Archive for November, 2008

Meeting Hollywood’s Greatest bad Guy EVER

Current mood: ecstatic Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities Actor William Smith in his prime as “Falconetti” in the TV series “Rich Man, Poor Man” Actor William Smith with (L) his wife Joanne and (R) actress Linda Roberts photo by Ruth McKinney on Friday, November 28 On Friday, I had the distinct pleasure of meeting one of Hollywood’s [...]

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Black Friday

Current mood: bouncy Category: Fashion, Style, Shopping So another Thanksgiving is over and Black Friday begins…the day shop owners have been waiting for. The official Christmas crush has begun. I am spending Christmas in Hawaii with my entire family and my pal Tony’s family too, so I won’t be rushing out to buy a Christmas [...]

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It Isn’t Really a Party Unless There’s a Fight

Current mood: thankful It’s my turn to blog at The Many Shades of Life and Love today and this is my Thanksgiving Blog for them: As somebody who grew up in Australia, with no Halloween, no Thanksgiving, no Twinkies or Tootsie Rolls or M&Ms and tiny corner “milk bars” instead of massive supermarkets, moving to [...]

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A Buck For Your…er…Bang

Current mood: bouncy There are so few sure ways of making a buck these days but living 60% in Los Angeles, I have discovered an unpleasant truth. Selling relationship advice is the easiest way to lure in suckers…kind of like selling snake oil, only a lot less messy. Last night – why oh why can [...]

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Rebel Heart

Current mood: determined Category: News and Politics I know television is supposed to be entertainment, but as somebody involved in the story end of the business, I know first-hand that TV producers of crime shows are under constant pressure to come up with new technology for tracking the bad guys. So when Hemet, CA resident Mary Michaels, [...]

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Fruit Flies & Fag Hags

Current mood: blissful Category: Writing and Poetry                            Me and my gal Tamara! I swiped this from her Facebook! Thanks Tamara! xoxo Isn’t she a cutie pie?? This pic was taken last night at my first big book event and I was thrilled to drive up to A Different Light Bookstore and see the signs out [...]

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The Languages of Love

Current mood: amused Category: Romance and Relationships So my whole family congregated for dinner this week, an occurrence so rare that I was truly excited. It came from my father’s demand that all his children should be under one roof at least once before he dies. He’s 82, hovering at 83 and he sort of [...]

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Signs

Current mood: crushed Signs. Have you ever ignored ‘em? I don’t know what it is about us men but we and I know I am guilty of it particularly, but we like to ignore ‘em. I was once driving up to Haleakala volcano with a friend and the sign ahead, painted in yellow on an [...]

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Mr. Hollywood

Current mood: amused I had an experience yesterday that many writers dream of: Hollywood called me. I was sitting at home, minding my own business when my agent (who hasn’t called me in so long I thought she’d died) called me saying a major studio had a screenplay that was a “stiff.” It’s a Hawaiian [...]

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What I Saw at the Revolution

Current mood: hopeful I marched to City Hall in Los Angeles yesterday with countless others to protest the passage on November 4 of the anti-gay legislation bill, Proposition 8. At first we were a small group of friends and neighbors. We were there in peaceful, hopeful protest. We were there to say No on 8, or as we have [...]

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