It was easier to pack up and move across the country when it was just me. I can't get over how much stuff Bella has. It shouldn't surprise me-- it took me almost an hour to get everything together to leave for church on Sunday, and that was just a few hours and a few blocks. And by the way, how the hell am I supposed to manage my purse, my carry ( Read more... )

Bella Marie Cregg-Seaborn was born on Wednesday, May 17th. She looks like her father-- she's gorgeous, all nine pounds eleven ounces of her. It all seems so much more real now that we're home, and the (almost) nine months I had to get ready for this in no way prepared me for the reality of having her here. It's incredible. She's taken to ( Read more... )

Spin Cycle's changing time slots. Or, rather, adding them. MSNBC pulled another show that was doing terribly and decided to fill in with, well, us, and God forbid they air a rerun. Mondays and Fridays used to be light days for me. Not so much anymore. If the idea didn't have Miles so absolutely tickled, I'd have said no ( Read more... )

My brother is a cruel man ( Read more... )

I think I managed to eat my pre-pregnancy weight in chocolate today.

I've never been so glad Lent was over in my life.

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I just got a fucking speeding ticket.

The jerk claimed I was doing 50 in a 35 zone, which is ridiculous. I might have been going 40, maybe 45, but with all the potholes I have to dodge on my way to work, at fifty miles per hour my drive would have resembled an amusement park ride instead of a commute ( Read more... )

If the White House Press Briefing room was half as organized as the press room backstage at the Oscar's appears to have been, I'd have never left. It's moderated. Reporters are assigned numbers and speak in turn. Reporters let their subject speak uninterrupted. Danny, why weren't you and the rest of the wolves so well behaved ( Read more... )

What the hell made me think giving up chocolate for lent was a good idea ( Read more... )