There is this TV ad that just has an incredible “ewwwwww” factor. It also makes me laugh too, but mostly it’s “ewwwwwww”. It’s the Downey Unstoppables ad featuring an older woman. First, I would like to say, every ad company (and the customer) should look at an ad without the sound on – because you…

There has been a lot of talk lately about the lack of diversity in most theater both on and off stage. It has led me to think back on my years in theater – in school, in community theater, and performing professionally with Bottom’s Up. The area in Michigan where I grew up was mostly…

I do better with routine. It helps control my depression, stress levels, and anxiety. And all of three of those are at DEFCON 2 lately. (You do know that DEFCON goes from 5 to 1, with 1 being the most severe, right?  Well, if you didn’t know, now you know.) That is why it’s important…

I don’t feel up for writing anything much today.  Sorry. But good news! Instead, I’m going to share with you a wonderful artist, Anna Saveleva Varella. She was educated in Moscow, getting a Master of Design and Art Criticism; and now lives in Cyprus. Her paintings just burst with color and the people portrayed are…

Growing up, I had three sets of cousins. I had my Uncle Jack (my dad’s brother) and Aunt Dorothy’s kids – John, Patty, and Murphy (MaryAnne – but everyone called her Murphy).  We’d get to see them whenever our Dad took us over to see them, or sometimes, when Aunt Dolly (Uncle Jack’s twin sister)…

If you guessed Kaiser – you got it in one! Holy Gribaldi. WTF is wrong with these people? I know we are in the middle of pandemic, but we’re about 6 months in now.  You’d think they’d have gotten their shit together by now. Okay. What I learned – You CANNOT get a face-to-face appointment…

I am an atheist. But that doesn’t stop me from loving religious music of varying types. It certainly doesn’t stop me from loving to get to sing with a really good church choir, especially one that is doing really good and interesting music. The Metropolitan Community Church of the Valley (MCCV) in Burbank, California had…

For a very long time we did not have Dunkin Donuts in our city. But a year or so ago, we finally got one. My husband is very familiar with Dunkin because he grew up in New Jersey; I am a little familiar from my summer in New Jersey taking care of my husband’s sister.…

I’ve written about this before, but I think it bears repeating from time to time. One of the banes of being fat is trying to find out what fucking size you wear. The best advice I can give you is – take your measurements (or even better have someone else do it for you) –…

When he was little, my (little) brother Chick could not (or would not) say cucumber. He pronounced it cumbugger. I must clarify – that is pronounced “cūm-bugger” not “cŭm-bugger” (which is, admittedly hilarious – but not, in this instance, accurate). It was funny (to me) then. It is still funny (to me) now. So if…