by Pearl Klein | Apr 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
There’s an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in which Captain Picard gets a headache, and though he pooh-poohs it — “It’s just a headache” — Dr. Crusher points out what he should probably know, regardless of his lack of medical...
by Pearl Klein | Apr 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Pants are funny. Shirts are not funny. Noses are funny. So are ears. Mouths and eyes are not funny. Toes are funnier than fingers, as feet are funnier than hands. Smell is funny, taste can be funny, but sight, sound and touch are not funny. Falling is funny, throwing...
by Pearl Klein | Apr 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
When I was in The Vagina Monologues eight years ago, I met a lot of people who were really stretching themselves. They had found their edge in the material and in the idea of talking about vaginas in public. For me, it was more of an extension than a stretch. Yet I...
by Pearl Klein | Apr 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
The first 7-to-midnighter happened in the spring of 2001. I lay down on the couch with a book and 5 hours later woke up to go to bed. Not all my evening naps are exactly 7-to-midnighters. Sometimes I can make it to 9:30 or 10, even horizontal. I’ve gotten a...
by Pearl Klein | Apr 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
MR. WEINGLASS: Can you tell the Court and jury your present age? ABBIE HOFFMAN: My age is 33. I am a child of the 60s. MR. WEINGLASS: When were you born? ABBIE HOFFMAN: Psychologically, 1960. MR. SCHULTZ: Objection, if the Court please. I move to strike the answer....
by Pearl Klein | Apr 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
A friend said her son wanted to be a writer when he grew up, was a very good writer, yet didn’t do the things she thought a person who wanted to be a writer would do. He didn’t take classes or workshops in writing, he didn’t read books about writing, and he didn’t try...
