A few days ago, Andrea Miller of The Huffington Post posted a “humorous” piece called How to Date an Indian (Advice for the Non-Indian). Full of such gems as “most Indians are innately gracious, social creatures” (What are we, gazelles?) and “one more big bonus when it comes to dating an Indian: communication with cabbies,”… Read More How to Write an Article (Advice for the HuffPo)
Two and a half hours away from New York City, in what’s touted as the “foothills” of the Catskill Mountains, is Callicoon, N.Y., and the 40-year-old Villa Roma resort. It’s all countryside—which amounts to farmland and familiarity for me, an Ohio girl through and through. But the Villa Roma resort itself stands out from its… Read More Curiosity, the Catskills and soaps!
So, I was thinking about hotness. It’s kind of an occupational hazard, when you work with people as effortlessly beautiful as soap stars. (Okay, there may be some effort involved, but I’m pretty sure the original canvas is still way better than that of the Average Jane like me.) Constantly bombarded by images of dazzling smiles… Read More Hotness is in the eye of the beholder…or is it?
A few weeks ago, my Soap Opera Weekly colleague Joe Diliberto and I began an Internet radio show, The WEEKLY in Review, at BlogTalkRadio.Com. And I’ve got to tell you, it’s not easy. Sure, anybody and their brother can sign up for an account (and probably has), but being comfortable and successful at it is… Read More Podcasting is hard, Barbie!
Why is there so much fear of the increasing diversity of America? Whether it’s Tea Party histrionics, sending a lesbian student and differently abled students to a fake prom, or just the constant hammering that we need to return to “core values” and “mainstream America,” it’s like there’s a circling of wagons. A panic that,… Read More America: to have and have not
Now that we live in the generation of YouTube, Twitter, cell phone cameras and instant access to photos and video footage, have we lost an essential bit of privacy? I tend to think so. I was pondering this during this past weekend at Gays of our Lives. And, no, not because anyone did anything scandalous. It… Read More I always feel like somebody’s watching me
Pop star Ricky Martin came out yesterday, confirming his sexual orientation for the first time. And the most prevalent reaction across the board has been a sarcastic gasp of, “Ricky Martin’s gay? I’m so shocked!” Sure, nobody was really surprised by this revelation. I had a twinge of, “Wait, this is news?” myself. But what I really… Read More Nobody wants to be lonely
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