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In Los Angeles, the wristband is king.  Encircled with the right color, your wrist can get you into anything. Doors will magically open for you; frowning, burly men in black with earphones snaking into their ears will step aside and let you past the metal barricades, where smiling women in sensible skirts and clipboards will direct […]

All right, I told myself I wouldn’t be writing about too much family stuff… privacy issues, unfair to the kid, etc. etc…. but this just begs to be shared. The Sex Talk is upon us! Maybe we shouldn’t have been playing “FutureSex/Lovesounds”to Benjamin at age 6,  but at age 8 he’s got questions. Lots of […]

As you may have heard, I’ve written a novel. It’s called Liberace Under Venetian Skies. Ta Da! It feels like I’ve been working on it almost as long as Flight 815 has been stranded on that island with the polar bears. The book’s been revised, scrutinized, analyzed, and truth be told, I’m crazy-cakes about how […]

Tony Perkins.  James Dobson. Michelle Bachman. George Rekers. Congressman/Philanderer Mark Souder and his “Abstinence Video.” BP. That judge in Malawi. BEGONE! You have no power here. Today, you are NOT going to get to me. I’ve found something that, unbelievably, makes me happier than a James Bond sighting in a gay bar: Apparently, this was a birthday surprise […]

My Personal Arsenal of Procrastination Weapons Name: How Smart is Your Right Foot? Type: Useless, yet oddly fascinating, brain test. Origin: Forwarded on from, believe it or not, from my Zen Buddhist Abbot/teacher. My Roshi! Isn’t she supposed to be teaching me how to free my mind from distraction? Damage: Minimal. Takes barely a minute to […]

Way back in the day, when I was starting my acting career in Chicago (I’m talking waaaaay back, in the Dark Ages of pagers and dot matrix printers) I got sent out on one of my first commercial auditions, for Ace Hardware. You know, the place with the helpful hardware man? They were looking for […]

Well, not really. But I did get to spend quite a bit of time in her presence, attending a workshop she led in the morning and a talk she gave with Harvey Pekar as part of UCLA Live. What? You’re not sure who Alison Bechdel is? Have you heard of “Dykes to Watch Out For”? […]

I thought the very first post on my new blog would be about my novel, the trials and tribulations of getting an agent, my work on “Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness,” but no, this blog has been preempted by a Presidential address: I saw Barack Obama today! Doug and I attended a rally/fundraiser at […]