kill me Lots of email from you guys. The advice has ranged from “Well, you probably won’t actually quit this time, but good for you for trying” to “Finally! You can do it! You rock!” to “Are you crazy, quitting at a time like this? Why do you hate yourself?” Also, I stopped crying long…

and dr. phil love Right now I’m watching Dr. Phil on Oprah. I love Dr. Phil Tuesdays so much. Dr. Phil just gets so annoyed with everyone’s problems and then he snaps at them and Oprah sasses around and the woman with the problem is always furious with Dr. Phil for not telling the husband…

until, you know, a couple of hours Okay. Wow. It’s very quiet in my house. It’s just me, and the two cats. This is amazing. Dammit. Someone just knocked on the door. A party-goer coming back to pick up his toothbrush and organizer that he left here. This is not my beautiful life. There were…

and great LA moments I almost crashed my car earlier today when I drove past a woman who looked so unusual that I couldn’t stop staring. She was wearing white wrapping around her head like she had the mumps, and on top of that she had a neon pink beret. She was wearing a black…

I’m grounded. Yesterday afternoon [scripty] RAY Miss Pam. PAMIE Yes, Ray? RAY You call this an entry? PAMIE No, I know. I’m still sick and I was busy all day. RAY This is not an entry, young lady. PAMIE It’s better than writing nothing. That way everyone knows I’m busy and not dead. I don’t…

checking in So, I’ve been sick for the past few days. I hardly moved at all on Saturday trying to heal. Some kind of sinus thing that I can’t seem to shake. I know why I can’t shake it, though. Aside from Saturday, I haven’t really been able to rest it. See, I had a…

Be Careful What You Wish For So, yeah. They say you should be careful what you wish for. Wow, is that ever true. About two weeks ago Eric had an audition for the role of his dreams. He’s always wanted to be on a touring show. This one was touring Europe for seven months, travelling…

silent night Tivo: April 2001 – April 2001 Clearly, I had been bragging too much. I was too happy with this machine. Maybe it was the four hours of videos I had asked it to tape in the middle of the night. Maybe it just hated Antiques Roadshow. It got confused trying to please both…

and a long line at the post office Well, I’m staring at an accomplishment. This week I’m doing three things I’ve never done before. First I wrote a teleplay. It’s for “Will and Grace.” It’s okay. Then yesterday I buckled down and wrote the “Sex and the City” that’s been in my head. I did…