Researchers have found, repeatedly, that certain substances “light up” the same areas in the brains of their participants as drugs. The media then reports that our brains show that these substances are as “addictive” as drugs. Nope. Bad reporting.  No cookie for you. The part of the brain reacting is the pleasure or reward centers.…

My Aunt Dolly was such a special person. She was my Dad’s sister (her twin was my Uncle Jack). Aunt Dolly’s real name was Fanny. I am totally serious. Can you imagine doing that to your baby girl? I don’t know why she was called Dolly, but I sure as shit would have wanted to…

There is an ad for Hershey chocolate that is supposed to be heartwarming. It is about 94 year old Bob Williams of Long Grove, Illinois. Bob gives Hershey chocolate bars to people; and has been doing so for more than ten (10) years. He buys a box of Hershey’s chocolate bars every Saturday. He has…

Famously, two things don’t belong onstage – animals and children (and I add a third – directors). Personally, I prefer children to animals. Children are more easily trainable and (slightly) less easily distracted. I have had to work with children a number of times. I’ve played Miss Hannigan in 3 productions. I have played Mrs.…

Anybody else watch Daybreak on Netflix? I have to say, I really really liked it. I loved that they kept switching up the genre style for each episode. For those that haven’t seen it yet – it’s an after the apocalypse show, where only teens survive unchanged. So imagine if the whole world was high…

As a fat actor, I don’t like the concept of fat suits. You want a fat character? Hire a fat person. Everybody is always bitching about how many of us there are – surely, you can find a fat actor to play your fat character. Having said that, I myself had to wear a fat…

I love hugs. They are a goodness. I don’t know how not-fat people feel about fat hugs, but I know I love fat hugs. They envelop you with warmth and softness, but there is an inner strength there too. Like hugging a well padded tree. I am still struggling with learning to ask if hugs…

I am a fat old lady. I cannot (or am not willing) to put my body through the rigors I once enjoyed in my youth. But I have been in pain for 3 days now. You know what I did? I sat for 5 ½ hours. I had breakfast with a friend and it turned…

There is nothing quite like being onstage, in the middle of a scene/song, and suddenly from backstage, you hear a big crash of some sort. WTF? There is not a thing you can do about it. All you can do is wonder until you get offstage and can find out WTF is going on. I…

Sorry I disappeared. We were on vacation – at a place that had no internet and no cell service. Okay – we could have internet for an additional $50 for the week – with no guaranty what it would be like because the vendor was not through the place we were staying.  And my husband…