There Has Been a Sighting

This isn’t just any copy of The Saggy Baggy Elephant… This is my childhood copy of The Saggy Baggy Elephant, procured not all that long ago from the few items that remain in my great aunt’s house. If you haven’t read The Saggy Baggy Elephant, this is your spoiler alert. I’m about to give away…

We were in New York for a few days a couple of weeks ago, as you might remember. Or maybe not. Before we got there, there was a little airport shenanigans on both ends. Not ours, oddly enough. First, we were at Raleigh-Durham International waiting for our flight, and I pulled out my notebook to…

Does everyone know that Redhead is going to be on Ugly Betty next Wednesday? Do you all know that she’s like the lead guest star in the episode? Do you realize that she was supposed to be on tonight, but that Ugly Betty was preempted last week because some people care about the state of…

All my favorite books read well aloud. I like sentences that find their own distinctive rhythms, while maintaining the cadence of the stories in which they are written. I despise long blocks of back-and-forth dialogue with no references as to who is speaking. I actually like adverbs. Most of the time. I appreciate writing that…

Q: When is Sunday night like Saturday night? A: When Riley says she’ll try to get something done Saturday night. Get it? It’s a procrastination joke. So, first off, I made French toast for dinner. Two pieces of challah, loads of syrup. Nothing redeeming about it. Other than the fact that it was delicious. And…