Yesterday was my first Mother’s Day, and it got me thinking about all the moms who’ve paved the way for me, teaching me important life lessons. I’m speaking, of course, of my pop culture moms, the women who helped raise me with their weary one-liners, picture-perfect meatloaves, and iconic hairdos. And I am forever grateful [...]
I have a history of some pretty nasty back issues. They started when I was rear-ended by a drunk driver seven months pregnant. My seat collapsed back and my car was totaled. No major physical damage to me, you know, except for two herniated discs, a sprained wrist and a sprained ankle. No worries, baby was [...]
I love medical shows. I am unnaturally attached to medical shows. It’s a sickness, really. I will watch a medical show to the end. Take E.R., for example. Set in Chicago, it was fast-paced, emotional, gruesome at times–and there were some great story lines. I loved it! Even when they jumped the shark, I was [...]
This is where I admit I am not the biggest sports fan. I mean, I like sports. I like watching sports. I just don’t have time to watch sports. In fact, I realized last night I hadn’t had the actual clicker (remote control for those of you not good at vocab) in my hand for [...]
No, you’re not writing a set for your local Chuckle Hut. This is an improv exercise for non-writers to come up with a short character piece; you know, for your SNL audition. You’ll try on a few characters’ skins to see which fits best. Sort of like Buffalo Bill from “Silence of the Lambs” but [...]
This is a serious confession people! Serious! So serious I should un-google-able myself because one day my daughter will read this and I will have to admit something horrible. I watch “The Secret Life of an American Teenager.” There, I said it. After all, I will soon have two teenagers and we are American. So [...]
My apartment is not wired for cable. I know what you’re thinking: How is it that you have access to a computer in 1862, Una, and are Abraham Lincoln’s acne scars really that visible in real life? But no, friends. I live in New York, what some would argue is one of the most plugged-in, [...]
There I was, minding my own business, catching up on episodes of “Food Revolution,” completely oblivious to the time, when my Hulu decided to give me a time out. This is the message that popped up on my screen: “Need a break? You’ve been watching for more than 3 hours.” Oh. You have got to [...]
You know there was a time before cable-ready TVs and remote controls, right? If you don’t…just how was it being born in the late 80s? And if you were born in the late 80s (or shit, even in the 90s) then think about your parents and their hard childhoods without cable or remote controls. Oh [...]
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