I used to work at The International House of Pancakes. It was a dream, and I made it happen.
Paula PoundstoneMy problem, I try to teach my kids to eat healthy food. But you get a cantaloupe, and you don't know when it's going to come of age. You have no idea - that period between when it's like, hard as a rock to when it's smushy inside, is about ten minutes.
Paula PoundstoneIt's funny that we think of libraries as quiet demure places where we are shushed by dusty, bun-balancing, bespectacled women. The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community. Librarians have stood up to the Patriot Act, sat down with noisy toddlers and reached out to illiterate adults. Libraries can never be shushed.
Paula PoundstoneI donโt believe for a second that weightlifting is a sport. They pick up a heavy thing and put it down again. To me, thatโs indecision.
Paula Poundstone