This is my last post of 2011, so I thought I’d leave you with some random thoughts on reading, disguised as a how-to. Here’s how to read when you really don’t have time to read: 1. Cut something out. For me that one thing was ironically my “Dear Thursday” book report. I’ve found that it’s [...]

Throughout my L.A. years, I’ve gone on jags of trying to get up earlier. They’ve never stuck — until this year. I’m now out of bed by 6:30am every morning either exercising or doing work. And it was super simple to do. Here’s how I did it: 1. Find the right time. Originally I wanted [...]

Thanks, Gudrun, for sending me the below comic. Sadly, I wasn’t able to figure out who drew it, so that I could give proper credit. But I wanted to post it anyway, b/c it really captures the spirit of modern roller derby. I was an original L.A. Derby Doll — I mean original-original, answered the [...]

You know, I always think that our first vacation of the holiday season is going to be oh-so-lovely and relaxing. But in truth, it’s always a bit weird. For one thing, I generally start to miss you guys about one or two days before Thanksgiving break, then over the break itself it feels like great [...]

So you guys know I likes to mix it up, and I’m try to throw out a few hottie mm-bottie book reports from time to time. Well here are four romantica (romantica = explicit sex and language with a traditional HEA) novels guaranteed to steam up your e-reader. THE SWEET SPOT by Kimberly Kaye Terry [...]

I really did not have high hopes for this ABC sitcom, which follows the rather problematic and popular-this-season theme, of men not being manly enough these days. I’ve already given you my thoughts on LAST MAN STANDING (a bit better than expected) and HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN (even worse than expected), so let’s break [...]

So I never posted a review for HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN, and that was because it sucked. I mean, sucked to the point that I was happy there were no people of color in it, b/c I didn’t want them involved in this pile-up. Which is too bad, because it had a few people [...]

FINALLY, a couple of  shows I was looking somewhat forward to watching: NEW GIRL, starring elfin movie-star, Zooey Deschanel, Damon Wayans Jr. (from HAPPY ENDINGS), the other deputy from THE WALKING DEAD, and some random dude I’ve never heard of; and UNFORGETTABLE, a procedural about a cop with a photographic memory — which I’m down [...]

I was so disappointed with Fall TV 2010 that I complained about it clear into 2011. But maybe that was unfair, considering that I hadn’t given most of the new Fall TV season a chance. For all I knew a few of the cancelled shows that I never watched might have been the bee’s knees. [...]

I’ve talked a lot on this blog about how much I love my name. I love it so much so that I not only kept my last name when I got married, but I also continue to leave a trail of my initials everywhere I write. But this wasn’t always the case. When I was [...]