I was rummaging through Salon.com today and found this old Anne Lamott essay. Even though it's from last summer, it still rings true.

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You may have to sit through the SitePass commercial to view this. It's worth the two seconds, I swear. ;-)

The dreaded double auto show week at work is finally over. We all left on-time yesterday and I was positively giddy with joy. Riding on fumes, I suppose ( Read more... )

Would you believe it? I'm at work right now.

Today is the first press day of the Detroit auto show, and we have been posting news stories since noon. I have lost count of the pages I've built.

This is the only day of the year that we must come in on a Sunday. It's not so bad, because we have been preparing for this for months. I dislike staying ( Read more... )

Figured a few of you would enjoy this one... ;-)

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I began this year in a tiny Left Bank hotel room in Paris, fast asleep with Matthew. We were tuckered out after a long day of walking the city and full of a St-Sylvestre feast courtesy of Piccolo Teatro. It was a tiny place, so we had to share a table with another couple who happened to be American. I remember going to bed early-ish that night ( Read more... )

Wow, it's been a while ( Read more... )

It was busy and crowded on the train this morning. I had folks climbing over me, dragging bags on my knees. It was bumpier than usual. I was kind of in my own world, just reading the Daily Herald for the first time in a while. The obits caught my eye. A local Marine had been killed last week in Fallujah. Oddly, I noticed he was born the day ( Read more... )

Why do we need to change the constitution so people like movie-star-turned-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger can run for president one day? I keep seeing this in the news and it bothers me. Do we really need one more republican in the running, let alone a guy who saw Nixon as his hero? I don't think so. What I do think, though, is that foreign- ( Read more... )

Tonight's commute was a departure from the usual. Dad had been downtown for a trade show, so we met up and took the train together. We had a lively chat about jobs and work and business. My dad has a wonderful and wiley way of viewing work and the business world, which I enjoy immensely... I feel more assured and competent when I talk to him ( Read more... )