As crazy as the world has been, and continues to be, I personally went through a very strange and life-changing 2010. I have become a woman. No, that's not it -- but it felt freeing just to read that in print.

More than a year ago I was in Ukraine...

Thanksgiving is a time of family. A time of reflection. A time of giving. And a time of stuffing. It is a time when a man or woman, sometimes a slightly intoxicated man or woman, crams their butter-coated hand into a turkey's butt. If this act were to be done...

I come from a family with major mortality issues. Every couple years someone in the family died. My dad taught me to appreciate the moment more...one of the last things he said to me was, "Don't go nuts like you always do when I'm outta here." He was a wise...