Regular readers of this blog, and anyone who’s known me for more than about five minutes, know that I am a bit of a wimp when it comes to anything remotely horror-related. In many ways, I’m fearless: I’ll jump out of a plane, drive in Manhattan, speak in front of large groups of strangers. But […]

I recently got a little promotion at work. Mostly, it’s a title change, because with the economy being what it is, a pay raise was out of the question. But I’m still excited about it, so I ordered new business cards with aplomb. Now, it’s rare that anyone asks for my business card. And because […]

After that fateful night a few weeks ago, we have watched “The Little Mermaid” every day. I was losing my mind a little and decided to try some other movies she might like. “Finding Nemo” wasn’t the slam dunk I thought it would be. “Monsters, Inc.” did nothing for her. We even tried “Snow White,” which she liked, but she would exclaim “This is scary!” about every two minutes while watching it.