I trolled through my Spam file and found a treasure trove of stupidity for your enjoyment.

I’m reposting this today because a producer from The Huffington Post contacted me after reading it and asked me to go on Huff Post Live (!) today to talk about hypochondriacs and what I think of WebMD which I did (after getting an emergency blow-out at the salon, of course!). And you can see yours [...]

Here is what our birth plan looked like before I gave birth, and what it would look like if we’d known what we knew after giving birth.

I just finished reading The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson – an “engagingly irreverent book” that shows you how to spot a psychopath. You may be wondering why I read this book. It wasn’t because I was wondering if I’m a psychopath (although I do have some of the traits on the list). I just thought it [...]

I’m from Marin County, California. It’s a ‘special’ place. At least – that’s what we tell ourselves. 

 Chosen Chaos and Mommy2Cents are hosting a Ghosts of Christmas Past link-up where you link up a post you wrote in your first week of blogging. Here’s an oldie but goodie from the archives when I had a grand total of 7 readers, most of whom were spammers. Also linking up with one of my fave [...]

D. called me from work today to tell me that a colleague had told him to deep-fat fry the turkey this year, in peanut oil. Me: ”Where’s this colleague from, Appalachia?”

I sexted my dentist. Oh yes, I did. Yesterday I texted “I love you” to my husband – only it didn’t go to my husband, it went to my dentist.

It’s Doomsday today. Where the hell did all the time go? Have you done all your last-minute shopping? Did you buy your husband a gag gift yet?: Have you read my End of the World Etiquette Guide for Dummies? About 1300 people read it last Doomsday which just goes to show you how hungry everybody is [...]

Today I took Fiona to her first feis (Irish dance competition) of the year. As you may know, I’m afraid of the whole Irish dance hair thing.