10 things I learned on maternity leave / February 2, 2014 by vanessa

There are "rules" about drinking while nursing and they are patently unfair. Have your friends order for you.

Totally, Rob. / June 19, 2012 by vanessa

I learned there that the funniest thing in the world is not a group of men, nor is it a group of women. It’s women and men working together. And if you want to make a collaborative, funny project, be it a sketch group, an improv show, a movie or a TV show, you better the fuck involve women and men together in your endeavor, or it simply won’t be all that it could be.

Adam Carolla, Statistician / June 19, 2012 by vanessa

Another day, another dude saying women aren't funny. Good one. This time, it's Adam Carolla, the guy behind his own podcast.

Scribbles / January 31, 2012 by vanessa

Today is the last day of my small stones exercise. As I typed that, I mistyped "scones" for "stones" and realized it'd been a lot harder if the exercise was to make scones for 31 days. As it stands, I only had to write. I made it 29 out of 31. Not bad, but I wish I would've made the whole. Here is my farewell haiku:

Scribbles on a page Turning into poetry Meaningful small stones

To be or not... / January 30, 2012 by vanessa

See this card? This card is the type of thing you get in place of a ticket for going to Sleep No More, an interactive-ish play, loosely based on Macbeth, if Macbeth were steampunk meets Eyes Wide Shut with way less nudity in a garish hotel. (And thank god, because the one chest shot I saw was just awkward.)