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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Rachel McAdams is one of those actresses who completely transforms her appearance for each character — a blonde snobstress in Mean Girls, a gamine WWII nurse in The Notebook, a grungy school teacher in The Family Stone, and most recently … Continue reading
2009 — what a peculiar year for fashion, eh? I’ve witnessed just as many epic FAILS as major WINS, and it’s my pleasure to catalog them for your perusal. I also have a few predictions for 2010 … if my … Continue reading
I have a BrainCrush on a website. Don’t judge me. Kickstarter is a space where folks can pledge financial support ($1 – $10,000) to “fund creative ideas and ambitious endeavors.” What kinds of ideas and endeavors, you inquire? How ’bout … Continue reading
Lately, I’ve been captivated by Season IV of LA Ink (inane shop manager Aubry Fisher notwithstanding). The tattoo artists on the show have the most incredible technique — their color tattoos shimmer like gems, and their black-and-white tats look like … Continue reading
Holy balls! My brother Ben Wendel has been nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award!!! Ben and his band Kneebody collaborated with the multi-talented Theo Bleckmann on Twelve Songs by Charles Ives, which the Grammy peeps named a contender for “Best … Continue reading
Tomorrow is my 25th birfday. I’ll be honest — I’m totally freaked the f*ck out. By 25, I thought I’d be madly in love with a wealthy older woman, possess perfectly clear skin that glowed like a moonbeam and have … Continue reading
When absolutely everything about your life sucks balls, do NOT — under any circumstances — make yourself a microwave cake in a cup and watch Gossip Girl in your man-sized sweatpants. It might seem like a splendid idea, but in … Continue reading
I write a lot about lesbians (as Google will attest) but I’ve never blogged so much as a sentence about transgendered individuals. Indeed, I often forget entirely about the “T” in “GLBT” — to my deep embarrassment. The truth is, … Continue reading
While watching a recent episode of QI – in which Emma Thompson threatens to expose herself to Stephen Fry (again) — I realized that in addition to being witty, winsome and writerly, the lady is downright foxy. I’ve always enjoyed … Continue reading
I recently installed Google Analytics to track my website traffic — and in addition to discovering that I have readers in nineteen different countries (holla back, Croatia!) I gleaned some illuminating information about Google searches. And the Top 10 Google … Continue reading





