MORE ROAD RAGE! Okay I’m back at work again which means three hours round trip commute, which means three hours in my car in L.A. traffic, which means three hours of Road Rage!
I’m honored to be featured in a special WordPress Mother’s Day Feature on MomBlogs! Thanks WordPress and welcome new WordPress visitors! As Cheri wrote in her lovely post, I write about life with my three daughters, my aging and heightist…
(Post Featured on Freshly Pressed!) There is a single word in the English language that has the power to ruin my whole day. That word is Ma’am. I could be having a perfectly fine day – a great day even…
I’ve never understood how otherwise sensible people let themselves get carried away with cosmetic procedures. Can’t they see there’s a point where they start to look worse instead of better? I suppose they begin by wanting a minor fix and…
I know it’s a huge cultural taboo to criticize teachers, but they are not always perfect and I can’t keep quiet about this any longer. My beef is with the relentless assignment of outside projects. I am fine with kids…
I’m sure the millions of my website followers have been wondering why I haven’t posted anything lately. Well, sadly, people in the Hansen Brakeman family have been in some sort of sprint for the pearly gates. So our family has…
When my daughter started high school this year I made a vow to not be one of those parents – the type who micromanage every detail of their child’s life while on a perpetual quest to get them into “the”…
Hey, I was on the radio today, talking to the very kind Frank Carmichael and the gang at WLIP radio in Wisconsin, talking about everything from Girl Scout cookies to the Oscars! It was fun. Thanks for having me Frank!
I’m working in Century City this week, amongst the young and the lawyerly, so I’ve made a point to blend in by wearing my nicest slacks and my dry clean only blouses. At lunchtime I like to go over to…
It was a banner weekend – saw two entire movies – so lots of trailers to report on. First we saw We Bought A Zoo, a very nice film. Matt Damon and his on-screen daughter played by Maggie Elizabeth Jones…
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