Things I do

I direct my kids in trick shots 

1. I never buy wrapping paper. Instead, I buy plain brown packaging paper, wrap my gifts in them and have Kaylee or Coby "decorate." Sometimes, if I have a small-enough gift, I will wrap it up in a colourful page from an old magazine.

2. I watch too much tv. These days, it's reruns of old sitcoms like Frasier and Cheers.

3. My gifts to children, as well as to adults, are usually books.

4. I keep in touch with old employers on the theory that...you never know.

5. I take naps.

6. I can't go a day without opening all my email.

7. I sing to myself. Karaoke, acapella, in cabs, while working. You name it, I sing it.

8. I like to ask people what their average day is like, from the moment they get up to the moment that they go to sleep.

9. I spend a lot of time writing about how I never write.

10. I direct my kids in skits, videos and photographs.