By Scout, on November 10th, 2008
I really do find the best material when I’m supposed to be doing homework.
I found this website where Joan will be able to marry me off for a specified price. You and the rest of the family could take that dream vacation . . . → Read More: Marry Our Daughter!
By Scout, on October 20th, 2008
So my roommate, Ross Weiner (pronounced Wee-ner), decided it would be a good idea to dye my hair blonde. Sure!, I said.
I have not told my parents yet. Nor have I told Ross that I’m dying it back to brown. As I . . . → Read More: Doing Stupid Things
By joan, on October 16th, 2008

So much excitement at our house last night.  Eileen and I went to Hofstra University for the debate.
But unlike watching in your own home where you can gasp, shout, laugh, mock and throw things, audience members at Hofstra have to behave themselves. I decided . . . → Read More: Debate Multi-Tasking.
By Scout, on October 14th, 2008

So I’m sitting here in class, clearly not listening to the debate we’re having on stem cells. No one in my class if pro life, so it’s a very boring argument. Everyone feels the need to repeat one another. And I hate repetition.
Here’s . . . → Read More: If This Class is Pro-Choice, Then Don’t I Have the Choice Not to Listen?
By Scout, on October 8th, 2008
I realize that it has been too long since I’ve put anything up.
So, before Joan could post this herself, I decided to take the opportunity to beat her to it…
…And show off on her behalf.
Related posts Huff Post . . . → Read More: Joan Introduces Democratic Presidential Nominee Runner Up’s Husband, Who Happens to Have Been a President Himself
By joan, on April 22nd, 2008

I spent some time this weekend thinking about 81 year olds. Two of them in fact. My mother and the Pope. The Pope turned 81 just this week and my mom turns 81 in May. When I began drafting the piece, I thought it was going . . . → Read More: My mom and the Pope. Like peas in a pod.
By joan, on April 6th, 2008


Hey, this is Joan’s son Ben. I’m the kid who was in my mother’s last post, posing in front of a waterfall. You might have missed the waterfall because of my . . . → Read More: Have you ever wondered why I like Andy Rooney?
By joan, on March 25th, 2008

About two weeks ago, Scout wrote a piece about being stereotyped. She is an Obama supporter, diligently filled out her absentee ballot for the New Jersey primary and is taking the politics business seriously. Her post, Nobody Puts Baby, or Barack in the . . . → Read More: Huff Post readers weigh in on Scout’s post