by Nancy Colasurdo | Apr 9, 2013 | Write Thinking
GAME PLAN: I’m happy to see President Obama apologized for commenting on California attorney general Kamala Harris’ good looks recently. Not because I was horrified or felt it made him a misogynist. I don’t think he is. But I do think he’s smart and evolved enough to...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Apr 4, 2013 | Write Thinking
GAME PLAN: I so love words and putting them together to share my thoughts with the world, but sometimes there is nothing like seeing someone else use their words to great effect. Director Gilles Bourdos has managed to articulate something I feel again and again and...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Apr 3, 2013 | Write Thinking
Dear Jim – I’ll be honest. Most of your comedy since the fabulous In Living Color hasn’t resonated with me much. I prefer your work done in skits. But events of this last week have put me squarely in the category of Jim Carrey fan. A fan of the man even more than the...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Mar 27, 2013 | Write Thinking
GAME PLAN: “The bottom line is, what does a player’s sexual preference have to do with her ability to play basketball?” I wrote that in a front-page Sunday sports column on December 15, 1991 while working for The Times of Trenton. It was about Penn State women’s...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Mar 25, 2013 | Write Thinking
GAME PLAN: I love Pink. I particularly love how the anger that sometimes comes through her music fuels my workouts when I’m in that place. In fact, I think my thighs are a little smaller because of this very real and very gritty entertainer. Perhaps it is because I...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Mar 21, 2013 | Write Thinking
GAME PLAN: First comes the shock, right? Bam. There’s change. Not change you initiated, but change that feels like it’s been foisted on you. I have come to learn for me that’s ultimately the best kind. Emphasis here on ultimately. It’s rarely clear immediately that...