I just pitched a story to The New Republic.

Now we wait ...

I forgot to post this a while back. It didn't turn out as good as I hoped, but it was a fun interview. AND I get to go to the red-carpet opening. Huzzah!

Happy Fourth to all!

I'm interviewing Spike from "Top Chef" tomorrow at 9 a.m. What should I ask??? Any questions about Congress that come to mind are mucho appreciated. So far all I have is the rising cost of food, so I have to turn that into something witty.

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I wrote the cover story of today's RedEye. You can download the whole paper here; my story is on pages 16 and 17.

Or just check out the text-only version.

(And rest assured that the deleted word in paragraph 19 was not my doing. Although it is causing me to obsess. A lot.)

I'm too normal for my own good ( Read more... )

Another Starbucks customer, Doug Cayce, 35, of Libertyville, said he stayed up until 2:30 a.m. watching the game and the post-game coverage. He got up about 6:30 a.m. to help get his three kids ready for school ( Read more... )

My sudoku addiction has hit a new low: I made a page of blank sudoku grids, so when I mess up (yes, it does happen. I cannot be a sudoku dominatrix all the time.) I can recopy the numbers into a blank grid and start over.

I live a life of shame. In other news, equally nerdy but in a less useless realm, my boss has asked me to lead a session at a ( Read more... )

The dinner last night was fun and went well, I think. My breasts were kind of poking out of my dress, but that's an occupational hazard, I guess. I just tried not to let Bob Woodward see. That would be so embarrassing ( Read more... )

It's an exciting time to be a journalist in Washington ( Read more... )