I just got home from seeing Ira Glass. I'm all warm and fuzzy. Aside from being afraid that my uterus would explode all over the damn venue (thank you lady parts, once again, for your lovely influence on my life) it was a really wonderful evening. It was really amazing to hear that oh-so-familiar voice, coming from a man just 50 feet away. He joked ( Read more... )

I'm in the middle of listening to this week's this american life (no map) in which they tell a story about a couple who adopts a 3 year old girl from Samoa. Things go horribly wrong, but even at the beginning I was gasping. Even before anything went wrong ( Read more... )

"The story of how they met came to feel less and less important...now, they have a different story, which is the story of struggle and pain, passed through and fought through and overcome. And that's a story that you don't tell in public. Because no one ever asks 'how did you two stay together?' Everyone always asks 'how did you two meet ( Read more... )

This American Life rocks my world, every single week ( Read more... )