Entertainment

Behind the Scenes at the 2010 American Idol Finale

Note: This trip was sponsored by Ford, but all words are mine. Cross-posted at Mile High Mamas. Friends, if you look up the word surreal in the dictionary, you will see a photo of me, sitting in the American Idol finale audience. Because that's what…

Behind the Scenes of Cirque du Soleil KOOZA!

If you follow me on Twitter, you know that a bunch of the Mile High Mamas were invited to the premiere night of the new Cirque du Soleil show last week. Bryan and I have been to several Cirque shows, and I have to say…

Speed Racer trumps real life, I guess…

I am supposed to be continuing my "100 Things To Do Before I Die" posts (I only made it to 1-25 and 26-50) but honestly, I must be the laziest person on the planet because I am having the hardest time coming up with the…

My Lucky Rocketship Underpants

I spent a significant portion of my afternoon searching for examples of the Calvin & Hobbes cartoons where Calvin talks about his lucky rocketship underpants and how they make him more prepared and excited for his day. But apparently, there are zero examples of that…

Lyricists

I was driving into work this morning and the radio was playing "Miracle Drug" by U2. I have always loved that song, but I sat there and really listened to the lyrics for the first time. I was stuck yet again by how Bono is…

Harry Potter

Danielle will be so proud of me. Target had all of the Harry Potter books (except the very latest) on sale and in paperback so I scooped them up. Never read any of them before. I am hooked. Already almost done with Chamber of Secrets.…