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27th INSTALLMENT : 10/1/05

What Plastic Patio Furniture in my Living Room?
By Tiffany Zehnal
(TV writer, Veronica's Closet, Dag, That '80s Show.)

Lucky Lindy
By Laurel Ollstein
(Actress, writer, director, member of the acclaimed Actor's Gang; Performed around the country in her one-woman show about Dorothy Parker, Laughter, Hope and a Sock in the Eye.)

The Dragon Slayer
By Leigh Kilton-Smith
(Writer when she feels she has a good story to tell; Acting coach, The Good Girl, The Cooler, and The Constant Gardener.)

The Day the Sun Exploded
By Kelly Carlin-McCall
(Written for film (Devil in the Flesh) and television (The George Carlin Show); Wrote and performed one-woman show Driven to Distraction. )

SOTERIOPHOBIA: The Annual Birthday Revue
By Todd Levin
(Writer Salon, Glamour, Modern Humorist, McSweeney's, The Onion; Performer on Comedy Central's upcoming Premium Blend; Co-producer/host of NY reading series, How To Kick People.)

From Your Lips to God's Ears
By Elaine Soloway
(Writer, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Active Times Magazine, Today's Chicago Woman; Author of upcoming memoir The Division Street Princess.)

28th INSTALLMENT : 10/22/05

Name Dropper
By Ray Cochran
(Actor, Six Degrees of Separation on Broadway; Playwright, Endangered Species and It Always Happens On a Friday.)

Breathless
By Amy Friedman
(Author, books of essays Kick the Dog and Shoot the Cat and Nothing Sacred; Syndicated newspaper columnist Tell Me a Story; Teacher, "From Page to Stage.")

A-One and A-Two-A Macadamia Nuts
By Maxine Lapiduss
(TV writer/producer Dharma and Greg, Ellen, Roseanne, Home Improvement; Starred in Bravo's reality show Situation: Comedy)

Star Make-Lover
By Cecily Knobler
(Writer, actress and stand-up comic; commentator for A&E, E! and VH1; regular contributor for US Weekly.)

George Clooney Needs a Nap
By J.B. Rabin
(Essays have appeared in Seventeen, Clamor, Nerve.com, Natural Home & Garden, and The Portland Mercury.)

My Lesbian Love Letter from Prison (Or So I Thought)
By Jill Morley
(Wrote, produced and directed award-winning documentary STRIPPED, Contributing writer to The Village Voice, The New York Press, Penthouse.)