Category Archives: Humor

‘Stache-Tastic!

I am. The Moustache. You thought I was gone - like that time after the War of 1812.  And that time after Studio 64.  And that time after Disco.  But for once your husband is right.  The Fuzzy Facial Caterpillar is renaissancing.  Upper-Lip Astroturf has never been so sexy as it is now. Your grandmother knows this. The firemen ...

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Advice To A Young Comedian Performing Stand-Up At the United Nations

1.  Make sure you perform after the General Assembly has their two-drink minimum, but before they reach drink six.  Hugo Chavez will start heckling you. 2.  Always open with an Angelina Jolie joke.  Her kids call her the High Commissioner For Refugees.  Flood victims cling to her lips for safety.  Something about her boobs.  Boob jokes ...

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Guesty Monday: Gonna Kill Him Will Slay You

My Guesty Mondays are almost over, but not before I present one of my favorite bloggers:  Erin, from  I'm Gonna Kill Him.  Hilarity and talented story-telling abound at her site, where she riffs on marriage and family.  And here's your belated Christmas gift: click

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The Feng Shui of Holiday Decorating

This was originally published last December.  Happy holidays, compadres!  May your days be merry and your nights not be ruled by the iron fist of 2-3 hour feedings. __________________ On the second day of Christmas, the holiday spirit vomited in my living room. Fortunately, the ancient Chinese art of feng shui was strictly adhered to and the positive flow ...

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Guesty Monday: Haikus From MENSA

Tonya, from her new blog Going To MENSA and formerly of Ad Hoc Mom and currently of advice-giving Mouthy Housewives fame, is awesome. And awesomely funny. And like me, she has a wild - I mean, wonderful - three-yr-old son. If you do ...

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Postpartum Postcard: The Great American Novel

True or False -  I have been busy writing which of the following books: *  Love In The Time Of Colic *  Tears Dry On Their Own (But Burp Cloths Work Well Too) *  Choose Your Own (Birth) Adventure - Subtitle: Baby Got VBAC *  Pump-In-Style DJ:  Rock Out To The Rhythmic Beat Of Your Breast Pump *  Pride & ...

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A Husband Defends The Band “Rush.”

More Pinot?  It's good right?  I got it on the top shelf at the grocery store.  No, not the second-to-top shelf.  Taste the berries. What?  That noise?  I put on a CD.  It's the best three-man band on the face of the Earth.  Rush.  You totally love them, remember?  When you say 'hate', I think what ...

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