The world's worst mommy blogger: "Little Harrison is here! I was going to post a photo but he's not looking his best yet. As soon as he burst out I thought, 'Oh great, Grandpa Wenmouth's nose.' That was my worst fear (Sandy also has Wenmouth's nose, and we like to tease her about it: Oh, Sandy, you'd be so pretty if you were more symmetrical! I hope you don't want to be an actress! It's hilarious, she'll love it when she's old enough to appreciate it), so every day I'm pushing it a little to the left and hoping that it sticks. When they're young their faces are so [...]

Everybody knows that musicals are among the easiest things to write and produce. The only things you need to create a successful musical are: the ability to make music out of nowhere, without cribbing from songs you've already heard; a flair for drama and a deep understanding of the human condition; and, lastly, a rhyming dictionary. Writing a brilliant musical should take anywhere from one to three hours, by my mathematical calculations. If it takes you longer than that, you've over-thought it. I've already written sixteen musicals, I'm just fine-tuning them and waiting until the world is ready to receive them before I let those babies fly. I have [...]