In late January, I reported that Phyllis Zimbler Miller’s (WG’80) novel Mrs. Lieutenant: A Sharon Gold Novel had been nominated as a semi-finalist for the first Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition. Phyllis’ story is a personal one based on her own experiences in 1970 as one of 4 women who came together when their husbands […]
This website just came out to support Elizabeth Banks’ (C’96) upcoming film out October 31, 2008. Seems like there’s going to be plenty of tricks this Halloween… Click here to watch Liz and Seth Rogen perform the not-safe-for-work-video, “I’m #*$!-ing Seth Rogen” More Website Wednesday posts here Sign up for the inside scoop from DuelingTampons […]
From Scott Shrake’s (GSAS’96) Huffington Post blog, to Rachel Goldberg’s (C’96) National Protrusion site, it seems like our alumni have much to say about today’s political climate. And now it’s time to add another humorous political site from our alumni to the mix: Al Bingham’s (C’92, Mask and Wig, Philomathean Socitey, Friars) The Purple Crayon. […]
In addition to singing well and being the creator of a popular improvised musical troupe, add “blogger” to Jonah Platt’s (C’08, Off the Beat Musical Director) list of achievements. Started in January of 2007, Jonah’s site Media Maven Musings offers trustworthy, humorous and Penn-educated (wink) opinions on all things tv/film/music related. The site has had […]
In light of the currently exciting political environment, for this week’s Website Wednesday series, I wanted to feature a new website from one of our alumni that covers politics …from a satirical level. Penn alum Rachel Goldberg and her husband just started the satirical news site called The National Protrusion. Per Rachel, it’s “a hilarious […]
In addition to my weekly Tuesday Tips and Now and Then Thursday series, I want to now introduce yet another series sure to be popular quickly: Website Wednesdays. (yes another illiteration associated with a day of the week). This series will cover the many, many websites developed by our undergrads and alumni. As you’ve noticed […]