I'm extremely surprised by the news that Eddie Brill is no longer booking for Letterman. I'm surprised because I've never seen such a direct consequence for making derisive comments about women in this business.

Eddie Brill deserves credit for booking alternative comics and people of color (wel… Read full post »

I wrote the following for submission to a humor magazine. The only guidelines were to be "dark and absurd." 

Strangers often ask me how I became a fitness expert/ weight-loss expert/ reality television star/ best-selling author/ A-list blogger/ self-help guru/ regular religious-type guru/ mill… Read full post »

After the New York Times article about Eddie Brill, complete with his quote about female comics, I started this:

On a more serious note, upon reading the article and seeing the subsequent internet shitstorm, one of my dear friends in the New York comedy scene asked a group of… Read full post »

This is a re-print of Helen McLaughlin's biweekly column in the Bay Ridge Courier of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

I mean, honestly, can we get the cops around here to do something about a situation or not? Why do we pay them these crazy pentions if they can't even respond to a… Read full post »

I woke up today and read about this:

Krysten Ritter set for Title Role in ABC's "Don't Trust the Bitch" Comedy Pilot

Said title role being "the Bitch." And no, she's not voicing a talking dog. 

When Shatner scored the lead in similarly edgily-titled show, at least he was… Read full post »

So my old school district has recently decided to probably not ban the Humanities book, though there will possibly be more hearings on the topic.

I graduated from Plano East Senior High School in 1998. I took Humanities at Clark High School from 1994-1996. And I for one am… Read full post »

Two months from today, I will turn thirty, so naturally I’m trying to decide what to accomplish with the desperate dying gasps of my youth. This is difficult for a variety of reasons: two months isn’t actually very much time, as it turns out (remember September 28? done anything earth-sha… Read full post »

I know I know I know: Mamet parodies are done to death, especially when it comes to this gem. Still, given Alec Baldwin's recent gig narrating the National Geographic Channel's "Great Migrations" series, I just couldn't help myself. This piece was co-written by my husband the ecologist.

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The Minimalist: Ramen Noodles with Salty Packet Sauce 

Poll Suggests Majority of Baby Boomers Intend to Cheat Death Indefinitely

Well: How to Cheat Death Indefinitely: A Guide for Baby Boomers

36 Hours in the Gowanus Canal

David… Read full post »