The poor Cubs player would probably still lose to the Annoying Orange.) ______________________________ Thinking of the East Coast writers who made me laugh at the Erma Bombeck Workshop: Tracy | Lost in Suburbia Shari | Dusty Earth Mother Marinka …

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Okay, as much as I struggle with my Mickey Mouse voice and lunch-lady arms, here I am in all my glory! (At one point there is loud chuckling where I say “this is so much fun” but it didn’t really get picked up on the audio so it appears that the audience is laughing AT …

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Do you remember the email chains about a knife-wielding killer who would hang out in the back seats of unsuspecting women’s cars? It freaked me out so much that I always glanced in my windows before getting into my car. Those days were over once I had kids and a minivan. I figured that I …

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Back in the day, a fella I was flirting with asked, “Did anyone ever tell you that you look like Dustin Hoffman?” Never had a chance to ask if he was referring to Tootsie or The Graduate. Either way, I didn’t have a make-out session with him.

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I love my mom. I really, really love my mom. She has been my rock during our whole mission of getting Missy healthy. (Who is doing great, by the way!) While I was in the worst part of my stress-induced funk, she thoughtfully dropped off a bunch of her books for me. As I rummaged …

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