Archive for January, 2011

 

Uh-Oh

January 26th, 2011

I just had the most amazing conversation. Naturally, I’ve been thinking a lot about being a parent and have been asking trusted friends with kids what they’ve learned—and are willing to share, with the added request to please not scare the shit out me. This morning I had a chat with [...]

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Loving You Is Easy

January 18th, 2011

Baked dill pickle chips, my beloved brother Shane, reading Margaret Atwood snuggled up in bed…there are a few pieces of my Canadian past that, when present in my life in New York, fill my heart with the feeling of “home.” Wednesday night I had a new Canadian-in-NYC experience: Sarah McLaughlin [...]

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Trucker Mouth

January 11th, 2011

This is how bad it is.  When I was writing Girl on Top I doubled the amount of swear words I use  knowing that the publisher would want to reign me in regardless if I used 10 or 100.  I wanted to have some negotiation room so I used more “jackasses” than [...]

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No Shame

January 4th, 2011

Apparently becoming a mother is not going to improve my standards for television.  Watching The Bachelor (as I do every season) and I  seriously want to shake these girls silly.  To all contestants (or anyone who thinks it’s OK to jump into a new beau’s arms or state, upon meeting, that you’re [...]

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