the screen actress tallulah bankhead once said- 'only nice girls keep a diary, bad girls just don't have the time'. maybe keeping an online journal will push me back to the nice side of motherhood and away from the meanmamma stuff. maybe i shall just start going by the name tallulah, it has a mean and oh-so-evil sound to it, kind of like ursula in the little mermaid. i haver a short list of names that i would use should i ever write a novel. i am drawn to freeway exits. on the way to ann arbor michigan there is an exit called lucky/haskins. lucky haskins sounds like a good guy in a western flick, doesn't it. there is also an exit ont he way to louisville that i like- but i can't recall it just now. maybe there is a connection between memory and overall meanness.....