Kidless

Dear Vanessa: I hope you can make good use of the baby supplies. It’s a small collection we accumulated over the past few years, in anticipation of the big event. But then, things started to look a little different. Giving that stuff away to a 17-year-old mother-to-be with nothing but a growing support system was the right thing to do. ...

A wiener

Dear Fellow YMCA Members: Today marks the first day of my reign as champion of the Y. See, last month when I signed up for Fitlinxx and started tracking my progress and viewing my statistics on a compulsively regular basis, I jumped in halfway into October, so some of you managed to get in just that much more fitness than ...

Boo

Hey, kids! We’ve got two tons of the good candy, and High Life for the folks. Stop by if you’re in the neighborhood. Happy Halloween!Jenni Kaitie (my niece) rocks the satin flamingo suit.

Professional

Dear Kinkos: I took a big leap of faith tonight, and entrusted you with the most important thing I’ve ever done1. Please get them right. For the sake of the children. Thanks!Jenni 1 Today, at least.