In this week’s installment of Cut Your Crap, in an attempt to help get things moving for those folks feeling a pit constipated in their Spring Cleaning, I shared a few tips from Karen Kingston’s “Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui” one of which was to evict anything unfinished from your home. It’s the part of Spring Cleaning/Crap Cutting/Clutter clearing… Read more →
Month: March 2014
Anybody Got A Boat?
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Purgeday Thursday: Getting Started #CutYourCrap
I know, you guys. I know. Trying to get rid of 450 pieces of crap in 90 days can be really overwhelming. That’s why I’m here for you. That’s why we’re doing this together. That’s why I’m bringing in expert big guns and all kinds of smarter-than-me help in the coming weeks to support our efforts. [Including Andrea Rivers, an… Read more →
It’s Not Crazy to Question Vaccines, but Here’s Why I Choose To Vaccinate, and I Think You Should Too.
Me (center) advocating on Capitol Hill for Shot@Life, flanked by Legislative Aide to Senator Feinstein Megan Thompson (left), and author of The Thinking Person’s Guide To Autism Shannon Des Roches Rosa (right). [I haven’t had a chance to tell you guys yet about my recent trip to D.C., what brought me there, or how revelatory it was for me, but… Read more →
Insta-Update
My lady and I got our snuggles out. We here in Los Angeles don’t believe in “Spring”. I can’t. I just…I can’t even. “Mommy, want to see the funniest face I can make?” (She’s obsessed with all the big girl pajamas she got as hand-me-downs from her cousins.) Love will keep us together. We’ve got some DIYing going on up… Read more →
Color Psych ‘Em Out: How Your Nail Polish Can Help You Win Friends And Influence People
There is nothing that puts me in as good of a mood as this particular color of nail polish from OPI (My Paprika Is Hotter Than Yours is it’s official name, and you can buy it for $6.25 HERE). Okay sure, Dee and Scott can also do wonders for my attitude, but there’s something about looking down at this fierce, fiery, bright,… Read more →
It’s Purgeday Thursday AND The First Day Of Spring: Gird Your Loins and #CUTYOURCRAP
Exactly 365 days ago I had an idea. Summer is 90 days away. That’s 90 days to get your shit in order and your crap cut before the official season of relaxing begins. (And here’s my favorite graph if you need to be reminded that getting rid of stuff is scientifically proven to help you relax.) {via unconsumption) So, here’s… Read more →
Valley Artist Natalia Fabia’s Work Is Truly Truly Truly Outrageous
From time to time I meet people who read this blog and have no idea what The818 is. (Even more frequently I meet people who don’t read this blog and have no idea what The818 is, but I digress.) And then other times I meet people who are like “No way, The818.com? How was that even available? I would totally buy… Read more →
Enjoy.
In my high school theater class, our teacher rushed in one day and excitedly told us we had to see Boogie Nights as soon as possible. There was an actor in it, this guy Philip Seymour Hoffman (RIP), who despite having a relatively small supporting role, she felt had given one of the greatest, most committed performances she had ever… Read more →
Depression Is My Sister Wife
This morning, Dee woke up early and jumped in to our bed. “Can we play Daddy?” she asked, as Scott rolled over and squeezed his eyes shut tighter. “You know what, Baby?” I cooed in her ear, “Daddy needs a little more rest. Should we go play in the living room? Or watch a show in bed?” She gave me a… Read more →