Exploiting My Baby : A Blog by Teresa Strasser

Books, like babies, are hard to deliver. They can tear you apart on the way out. I finished the first draft of my book this week. The baby, well, that rough draft will be on my hard-drive for years to come. I hope Buster will be compelling, rich and hard to put down, but if [...]

When I first found out I was having a boy, there were the stages of grief. You know, shock, denial, numbness, staring paralyzed, mouth slightly agape, at all the racks of cute girlie shit in the baby store until the clerk probably thought I was having a mild stroke. Now, that has all gone away. [...]

  Yesterday, I did Adam Carolla’s podcast with Bryan Bishop, who fans know as Bald Bryan. It’s not as bad as it sounds, but few things sound worse than “inoperable brain tumor,” which is what Bryan has. He just found out a couple of weeks ago, and is now getting radiation and chemotherapy.  I’ve known [...]