Why I Love My Mother

In the middle of an otherwise perfectly normal conversation over the phone, my mother interrupts me to scream, “Where is my fucking dish towel?  Goddamnit!!!”
And people wonder where I get it from…

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Eurovision 2006 Is Upon Us!

I know this might be a strange topic for most of you out there, but there’s nothing better when you’re in a bad mood than checking out the latest Eurovision contenders.  For those who aren’t initiates into the Cult of Eurovision, it’s a song contest that’s been held every year since 1956.  Each country in the [...]

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Erratum

On the plane to Denver, in the seats behind me, I overhear this conversation:
Daughter:  Mommy, if the plane crashed, would you save me?
Mother:  Of course I would, sweetheart!  I would do anything to save you!
Daughter:  Really?
Mother:  Really!  I spent three years in the New Jersey court system to save you.  After that, a plane crash [...]

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