Ralph Bellamy was a character actor, sometimes known for playing "the almost." The almost right guy. He’s the one viewers thought, even for a moment, our female protagonist might just fall for in the end. In his roles in The…
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five is the loveliest number
March 18, 2008
Without fail, I’m usually asked to describe myself in a word. A single word, as if that’s even possible. "Fine," they say, "describe yourself in five words." I need to roll up my sleeves and get this one down because…
the high road can feel kinda low
March 5, 2008
I have, in the spirit of fun (admittedly tinged with meanness), poked fun at myself and at the Oscars. At the sweet Tony Danza once, and the amazing Selma Hayek. I could say everyone does it, but then I’m back…
what crap advice
January 3, 2008
My finish this sentence post ought to have been, "Growing up, the advice I hated most from my mother was…"
But even I wouldn’t know how to finish the sentence. Mom didn’t give big advice. I never got heady wisdom…
finish this sentence
January 2, 2008
If I gained fifty pounds, I’d weigh more than……
come on, do it with me.
December 17, 2007
Finish this sentence: I’m as lazy as…
*Finish this sentence will now appear each and every Tuesday. Because I love it, and I’m lazy, and I might just use the best line in Moose (without even giving credit! Woo hoo!)…
at least I’m sleeping
May 25, 2007
I’ve never seen your mother, but I imagined her in a dream to be nothing like the woman I imagine she is when I’m awake. In my dream she’s young and artistic, long hair that falls in wisps and commas. …
no explanation necessary
May 2, 2007
In the bedroom of her Upper Least Side apartment, Parker Pryne opened the bottle of Prosecco she’d brought back from Positano the previous summer. She was saving it, refrigerated, for a special occasion, and when one never came, and while…










August 13, 2008
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