Politics, schmolitics- why can’t people just say everything clearly so government isn’t so hard to understand! And bring me a Mai Tai while you’re at it!
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I don’t know Aarti Sequoia, the latest winner of The Next Food Network Star, I almost know her. Her husband, Brendan McNamara, is in our web series “and Boris”; we have two scenes together where we both revel in the extreme evilness of our characters. I am friends with people who know her, but I have never actually met Aarti. Yet watching her journey, as she struggled with her own insecurities in pursuit of a lifelong dream, as someone I almost know was instrumental in helping me find the spine and determination to continue to pursue my own dreams. Not only is this a fun song- which is really is- but it also sums up a desire that I think most Americans have- to be rich, and live a fabulous life. Count me in! I’m not gonna deny it, I crave wealth, like most. I’m not afraid to admit it and sound shallow and […] July 26, 2010, at 4:31 pm — Blogs | Guest Blogs — homeless / Mitch Snyder / Poor / poverty / THEME: poverty / Washington D.C.
Exposure to a life you don’t want to live can teach you a little bit about yourself, and the world, if you let it happen. July 21, 2010, at 11:48 pm — Blogs | Guest Blogs — access hollywood / celebrity / cnn / current events / entertainment tonight / gossip / media / msnbc / news / perezhilton / tmz
If you think of the news as a cup of coffee, the untouched, robust mug of French Roast would be the real news, and the cream and sugar the celebrity drivel. Well, I think it’s time to go back to drinking black coffee. After all, who doesn’t want a little more hair on their chest? July 19, 2010, at 7:01 pm — Blogs | Guest Blogs — Army / Marines / military / Navy / news / ratings / reporting / THEME: the news
My relationship with the news over my life span has changed from ambivalence, to obsession, to frustration, to acceptance. Success can be big – like money and cars; or it can be small – like making sure you don’t say something stupid. July 13, 2010, at 4:07 pm — Blogs | Guest Blogs — career / failure / screenwriting / success / THEME: success / unemployment
Should we continue teaching kids that they can grow up to be whatever it is they set their mind to or should we be scaling back their delusions of grandeur and realistically preparing them for the inevitable bombshell that there can only be one Alex Rodriguez? June 29, 2010, at 4:30 pm — Blogs | Guest Blogs — ADD / artists / creativity / learning / THEME: creativity
Why is the “tortured artistic soul” valued higher than others who are creative in the way they do more mundane things? June 25, 2010, at 7:00 am — Blogs | Guest Blogs — Art / blockbusters / entertainment / film / hollywood / howard the duck / inception / independence day / jaws / jurassic park / Karate Kid / media / movie / Sex and The City / Shrek / splice / studios / summer / summer movies / THEME: creativity / titanic
As much as I’d like to blame the studios for catering to the lowest common denominator, it’s ultimately our fault that Hollywood keeps churning out the same recycled product year after year. |
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