So I have this affliction I’ve named Summer Insomnia. Every summer since 1990, I’ve gone as long as ten weeks with no sleep. It started with a migraine. I don’t really get migraines anymore, so…
My Favorite Tool
There are two types of people in this world: those who have the ability to assemble Ikea furniture and those who do not. Perhaps there are more than those two types, but there are –…
ask the industry «
Submit a question for an industry pro to answer. Question: Why is it so hard for an Indian male like me to get into the industry? Sometimes I feel they discriminate? Is it true? What…
Top 17.4 Ways to Piss Me Off
Why would I want to write an article about the things that piss me off? Aren’t I just arming the masses with the best ammo that way? Well, here’s my theory: this list already does…
Stuff You Can’t Get in LA
I’m not from Los Angeles. No one is. Well, Rose is, but she’s different. All of the tens of thousands of LA Natives are different. But they don’t count. There are all of these Transplant…
When Did I Get So Old?
I’m not sure when it happened. I can’t really pinpoint a particular moment of realizing, “Hmm, this feels harder to do than it did the last time I did it. I must be getting older.”…
Pop Culture Challenge
Once I was dining with some of my more literary friends and was interrupted by one of them. “Bonnie,” Dawn began, “you’ve made five TV references in the past ten minutes and, since I don’t…
Boys Are Dorks
Flirting is such a difficult thing. Actually, it’s quite simple, but the language is so easily misunderstood. It’s like you want to be sure you speak the same version of Flirtage and not some bastardized…
MOH, I Didn’t Even Know You Were an Acronym
On the 4th of March, I went from being Bonnie Gillespie to being Maid of Honor. My phone rang at 8am–and this was on a Sunday–so you know that hour is obscene. I let the…