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January 01, 1990 - November 22, 2012 + Martini Shot
The Dell 
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110914the_dell
In movies and on television, when characters sit down to work on a computer–and even when one is just there, in the background–it's almost always...
Three Things
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110907three_things
I once knew someone who had two ways to say the word "because…." She would pronounce it one way…another way at other times… and I...
Bad Opportunity
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110831bad_opportunity
People who work in show business tend to be sort of perversely proud of how nutty it is. We like to think...it's more a case...
I Have a Guy
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110824i_have_a_guy
We've All Been There
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110810weve_all_been_there
I'm Thinking
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110803im_thinking
Not too long ago, I was trying to cast a television show, and we wanted to cast a certain actor who just wasn't doing television...
Out of the Office Message
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110727out_of_the_office_me
For two weeks in the summer, Hollywood empties out. This happens twice a year – the town also evacuates during the weeks around Christmas and...
Google Plus
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110720google_plus
I have a friend who has 13,487 Twitter followers, and the reason I know that is because he mentions it a lot. Like at lunch,...
Write What You Know
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110713write_what_you_know
Write what you know, is the advice writers often get. Which in Los Angeles, unfortunately, means a lot of scripts about private school tuition and...
In Person
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110706in_person
Do the Work for Free
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110629do_the_work_for_free
I was talking things over with some colleagues yesterday – we're all working together on a project, and we were trying to figure out what...
The Hobo
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110622the_hobo
Once, not too long ago, I went to a fancy store on a Saturday afternoon to buy a suit. Before I went to the store,...
No Substitutions
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110615no_substitutions
Around the corner from me in Venice Beach is a restaurant with an unpronounceable name. Or maybe it's only pronounceable if you're cool enough, and...
Break Up
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110608break_up
Just in Case
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110601just_in_case
An actor friend of mine once fired his agent for sending him out on too many auditions where he looked exactly like everyone else auditioning...
