Archive for February 2008

Breathe easy, the madness is over

February 24, 2008

All right, folks, the wait is over! Yes, while you’re staying up until 2 a.m. to hear who has won the Best Actor award this year, you can kill time by reading the Madlib YOU helped create!
What? You don’t want to have your name associated with this? Well, as the creator of this “brainchild” (quotes [...]

Don’t wait to read Waiting to Surface!

February 23, 2008

I recently had the good fortune of reading Waiting to Surface by Emily Listfield. Waiting to Surface is the story of Sarah, a born and bred New Yorker recently separated from her husband, a sculptor struggling with artistic inertia and alcoholism. The book opens with Sarah trying to adjust to life on her own as [...]

Reminder: Madlib madness…

February 22, 2008

Hey, don’t forget to help me finish the Not-So-Life-Changing Madlib and you may win a $25 gift certificate. I’ll close it out in all its editorial glory on Sunday, February 24. It’ll be better than the Oscars, so get your dictionaries and leave an entry!

And the winner of Trey Ellis’ Bedtime Stories is…

February 19, 2008

…the lovely and talented Writesome!
I’d like to thank all of the lovely and talented contestants for entering. You are all winners in my eyes!
Now, don’t give me that look. I can sense that you’re rolling your eyes, you know. Yeah, that means you, Lulu. (Just kidding!) :-)
(If I do any more of these I may give [...]

Be a Part of this Not-So-Life-Changing MadLib

February 18, 2008

Before I started a blog sometimes I would Google myself — you know, just to see what would come up. I’ve lived a sedate (translation: boring) kind of life, and my last name isn’t a common one, so I’m not sure what I thought I might find outside of embarrassing walking times for a 5k [...]

Still here, still thinking (well, no, not really)

February 17, 2008

Hey, the weekend got away from me, so I’ll be back this week with ANOTHER book review and give-away (p.s., you still have until tomorrow night to sign up for a chance to win Bedtime Stories), and a new random drawing. It may require you to think — or not. I don’t want to think [...]

And the winner of the Celebrity Loves drawing is…

February 13, 2008

Terry of Dating Advice (Almost) Daily!
Terry, not only have you won a lifetime of my admiration (which, frankly, you already had), YOU’VE WON A $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO AMAZON!!! (You can even use it to buy a DVD of the Batman TV series in honor of celeb love Adam West. I won’t tell.)
Ok, I’ll email [...]

Susan joins the podcast revolution

February 11, 2008

Guess what? I’ve been asked to participate in a podcast at Revolution Health tomorrow night!
The call will feature relationship coach Mira Kirshenbaum on the subject of Valentine’s Day… and the oodles of issues this holiday conjures up in the minds and hearts of singles and couples everywhere.
The podcast will be held tomorrow at 7 p.m. [...]

Do you like Bedtime Stories?

February 11, 2008

I do. And you can win a copy of Bedtime Stories, too. Read on!

I recently had the opportunity to read Bedtime Stories: Adventures in the Land of Single-Fatherhood by accomplished novelist and screenwriter Trey Ellis, now available online and in bookstores. In his memoir, Trey chronicles his glamorous — and not so glamorous — [...]

Celebrity Loves: Where are they now? (and a chance to win!)

February 5, 2008

You know, watching Rock of Love has made me a bit nostalgic these last few weeks. I mean kissing Bret Michaels after he’s swabbed his groupies’ mouths out with his tongue is about appealing to me as, I don’t know, say, my getting swabbed for a culture of the throat or vagina. Nonetheless, it’s made [...]