Archive for December, 2012
Thank You, Santa
Copyright © 2012 by Carol Green. All rights reserved.
Carol Green, the creator of Cultural Weekly's original comic series, Life After Birth, is a coach, writer, illustrator, veteran film publicist and wry observer living in Los Angeles.
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Okay, Einstein
by Rhonda Talbot
When I was eight-years-old, my young mother handed me a slip of paper with an Einstein quote, “He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.”
Why she gave this to me and not her other five children remains uncle More...
Humanitarians
by Ellaraine Lockie
Reading at the Little Joy
Daydreaming on a winter evening
in front of the host bar on Sunset Boulevard
I'm already lost in the drama
that waits with closed mouth
on the other side of the locked door
When two young men stop
and one asks How much
I say Oh, not much longer
Maybe ten minutes
He looks at his buddy whose eyebrows
squeeze t More...
Best Laid Plans
by Chiwan Choi
My editor/publisher is probably very annoyed about now because I’m turning in this piece so late. Excuse? None, really. I crashed. I just crashed on Monday. I ended up curling up in the dark with a bag of potato chips and watching episodes of the Battlestar Galactica reboot, Season 2.5. Fortunately, today (Wednesday) I feel better. Unfortunately, More...
Not So Nigh
Copyright © 2012 by Carol Green. All rights reserved.
Carol Green, the creator of Cultural Weekly's original comic series, Life After Birth, is a coach, writer, illustrator, veteran film publicist and wry observer living in Los Angeles.
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Raise the Roof
For 16 years, the folks at Rooftop Films have screened thousands of new, independently-produced films in amazing scenic spots all across New York City. What a great way to watch indie movies--in the great outdoors, with a bunch of friends.
But Rooftop Films can’t keep doing it without your help. They've launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise More...
John Hodgman’s Apocalypse Survival Guide
John Hodgman, author, actor and frequent Daily Show contributor, tells you how to survive the events of December 21, 2012 - the day the world ends, according to Mayan prophecy.
We're going to follow his instructions, so we're planning to see you all in 2013! More...
Dani Shay, ‘One’
Dani Shay, the soulful rocker who won our hearts earlier this year with her homemade video 'Girl or Boy,' just released her new single, 'One.' About this video, Dani writes, "We want to share with you the reasons we created this video, and would also love to hear how it made you feel. Our main goal was to share Love, and to open up a conversatio More...New Year’s Resolutions for Media Industries
by Adam Leipzig
We will work at the margins and the edges. Change never starts in the center, nor does it come from established players. Change starts at the outside and works inward. Then it becomes established and needs to change again.
We will stop thinking in terms of devices. A screen is a screen is a screen. We will start thinking in terms of transactio More...
