Epidurals are awesome. Kick him in the bits and ask if he enjoyed his authentic experience.

I have a middle-grade book about kids with sort-of super powers coming out this fall and I snuck it in.

When I was pregnant with my second child I kept the pregnancy completely off of social media; first because there were people I wanted to tell in person, then to avoid causing pain to friends who were having a difficult time conceiving, and then finally as a social experiment. Friends and family who we interacted with…

The other day my dad told me that he had figured out how to send an outgoing email from his phone so that he could send an electronic message to the editors at the NYTimes.

That movie hurt me. I still feel it.

Hooray! Liverwurst sandwiches for everybody!

Eeeeeewwww.

Ah cha cha.

Isn’t a utuerus gate a vagina?

You'll do great and so will they.

I tell you, it was magic. Pretty much everyone was telling us that we were going to have to either get rid of our cat or keep her locked in the basement (she was truly crazy, even for a cat). But when my daughter was 18 months old she would toddle up to the sleeping kitty and whack her with toy drumsticks. She’d…

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WHUT HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE

It is REAL. All they do is drive and cook and eat and bicker pleasantly while slowly getting drunk.

Only if once we catch them we can immediately put them on a Japanese-style gameshow.

The show where Mario Batali, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Bittman, and a Spanish actress all drive around Spain together eating great food, getting solidly drunk, and picking up Michael Stipe on the side of the road. Just incredibly pleasant television.

My friend Kate once told me, “I used to lead a life of quiet desperation, until I got loud and then my migraines went away.” She was an amazing old broad, and when she died her wake was fantastic.

Already pledged. Just waiting on the advanced reading copies. I won’t make the February 1st deadline (we’re still polishing up the cover design). One reason that THE MIGHTY ODDS has a black female protagonist is that I wanted to write a book in which the girls of my city (Philadelphia) could see themselves.

Off-duty Santa DOES NOT APPROVE.

Oh my god, Counting By 7s is SO GOOD.