I Wish I Had Thought of This!
In addition to a rash of people leaving presents and thank you cards on the doorsteps of fellow freecyclers, Leslie, a woman on my local freecycle group, has taken Christmas spirit one step further: “Hope you all had a Merry Christmas. If you didn’t get all the chocolate you wanted in your stocking, I have [...]
Pablov
Today I ran into Helen, a really old friend who I haven’t seen in years, at Trader Joe’s. She tells me that Pablo, the five year old son of two of our mutual pals is fighting cancer. Which is just the worst news. My heart just breaks as she gives me the horrible details of [...]
Do Nice Gestures Make Up For Mean Thoughts?
I know I sound like a jerk when I say this, but Margaret is dumb. She’s that person who asks you for directions, but never writes them down, insisting that she’ll remember them and then calls you in a panic when she can’t find your house…even though she’s been there a dozen times. Maybe she’s [...]
Doing the Happy Dance of Schadenfreude
Today I heard the most delicious gossip. The Fat One, a producer who has been pure evil to me, cried every day on the set of his last movie. He just couldn’t take the pressure. I try and rid myself of the pleasure I feel in the small, petty little lump of coal that is [...]
Happy Holidays! You’re Fired.
My friend Elle called this morning to ask me for help on getting fired. No. Not on tips on how to get fired, but for advice on how to deal with the production company you’ve given five years of your life to when they decide, two weeks before the holidays, to downsize your entire department. [...]
The Producer As Future Decamillionaire
Thomas J. Stanley, the best selling author of The Millionaire Next Door was interviewed about what common traits decamillionaires (for those of you who didn’t grow up in the seventies and experience the metric system that means people with at least ten million dollars) have. The number one trait of really rich, self-made people? Integrity. [...]
Maureen 2: Electric Boogaloo
The son-in-law of my recently departed neighbor called me this morning. I have a ridiculously productive kiwi vine that has overtaken my front porch and he was calling for permission to pick some for himself. I was actually really happy that he called me about this. His mother-in-law, bless her, had been a crazy food [...]
