MUST READ AND PLEASE PASS ON! MIssouri Rep. Todd Akin told a MIssouri TV reporter “If it’s legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,” in regards to a rape victim becoming preganant. That’s odd, because the Center for Disease Control reported more than 32,000 pregnancies a year are [...]
Yoga has saved my life before. I had just concluded my third bout with cancer-- melanoma once, ovarian twice. I had just had yet another surgery and finished six months of chemotherapy, when I decided I needed to get out the big guns and throw everything I had in my power at this disease. That meant [...]
I sat down to write my review of the most anticipated movie of the summer, when news of people gunned down at a midnight screening of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES in Aurora, Colorado --15 miles from Columbine-- hit me like a shot. My daughter was at just such a screening last night, and the thought [...]
Most enlightening. Wonder what Aaron Sorkin has to say about it. Wonder how many of his catch phrases will make it into his new HBO drama " THE NEWSROOM."
Come to the 30th ANNIVERSARY ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS: MONDAY MAY 21st 7-9 PM Paramount Center, Boston!! Tony award-winning Broadway legend TOMMY TUNE will PERFORM and Receive Lifetime Achievement Award! KATE SNODGRASS will Receive Prize for Sustained Excellence! See all your favorite actors and productions honored by the BOSTON THEATER CRITICS ASSOCIATION this Monday night!! I [...]
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND'S ‘WRECKING BALL’ WORLD TOUR CONTINUES IN US AND CANADA TOUR TO HIT BOSTON’S HISTORIC FENWAY PARK ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE SATURDAY, MAY 19 AT 10:00 AM Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band made history on September 6, 2003 when they headlined [...]
WIN the ultimate HUMAN NATURE prize package! The Motown inspired group will be live in concert on May 4th at The Orpheum Theatre in Boston. Enter for your chance to win two tickets to the show, as well as sound check access before the show and the chance to meet the cast of HUMAN NATURE! [...]
Waiting for Chemo? Check out the Andy Warhol and over 500 pieces of art on the walls of Boston's Dana Farber Cancer Institute! I had my own chemotherapy at the Dana over 20 years ago. Not only have the therapies greatly improved over all that time, saving more lives than ever before--but so has the [...]
MAD MEN lovers--gotta love this!
One of my oldest and dearest friends from high school-- Brigid Smith-- is a brilliant writer and wrote the following in honor of today's special date! "It's Pi Day! 3/14/2012 12:00:00 PM Every year on March 14 we pause to celebrate pi, the irrational number commonly abbreviated to 3.14. Some enthusiasts go so far as [...]
