As for superpower: I wish I could eat a million pastries and not gain weight. I wish I were Pastry Woman.

One cannot overstate the potential for hysteria on a movie set. Everyone always acts as if making the movie is as important as eradicating malaria.

Your basic extended family today includes your ex-husband or -wife, your ex's new mate, your new mate, possibly your new mate's ex and any new mate that your new mate's ex has acquired.

if you are a stepparent, rush right out and get yourself a dog. Because it's very nice to have someone in the house that loves you.

Someone will always tell you what you want to hear.

As for superpower: I wish I could eat a million pastries and not gain weight. I wish I were Pastry Woman.

As complicated as joint custody is, it allows the delicious contradiction of having children and maintaining the intimacy of life-before-kid s.