Last year Jon Stewart suggested that Twitter is too wordy and he prefers the new social media app “Grunter.” Meanwhile, in real life, newspapers have given way to blogs; the long-form has given way to punchy pith. The age of fast-food journalism is upon us.
The past few weeks have seen a surge in activity within the MS community as bloggers and forum posters call one another to action in response what many think is the breakthrough they’ve been waiting for. Source: Possible MS Breakthrough Neglected By American Media | Erika Milvy
What does a six-year-old girl understand about the tumultuous life of grown-ups? The new film, What Maisie Knew, asks that question. The movie is a gut-churning domestic drama about a turbulent divorce and its collateral damage. Source: Film Review, What Maisie Knew: Is the Kid
SF Chronicle Datebook Cover Story Rockin’ With Kids By Erika Milvy The value of mixing booze and babies was memorably extolled by San Francisco native Christie Mellor, who coined the term “The Three-Martini Playdate.” Her 2004 book mocks uber-moms and micromanaged childhoods and extols
This is a new essay I wrote for The Motherlode Blog in The New York Times. I’m totally surprised my daughter let me publish it!
A best-of DVD of “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist,” the understated, animated cult favorite that featured top comic guest stars, was released this month. Source: The Best of ‘Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist’ on DVD – The New York Times
“Why are men so stingy with their sperm?” I griped in passing to the guy next to me at the rehearsal dinner before a friend’s wedding. (They say seating arrangements at a wedding are critical, but this, I’m sure, was unprecedented.) Up to this point
The New York Post | Blue Man Group Long before they spawned a Vegas franchise, The Blue Man group opened in the East Village… Fasten your plastic smocks, its going to be a messy ride. Every oozing, jiggly, wet and squishy substance known
New York Times| It’s Not A Secret, But Still Exciting This was once of the first few articles about Ellen Degeneres and her TV character coming out. Although, back in the 90s, Times’ protocol did not abide by that term, hence their “declares herself a lesbian” phraseology.