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Beatrice

Beatrice

“Do not – I repeat – do not bring another dog into this house,” I commanded Karissa. “We barely have room enough for the one we’ve got.” Seriously. She and I were stuffed into a guest house that was no larger than 900 square feet, each of the four rooms (living room, bedroom, restroom, kitchen) [...]

Occupy the Crossroads

Occupy the Crossroads

I visited City Hall early on Monday morning to speak with Occupiers and conduct more interviews for my OccupyLA Speaks page. I apparently didn’t stay long enough. Later in the day, it was announced that the City of Los Angeles had offered the Occupiers a 10,000 square foot office space for $1/year, along with 100 [...]

Occupy: Who are the 99%?

Occupy: Who are the 99%?

“Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You don’t need to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know Einstein’s theory of relativity to serve. You don’t have [...]

Adapting Inside the Outside: Part 3

Adapting Inside the Outside: Part 3

voiceover noun: A piece of narration in a movie or broadcast, not accompanied by an image of the speaker. From Adaptation (Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman) ROBERT MCKEE …and God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That’s flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to [...]

Happy + Birthday = This

Happy + Birthday = This

Where does the time go? Before you know it, I’ll be sending Greg+You=This off to college, dancing at her wedding, defending myself against the claims that she’ll make in her tell-all book, Greggie Dearest. Hold on while I wipe away the single tear that is now streaming down my cheek. So… 1,377 unique visitors, 9,355 [...]

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