Year: 2005

  • Since Turning Thirty, I…

    –woke up with aches and pains. I do believe I said, “Ow, my back.” –forgot what I was going to say two words into the sentence. –publicly announced someone’s birthday as belated, when it hadn’t happened yet. –surfed online for a good, affordable Singer, and not the kind that come to my house and play…

  • Dan has just begun the pimpin’

    Dear friends, family, colleagues, and at least one of you who is reading this right now and asking, “…and you are?” Several readings, workshops, and presidential administrations after the fact, the Blau/Potochnik/Blau team is finally ready to unveil its latest theatrical sensation, Monica! The Musical. You should expect nothing less than the best in legitimate…

  • Do Something

    I am always proud of the good works you do. To celebrate, pamie.com gets a birthday present: the brand new Help section. Use it for inspiration, connections and change. Today: Steinbeck’s Library Crisis, Art, Walks, a Bi-Lingual library in need, and Schuyler.

  • The Curviest Number

    So, I’m thirty. Today. “Drew Barrymore just turned thirty,” stee says from across the breakfast table. He’s got that tone — hesitantly trying to cheer me up. That’s how many people have approached me over the past week. “Soo…” they start. “Someone has a birthday…?” Like they expect me to stop them in the middle…

  • Big news at Buffalo Bill’s

    Big news at Buffalo Bill’s house.

  • An Update

    [readermail] Dear Friends, I am leaving Wednesday for Africa and I wanted to send this email out to thank everyone for their amazing outpour of support. As of Friday, we have raised over $35,000 for the refugees in Chad and Darfur…most of that coming from small, personal donations. My letter was forwarded to over a…

  • Here’s how to help Schuyler

    Here’s how to help Schuyler get more words.

  • Currently reading: Suburban Safari: A

    Currently reading: Suburban Safari: A Year on the Lawn, by Hannah Holmes. Recently finished: The Memory of Running, by Ron McLarty Rebels on the Backlot : Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System, by Sharon Waxman The Power of One, by Bryce Courtenay The Effects of Light, by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore I’m…

  • testing…

    I started getting email again at 8:30 last night. I think the website’s DNS has resolved. I think everything is back to normal. (I think.) (Thanks, JD.)