Comedian and Actor
Went home to Texas for a wedding last weekend. I’ve been married to my husband since 1992 & never showed him the house where I grew up. It was too embarrassing – a two-story half-built house, never finished, way out in the woods. But we […]
Last Saturday I had a small dinner party my house. We sat on the deck with friends, ate some steaks, and drank a few glasses of red wine as we laughed and contemplated the sunset. After dark, someone had the brilliant idea to drive to […]
I’m a failure as a corporate executive. Twenty-five years post MBA I’m no longer a VP, I have no department, I run nothing, and there is no one reporting to me. I can be difficult to work with – sarcastic, condescending and maybe even a […]
Most women do stand-up so we can talk for FIVE FREAKING MINUTES WITHOUT BEING INTERRUPTED.  On my  new favorite podcast, “The Jackie and Laurie Show,” Jackie Kashian and Laurie Kilmartin (two national touring headliners who are WOMEN MY AGE) talk about comedy for a whole […]
Today I visit my family in print, since that’s the only way they can stand me. Like the one person I’m related to who’s refused to be in the same room with me for over ten years. My Mom and my sister died and there […]
You can’t escape me and taxes. I got to play “death” in a recent short film. Here’s me as what awaits you after too much sex, drugs, rock & roll. It gave me a chance to think about what scares me: irrelevancy, infirmity, WRINKLES! CHICKEN […]