I have a new neighbor who is Japanese and doesn't speak much English. She and I met at the bus stop in our neighborhood where our street...

From my house to yours, happy Halloween! The top four photos are our jack-o'-lanterns, photographed at night. Updated 10:14 p.m.: Photo...

I have a secret: I've just ended an affair, and I'm feeling blue. No, I've not been unfaithful to my husband. I just finished ed...

Here's an e-mail exchange between My Brother the IT Geek tm and one of his colleagues: From: Frances To: William [my brother] Subject: ...

I was snookered by the best yesterday. He’s short, as con artists go—only 3½ feet tall. He has dimples in each cheek, huge blue eyes you cou...

I've gotten used to the hammering , and now I'm seeing some progress in the exterior remodeling of my house. The construction crew h...

A while back ( here and here ), I promised to post a photo of the "Impeach Bush and Cheney Now!" flag that flies in front of my h...

Well, I've done my editorial good deed for the day, and I'm proud. I'm proofreading today rather than editing , an unusual situa...

Well, now, this will be interesting! The new siding for my house has arrived, and the contractor had a break in his schedule on another pro...

Keith Olbermann , host of MSNBC's Coundown with Keith Olbermann , continues to be one of the few voices in the mainstream media who say ...

Woohoo! I've just found out that I've been acknowledged in several medical journal articles because I did substantive editing! ...

Cornell University researchers have reported a study which they say indicates that there is a "statistically significant relationship...

Last month, my son Jared's kindergarten class celebrated his fifth birthday. I love my cutie. son Jared parenting child kindergarten...

The things I learn on the job ... Just found out about the Darwin Awards in the course of verifying their existence while copyediting a bo...

A discussion on one of the editing-related e-mail lists I subscribe to began with talk about how much and what kind of lighting freelance ed...

Yet another atrocity in Iraq: Oxford , England – A coroner ruled Friday that U.S. forces unlawfully killed a British television journalist i...

This ad cheers me up tremendously. Demand answers! Vote for change! Bush Iraq war Iran torture North Korea corruption Congress vote...

You'd think, because our kids are so spread out in age (5, almost 12, 23), that my husband and I would by now be immune to the catch-eve...

In the wake of the Foley sex scandal, Mark Morford reveals his chat with a "special" GOP friend: " My Secret IMs With 'Th...

... Grandma! I'm so excited! My daughter, Becky, who got married on my birthday in August, just called from her doctor's office to ...