It's inevitable, that dreaded sex talk. But there's help! I found a book and DVD that helps you navigate the whole situation. Here's a column on it: http://www.kidzlist.com/article/986/are-you-ready-for-the-sex-talk
Flashback: Revisiting the movies that scared you then
We’re always looking for movies to watch with our kids, which got us thinking: Would we still be scared of the movies that freaked us out way back then? In 1974, I was a toothless, eight-year-old third grader in Baltimore, Maryland. At the time, I was obsessed with Randolph Mantooth’s eyebrows on “Emergency!” That’s probably …
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Giving moms a break
Getting ready to head to the coast with fellow mom comic Betsy Kauffman to perform for a group of moms who have kids with cancer. An organization called Empowering Grace completely organized this event that involves lots of pampering, yoga and if we do our jobs, laughter. Sharla, the mom who runs the organization, poured …
Getting paid in frozen waffles
My currency can be found in the freezer. Form of: frozen waffles. Chocolate chip. Toasted, not stirred. Just posted a new column about it on http://www.kidzlist.com. Here's where to see it: http://www.kidzlist.com/article/974/success-measured-in-waffles
Daniel Craig is mine and you can’t have him
We love Bond movies - cheesy ones, campy ones, flashy ones. We used to be diehard Sean Connery was the best ever until Casino Royale came out. Daniel Craig had me at "Hello? You trashed an Aston Martin?" Meanwhile, my husband's sobbing in the corner watching his fave car of all time in ruins. Anyway, …
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Uber Clean Open Mic Tonight
Weather permitting - they did say snow didn't they? And people here will drive all day in the snow to ski Mt. Hood. But it snows in the valley and look out! It's back to driving school yo! We'll be doing an open mic. Great food, great bar, no cover. 7 pm at O'Connors in …
Super-awesome show last night
That cake from Le Cookie Monkey was devoured in like one minute! I didn't even get a piece, it went so fast. Thanks, Le Cookie Monkey for making our anniversary show such a blast! Thanks to all the performers, Curious Comedy, Brian Moen and Tyson Freshour for putting together a great show. We had a …
Eat cake and laugh too
Getting ready to perform at our birthday show Friday night. This year, Le Cookie Monkey is bringing CHOCOLATE. Slightly self-serving. Plus, I'm trying to lose weight, so you better help me get your cake on! Here's the 411: TIME OUT: Terrific Two Birthday Party Curious Comedy Theater 5225 NE MLK Tix: http://www.curiouscomedy.org
Thanks for making me blog-healthy
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 6,000 times in 2010. That's about 14 full 747s. …
You wanna piece of my new column?
In my quest to become the modern-day Erma Bombeck, I got asked to write a column for a website called KidzList (www.kidzlist.com), a super-fine community resource for parents. I'll be writing a column once a week. So if you've got any burning parenting questions, let me at 'em. I'm sure I'll generate "advice" you wouldn't …
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