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Has anyone added up all the newspaper column inches and network/cable news minutes/hours devoted to hyping a 90 minute debate?

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Wow, you guys certainly had a lot to say when I asked for your opinions on whether married couples should remain friends with their exes.

Join any largish group of moms for any length of time and inevitably, the subject of mommies on meds will eventually come up. According to the most recent survey I could find, eleven percent of American women are on anti-depressants- I imagine a large concentration of that percentage resides in the suburbs and gentrified areas of the larger cities.

Despite my 4-day-long meeting with a thousand women, I'm generally not the type of person who enjoys hanging out with more than a couple of girlfriends at a time.

Remember when I told you a little while ago that I had news about my Suburban Turmoil newspaper column? Well, today, my friends, I get to tell you all about it.

As some of you know, in 2006, I sent the editor of the alt-weekly Nashville Scene a link to my blog, which led to me writing a Suburban Turmoil newspaper column for the Scene and subsequently ou

I'll just confide to you that it's one of those days.

In February of last year, I went to visit my brother and sister-in-law in California. (Of course, I was really more interested in seeing my niece and nephew.)

It's hard to believe that I've gone from family of one to family of six in just five years. Now, going anywhere with the whole family is a major production and finding room for all of us, whether in a restaurant or a movie theater, is iffy at best.