If I could script my life the way I’ve penned my screenplays I’d live in a little bungalow somewhere on the west coast, right on the beach, anywhere between Del Mar and Carmel (I’m not picky). I’d be paid a boatload of money to write funny novels that big studios would then turn into blockbuster […]
Tag: divorce
My Perfect Date: SWM With a Strong Stomach and an Ironic Sense of Humor
Being divorced for almost a year now, I’ve been asked by more than one online dating website to try out their services for free and then document the resulting zany adventures on my blog. I’ve yet to take advantage of these anomalous, yet generous, offers. Not because I have an ethical standard that prohibits me […]
Being Cynical Never Felt So Good
Cynical. The word itself sounds so…clinical. Like it’s a quantifiable form of behavior, even though there’s no specific unit of measurement for it. You can’t say, for example, “Wow, that person is so cynically overweight, her cynicism must be all the way up to 300 lbs. She needs to cut back on Fox News or […]
Wedding Gifts Gone Wild
I just got invited to the wedding of a close friend that I’ve known since college. She’s also a comedian, in fact, we met in the comedy clubs of San Francisco, back when I was just starting out. Since she lives out-of-state I probably won’t go to her wedding. But just so people like me […]