Alec Brownstein is the co-author of the best selling comedy books 50 Relatives Worse Than Yours (Bloomsbury) and 50 Days Worse Than Yours (Bloomsbury). In the fall of 2005, he wrote and directed a short film entitled Trevor's in Heaven, which was an official selection of the Austin Film Festival and the New Filmmaker's Festival in New York and Los Angeles. When he's not paying out of his own pocket to make films or writing books with his friend and co-author Justin Racz, Alec works as an advertising copywriter in New York City. His work can be viewed at www.alecbrownstein.com

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Blog Entries by Alec Brownstein

Steroids: Baseball's Misunderstood Savior

1 Comments | Posted May 8, 2009 | 12:37 PM (EST)


Let's get off A-Rod's back. It's not his fault that his name lends itself way too easily to the hilarious "A-Roid." In fact, let's give all the steroid taking athletes a break. I'm talking about "Juicin'" Giambi, Manny "Roid-mirez," Barry "Captain McRoidsalot" Bonds, and all the rest. Critics may describe...

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Air Obamas

Posted October 31, 2008 | 01:06 PM (EST)


Barack Obama has already inspired high fashion on the runways of Milan. Now, New York City artist Jayson Atienza is bringing Obama style to the world of sneakers.

I'm sure Obama could use them when he's playing hoops, but I think they'd be a cool accessory for the...

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Canada Seems Nice

Posted October 29, 2008 | 06:20 PM (EST)


If McCain wins this election, I'm leaving the country. I know a lot of people are saying that, but I won't leave because I fear a McCain-Palin White House. Don't get me wrong, that would really, really suck. But I've survived eight years of Bush-Cheney, so I'm pretty sure that...

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Lady Liberty Wants You to Vote

Posted October 10, 2008 | 11:24 AM (EST)


You know that the race is heating up when the household night lights start discussing it. In this video, Lady Liberty discusses "The War," George W. Bush, and why you should vote this year.

Don't forget to add Lady Liberty as your friend on Facebook.

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I am Freaking the F--K Out

Posted October 2, 2008 | 06:22 PM (EST)


I am not a very political person. I mostly vote Democrat, but I'm not a psycho about it. If there's a good Republican out there, sure, I'll vote for him. I certainly have never been vocal about the political process before now. As you can see,...

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Lega-seeds

Posted May 4, 2007 | 01:02 PM (EST)


You're not Harvard material. Or maybe you are, but you just don't know it yet. Keep reading. Applications to Harvard have reached an all time high. This year, 22,955 students applied for undergraduate admission, and a mere 2,058 were accepted. Droves of high school valedictorians were turned away, as if...

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