To say that I was an awkward middle-schooler would be to say that grass is green.  Or Obama is the Messiah.  Or half of my teeth need fillings.  There were so many things wrong with me that I might actually have been considered “cute.”  In an unfortunate kind of way, of course.   My parents always did [...]

I was thinking that we would touch the subject of commitments and fears and all sorts of deep rooted feelings that surface on a late saturday night.  Sound fun?  Ok, let’s get right to it:  I have serious problems with committment.  Hmm.  Well, I know I just said I was going to talk about that but [...]

The problem with me is I had a great childhood. This is a bittersweet  fact of my life, as now I have nothing to blame my issues on.  My mom wasn’t a career obsessed, impossible to please crazypants, who tried to force me into childhood beauty pageants and acting classes so that she could live [...]

Christmas is cancelled.  So my mom called me the other night and told me that my brother is calling a family meeting.  Immediately, I knew what it would be about.  He was trying to cancel Christmas again.   He does this every year when he realizes that he bought so many speed boats and BMW’s and [...]

My entrepreneural spirit and business savvy disposition began at an extremely young age.  Younger than most.  I remember waking up at 5 am., walking over to my neighbor’s  house, and telling him that he needed to get his butt in gear and come help me make the cranberry juice.  (neither of our moms ever had [...]