Pictures tell the stories of our lives—as these do, starting with this one. Not everyone has a photograph to memorialize the moment a love story started. I do– because Mel Brooks was there when Howard and I met—and also came along on our first date a few hours later. We spent the whole […]
An unromantic proposal: spectacle or sentiment?
I know, I know. It’s barely past Valentine’s Day and love is still in the air. And I’m not against romance. I’m happily married. I believe in love at first sight and happily-ever-after fairy tales. I cry at sentimental stories, romantic comedies, and commercials. Those are all disclaimers to prove I’m not some bitter […]
How Heidi Klum can improve the health care system
…Because you might not realize that fashion can be bad for your health. Seriously. (Disclaimer: I have no stats or scientific studies to prove this. Just read this post and decide for yourself. ) The thing is, we’re living in a time of incredible progress; when the world changes in nano seconds. In hospitals, where […]
Miss Representation: When will women wise up and rise up?
It made me want to cry—or scream—-or both. That’s how I felt watching the trailer for the upcoming film Miss Representation—about the depiction of women in the media. (If you haven’t seen it yet, click and watch right this minute; then read the rest of this. ) Not hard to see why it strikes a […]
What's so funny about cancer?
Cancer. Funny. Two words I never thought I’d see–or use—in the same sentence. Yet there they are. On the movie marquee. On television. And at the top of the New York Times Sunday Style section—a feature piece called Laughing at the Big C. You’re not alone if this whole subject makes you squirm, not smile. […]
What Steve Jobs and the world need: another Steve Jobs
I don’t like taking part in the Steve Jobs “death watch” (as it’s being called). And I also don’t like dismissing the idea of a miracle. Yet you don’t need to have Jobs’ vision to see that his resignation signals his declining health. There’s sorrow among the stockholders and Macolytes (a word I picked up […]
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