7 Sites You Should Be Wasting Time On Right Now

Scott Bateman, 05/16/12

Writer, animator

Adam Brown, 05/16/12

Blogger, "Fatherhood Is"

To date, I've held only a handful of jobs, but being the solitary caregiver for two four-month-olds was officially the hardest (and most satisfying) of them all.

John Blumenthal, 05/15/12

Novelist, 'Three and a Half Virgins"; screenwriter, 'Blue Streak'; curmudgeon

Before Election Day, ask yourselves this: Is Mitt Romney really the kind of dude you'd want peering over your shoulder while you stand in front of your Weber wondering why the burgers are sticking to the grill again?

Maryjane Fahey, 05/15/12

Co-author of 'Dumped', a breakup bible for women

My maternal instincts were outed yet again as I watched another episode of Girls. I know these girls. I am surrounded by them in real life. I want to save them all.

J.L. Sirisuk, 05/15/12

LA/NY/UK based writer

Re-watching The Bad News Bears, I was reminded of my tomboy roots, my need for adventure and laughter, and the importance of doing things with authenticity and humor.

Roy Zimmerman, 05/16/12

Singer-Songwriter-Satirist

Mitt Romney has encouraged young people to "take a risk," like he did back in prep school. "Take a shot, go for it," like he did. "Borrow money if you have to, start a business."

Flora Nicholas, 05/15/12

(Non) Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe winning writer, producer, director

He does after all have a lot of attributes that will appeal to Republican voters all over the country. He's white, male and middle aged, as well as white, male and middle aged, and actually white, male and middle aged.

Paul Greenberg, 05/15/12

Author; 'Four Fish' and 'Leaving Katya'

It may not be immediately apparent from my "page" but you will find out the next time you come into the office that I have shaved my beard and dropped 87 pounds. Furthermore I am ripped. Six-pack. Seriously. And also, no more "Dr. Weinblatt." You can call me Neil.

David Misch, 05/15/12

Writer

We don't like to be reminded of what we are underneath and nothing reminds us more thoroughly than being unable to suppress our animal urges, meaning every kind of -cation from defe- to forni-.

Mary Phillips-Sandy, 05/15/12

Editorial producer, Comedy Central's Indecision

Writing a 3,000-word feature on campaign spending is hard. Writing ten funny jokes about campaign spending is also hard. Some people are good at the former, some people are good at the latter and some people are good at both, but those people are unicorns.

Nick Kolakowski, 05/15/12

Editor and freelance writer

Not that you need to unleash your inner Conan the Barbarian to make a point about literature. But given how intellectuals inevitably harbor well-tended lists of likes and dislikes, not confessing a deep hatred of, say, John Milton's poetry will compel other learned types to view you with suspicion.

Millie Kerr, 05/15/12

Freelance Writer, Creator of milliekerr.com and expatguidelondon.com

It may not look pretty, but things runs smoothly within my little West Village office/abode. The main difficulty I encounter, besides paper jams I can't fix and money I can't seem to earn, stems from the sheer number of animals who've make their way to YouTube clips.

Paul Szep, 05/15/12

Two-time Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist

Peter McGraw and Joel Warner, 05/14/12

The Humor Code

How can you tell when a prank has gone too far and strayed into bullying territory? Are high jinks and teasing just a natural, innocuous part of life, or can poking fun at others do real, lasting harm?

Hulu.com, 05/14/12

Online video service

Will Ferrell's been gone from "SNL" for 10 years now. I don't know how we've kept it together since then, as Americans.

James Napoli, 05/14/12

Satirist

There are some things that were meant to be strictly between a man and a woman. Divorce is one of them.

Sybil Adelman Sage, 05/14/12

mosaic artist/writer

Many of us mothers with children under the age of 70 living at home are having trouble finding time to read; we're busy cutting our children's steaks and setting out their Lipitor.