It’s not often, I think, that one could find a silver lining in something as tragic as a plane crash. But today, I reckon to do just that. For this story, we’re going back...
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Yes Sophia, there is a Santa Claus, and you know him. You might remember this story, because I told it years8 ago. But that was in the early days of A News Cafe, and only a...
And then there was that time we were shipwrecked in Alaska. This is a story I almost never tell, probably because it involves a little stupidity and poor planning, so even my own family...
We sat in a movie theater over the weekend, my husband and I, and cried as we watched an epic film about making music and finding your soul mate. It wasn’t A Star Is...
I’m probably going to hell for saying this out loud, but every time some high ranking Republican politician starts making threats about taking a federal axe to funding for public broadcasting, I get a...
A brush with death. A moment that might be your last. Have you ever had one of those times when you thought, this could be it? My last breath? Maybe it was a bad...
Step on up, ladies and gentlemen, you’re a VIP ticket holder to the amazing shit show! Once you’ve entered, you won’t be able to turn away from the mesmerizing tales of crap and woe...
Sometimes it feels like I just can’t catch a break. Remember just a few short weeks ago I mentioned that I hadn’t had a decent night’s sleep since April? Well, that’s still happening. And...
My favorite quote from the internet this week is, “If she said she threw the cheese, she threw the freakin’ cheese!” And I did. Right at a guy who was running for the door...
I’m one of the lucky ones, and oh, how I know it. In fact I think most of us – the lucky ones – are suffering from a little bit of survivor’s guilt. We’re...
