An Homage to my Soul Mate - And how it Created The Longest Kiss in Cinema History! Making a film is like falling in love. The first burst of excitement and enthusiasm, the sweeping epic bubble you live in while you plan your lives (script), all that great sex in the beginning is like the shoot...View entire story

...Every Monday I decided to create a heart on Madalene's doorstep  so she would go out the door to work Monday morning and begin her week with a reminder  of how much I loved her. After seven dizzyingly romantic months together Madalene was diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer and she died four months later just eleven months after we met...

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A lot of people I know have never tried eating at a Taco Truck. It makes me wonder, do they question the quality? Do they hate to eat standing up? Is the term 'Roach Coach' lurking in the recesses of their mind? Where have they been? Street food is all the rage. Hellooo, don't they watch the food channels? Watch Video If I consistently see a big line of people waiting to buy a taco for under $2.00, I say go for it. I have to admit that they all taste very similar. When you really think about it, if you put onions, cilantro and a tasty salsa on anything it will taste good. What it came down to was... View entire story  

 

Dear Battleaxe,  

I go to Bikram Yoga and I always shower there because I sweat like a pig. Last time I was there, we were all naked and a woman looks over at another woman-who had a hairless...

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"I survived Baghdad to get cancer"? Mom says ironically as we drive to one of the many medical appointments. We do most of our talking in the car, driving to and from the doctors. Today it is with a Dr. Rossman, a hypnotherapist highly recommended for his work with people struggling with life threatening illnesses.We talk Baghdad where she grew up before fleeing to India. We want people to know about the long history of Iraqi Jews. And the beginning of the end of a three thousand year old history in Babylon...View entire story 

Last summer I drove down to Southern California from the Bay Area to take part in a beach party event and promote Epochalips. I grabbed my surfboard, picked up Monica Palacios in Venice beach and headed down the coast. See the video   Apparently, there was a last minute change in location and a mix up in communication. We got there early and set up our booth....View entire story

Not being an academic I rarely have the opportunity to use the word 'performative.' And it feels good.  It conveys the sense of taking a familiar idea to a higher level of significance.  With a word like 'sexuality' already fairly weighty in US culture you can only go to the head of the class by putting performative in front of it. But I really do have an idea here. Watching the Christina Aguilera/Cher film Burlesque was a delight.  Women's voices and bodies center stage in an odd combination of scandalous and old-fashioned.  I know some folks would 'tsk' at semi-clad women dancing...  View entire story