nannygoats

When you hear the word "BlogHer", one of three responses will burst forth from your countenance:1. Apathy, ignorance, or a general sense of not giving a rat's ass, stemming from the possibility that you've never heard of it (FYI: it's a big blogging conference for women).2. Excitement, followed by shouting "me too me too!" and jumping up and down, turning the heads of everyone within earshot3. Anger and utter despair  Read more >

[Warning: this post is rated PG-13 for language, but not because of me. I just got my 1 year chip and I'm not about to fall off the wagon. No, the foul language is spoken by somebody else. I am merely quoting them.] So, there I was, at some nameless coffee shop in Studio City, stalking celebrities sipping my big-gulp-sized no-foam octo-shot two-percent extra-hot white mocha latte when who should walk in but Hollywood TV sitcom writer extraordinaire: Russ Woody.  Read more >

Sometimes I feel like I've blown my literary wad, given this blog my all. I've got nothing left. And then I lock myself out of my condo. I never walk out of the house without having the solid feel of the keys in my hand. And last Thursday, I stared at the outside of my front door, feeling my keys very solidly in my hand. The wrong keys. My Sacramento keys. The keys that went to my Sacramento front door. And my Sacramento car. The keys that were useless to me as I stood outside my Los Angeles front door.  Read more >

When I tell you I was in The Music Man, your first thought would probably be: "Oh, were you Marian the Librarian?" No, I was not Marian the Librarian! Just because I wear glasses and read a lot and look like someone who should know the Dewey Decimal system and my mother's name was Marian does not a Marian the Librarian make me. You think you're so smart.  Read more >

Five days into our Maui vacation and we were bored out of our minds. Bored, bored, bored. I mean you can only see so many whales, sunsets, waterfalls, and volcanos (YAWN! Am I right?). So we decided to go off the beaten path. There’s this place we found called Aloha Joe’s Fly-By-Night Maui Vacation and Island Adventure Tours, Inc. And based on several packages we embarked on, I can now safely tell you what NOT to do on a Maui vacation. Harpoon Lessons  Read more >