There are certainly challenges as a single homeowner. Throw “female” into and you’ve got the makings of a “Lucy Episode.” (I can say that being female; you can‘t.) At times during one's homeownership, you have to call in “contractors” to do work you have no idea how to do or … [Read more...]

Attending Your High School Reunion Checklist: 12 months before: Restrict calories. Schedule more workouts. Start using wrinkle cream. 9 months before: Worry that weight isn’t coming off fast enough, and the wrinkles haven’t disappeared. 6 months before: Ditto. 3 months … [Read more...]

Spot Q went to the big fire hydrant in the sky today. She succumbs to the long battle of being a dog. Spot is preceded in death by every dog she knew. Mainly due to the fact she lived ten years beyond her life expectancy. In passing she is survived by her pack, alpha dog Carolyn, … [Read more...]

The paycheck I earned during my first few weeks in Hollywood wasn’t much — a small weekly stipend from Dick Clark Productions that barely covered my meager hot dog lunches. But I was proud nonetheless to be working “in the industry,” proud enough to skip the ATM and present it … [Read more...]

There’s a tragic cycle of parenting that carries from generation to generation that must be broken. It must stop with ours. It must stop now. I’m not talking about spanking, or free-will parenting, or planting your child in front of the tube to watch Sponge Bob while you sneak … [Read more...]