I appeared again at the New York Downtown Clown Revue as the cleaning woman (Maintenance Staff) character I have been working on for the past several months. I got twice as many compliments on my work after the show as I did last month.  In answer to one, I responded “It’s coming along.” to which [...]

I had my reservations –was called out for ranting about her by friends–even–.  And yet, my fears–at least according to the New York Post– are completely founded!!! WTF?! Cathie Black, in a meeting at Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s office, jokingly made a clever response to parental concerns about public school overcrowding (mind you, these were [...]

I thought I knew what I was doing.  But, apparently I don’t. This morning was My Kid’s first soccer game of the winter season.  She got her uniform and everything.  We missed the first game last week because of the FLL tournament. I thought everything was fine… Until I started talking to the other soccer [...]

All I could do was try to see to it that My Kid got a good night’s sleep. All I could do was to offer protein snacks and water to My Kid. All I could do was sit and wait while My Kid was interviewed. All I can do is breathe.

I have developed a uniform which I wear when I visit schools to which I hope My Kid will be accepted with open arms. I wear black, white and neutral tones with the exception of the pop of color as advised by the skinny lady in the pencil skirt on the TLC show, What Not [...]

I was in six different shows between August and December my senior year of high school.  I didn’t have to apply to college because I was going to the University of Montana to which I would be automatically accepted as a graduate of a Montana high school. My 10-year-old daughter is applying to public middle [...]

There was reprieve, but only a short one.  The applications to the NYCDOE ranking the schools in the districts in which we were eligible to attend were due and turned in on Friday December 17.  There was relief, release, and a few rankling conversations bringing up doubts about the ordering of particular schools due to [...]

…we talked about what happened in Arizona and asked My Kid if they had talked about it at school and she said, “Yes”. She knew all about the girl who was at the event because she had just won a student government election and wanted to learn more about the political process. My Kid and [...]

Christina-Taylor Green and Sasha Obama are the same age. There was a lot going on in the life of Christina-Taylor Green.  She was at the Congress On Your Corner event to meet Representative Gabrielle Giffords and learn more about the political process because she had been elected to the student council of Mesa Verde elementary [...]

My Kid’s team got the Judges Award!   The reason given had something to do with the 2nd and 3rd graders who proved that they belonged there in that competition. Last year a second group of competitive “Lego Boys” graduated leaving my daughter as the most veteran member of the team.  It was intimidating.  The [...]