Monthly Archives: January 2012

A novel idea: Lights. Camera. Action.

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

Next Saturday night, February 4, Lifetime Television will be premiering the movie version of my novel, “Secrets of Eden.” This is the third time that one of my books has become a made-for-TV movie, and people often ask me two … Continue reading →

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Not all rats are finks

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

My friend Lisa Goodyear-Prescott gets a wee bit uncomfortable around mice and rats. Actually, “wee bit uncomfortable” is a euphemism for “off-the-meter shrieking and off-the-charts, Freddy Krueger-is-in-the-house terror.” My sense is that even the Kia Party Rock gerbils give Lisa … Continue reading →

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For Ronnie Simonesen, all the world was a stage

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

Ronnie Simonsen was not the sort of actor who was ever going to wind up on the cover of a tabloid because he polished off one too many glasses of merlot at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood, and then punched … Continue reading →

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Why trolls see the glass as half-full

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

Last month, after an intense study of 200 young adults roughly 18 and 19 years old, researchers learned the following: Put a pretty girl in front of a guy for three minutes and he becomes a bonobo monkey. It doesn’t … Continue reading →

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A new year, a new leaf, a new app

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

Today is the day when we can all finally make a difference in this world. Today is the day when we can man up — and woman up — and decide we will be better people in 2012 than we … Continue reading →

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