Every year I watch the Westminster dog show and I think about making this. This year I did it. Here it is. Read more

Well, its Valentines Day, almost. I’ve actually had a few nice ones in a row since I am happily co-habitating with someone I genuinely like. But as usual for me this time of year,  I start thinking about the lack of reasonable romantic role models in the world at large.  My family didn’t provide one. And come on… don’t we all want to see  a functioning hopeful model? Read more

As if show business in general and television in particular wasn’t hard enough on women. there is an  obituary today in the NY Times about  the first woman  ever to direct a TV show. She looks like a lovely woman. She had a nice long life. But wasn’t it punishment enough for Frances that it had to come to an end? Did she really need to be further punished by having the word FEMCEE disinterred, even momentarily,  in her obituary?  SHEESH! Read more

Okay, I know it is The Superbowl on Sunday but I don’t watch any sports. There. I said it.  None. Nothing. And I am fortunate enough to now live with a man who shares my lack of interest. (In fact, just last night he said to me “Who is playing this year? The Monkeys versus The Coconuts?”)I also never enter contests. Never ever.  But for some insane reason last year, when I saw that there was a contest that was about winning a million dollars by making a Dorito commercial, I was moved to  try and win. I thought “I can’t be the worst person entering this contest. And maybe I will be one of the best!” And thus, in the throes of a delusional headwind,  did I make a theoretical Dorito commercial that would have aired on the Super Bowl broadcast last year  had I won a million dollars. Which I didn’t. Read more