Before I wax poetic about the great books I read this summer, let me send a shout-out to the ones I haven’t gotten to yet. As you can see from my shelves, I have a lot to catch up on. Hmmm … as you can apparently also see from this picture, I have wooden and…
I’m kind of mortified that JC Penney still hasn’t removed its sexist “My best subjects (boys, shopping, music, dancing)” t-shirt, despite an uproar by consumers and bloggers across the country. Sure, they pulled the one that read, “I’m too pretty to do homework so my brother does it for me,” but we think the fact…
The other night, as we were getting ready to go out, my husband asked me once again if I really needed everything in my purse – a word I use loosely since the bag I carry is closer in size to a small suitcase than to a dainty little handbag. Because my 50-year-old hormones were…
Oprah Winfrey may be one of the biggest celebrities in the world but, as she always admits, the role that is most meaningful to her is that of teacher. For 25 years, The Oprah Show has been her classroom where she’s taught millions of viewers everything from paying attention to that little voice in their…
I spend most of the day sitting. I sit in my kitchen chair, writing, or I sit on the couch or in theaters, watching movies and DVDs to review for NickJr.com. All of this sitting — while often, admittedly, comfortable — has not done any good for my backside which seems to be expanding to…
