Walking to school: Joe: You know what (name of child bully redacted) said to me? He said he was going to beat me up. Me: Really? What did you say? Joe: I said I was …
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how to fight a Bully
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Notes
I dream I get a Note from a higher up: You must put your grandmother Roberta in this episode. I say to them, but my Grandma Roberta has been dead for many years, and they …
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First Look
Yesterday we announced our premiere date for Five Star Weekend (JULY 16!) and released our first look pictures, and the stars are stunning, and I’m still processing the fact that we have gotten to write …
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why to marry my husband
I remember reading an interview with this playwright I admired, years ago, when he was asked for any advice he had for young writers her said ‘step one: marry my wife.’ And I think about …
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you’re not good at basketball
The other night at dinner, sucking on an apple slice, Bobbie casually tapped into my biggest insecurities, laid bare my primal squishy center self, who is approx 10-13 years old and chubby and trying to …
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you can’t control it
Remember when, for ten years, I wrote on this blog everyday like it was my job, because sometimes it was? And then remember when I had children and decided to back off this commitment and …
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for someone who has everything
For the lady who has everything, including but not limited to: gainful employment, healthy children, a fridge full of leftovers, a peloton, counters full of homemade gingerbread, a loving husband who does not divorce her …
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how to cook a thanksgiving turkey
Joe is excited for the Thanksgiving feast, he says he wants to eat turkey. At Bobbie’s Montessori Friendsgiving potluck, he sits off to the side like a starving sailor, eating it with his hands. He …
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between friends
Actual found dialogue between two girl women friends who have gone wine tasting to celebrate 21 years of friendship. Where’d you get those pants? Where’d you get those bracelets? What was that story you told …
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good job
Waiting for studio notes on the first cut of my pilot, I spend the entire day baking. I make molasses cookies for my executives, a tray of blueberry pie bars for my editor, two loaves …