What was the name of your gang? The Dudes?
The Dudes and the Imperials.
What did you guys do? Did you get in fights?
Yeah. Well, not the Dudes, but the Imperials, yeah.
Did you have jackets?
We did.
Did you cause all sorts of mischief?
It was more like West Side Story, not so…
Oh, so there was a lot of finger-snapping, singing and dancing?
Did it involve a dispute over the love of a lady?
…Not really.

Red Pen Mama has interviewed me for the Great Interview Experiment. As you may recall, I interviewed Tex in the City a few days back. Another blogger was supposed to interview me, but she disappeared and Red Pen Mama swooped in to take over. Head on over to her website to check out the interview and snoop around her archives.
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We left early yesterday to make sure Janie’s right to caucus would be upheld. Upon our arrival, they asked for our precinct number. This was my first caucus, so I was unprepared for this sudden need to know things. I told the volunteer that I didn’t know our precinct number and he pointed to a map and said we could find it there. I located our general area with the corresponding precinct number and told another volunteer who directed us to an abyss of caucus-goers who …

For the past two weeks Janie has been yelling “I demand my right to caucus!”
She doesn’t know what it means to caucus, but she thinks it sounds wicked-cool.
I figured that we should probably check it out since neither of us has ever been. So today at 1pm we’ll be a-caucusing. I’m going to go for Hilary because there’s just something about the way Obama holds his microphone that really puts a bee in my bonnet. His grip is too delicate – fingers only. I can’t respect …

It’s been about a year since Janie’s diagnosis with Celiac disease and though many things in our lives have changed, some have not, like the fact that Janie still is on me all the time, even after I threaten her with violent acts of singing Carpenter’s songs.
Janie lost about 40 pounds because of her dietary changes and in stark contrast, I have taken on the tough responsibility of eating carbohydrates for two, because someone has to enjoy those cupcakes and grilled cheese sandwiches.
About six months into her gluten-free life she …