Emily is a comedy writer who has been a part of TV shows such as "Joey" "Andy Barker, PI" and "Joan of Arcadia." She's currently at work on a fiction book and a screenplay and wishes LA was in NY and NY was in LA.

Blog Entries by Emily Bracken

Harley Riding Chin Hair

Posted September 9, 2009 | 03:31 PM (EST)


It's not something you'd notice from spitting distance, but if you look at me up close, you'd discover I have hair on my face. Not blond wisps. Not peach fuzz. I don't have anything that sounds like a chick drink sprouting from my chin. I wish I did. The species...

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Why Get Paid For A Job When You Can Work For Free?

Posted June 23, 2009 | 01:04 PM (EST)


Been laid off and still without work? Maybe you've been too picky pouring over mediabistro, hotjobs and linkedin opportunities that will never come to pass. But there are jobs to be had, just maybe not where you were looking. Just add "intern" or "free" to any search and you'll come...

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As A WASP And A Jew, What's A Girl To Do?

6 Comments | Posted June 12, 2009 | 03:05 AM (EST)


I was born a WASP and a Jew which means I'm both at the same time yet neither fully one nor the other. A cultural epicene. Complex, contradictory and conflicted, I carry with me all the baggage of someone who's had to ponder the existential question: If I had been...

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Asperger's Syndrome (AS) Or Typical Male Behavior (TMB)?

30 Comments | Posted May 28, 2009 | 07:01 PM (EST)


Asperger's Syndrome is a disorder that's been diagnosed relatively recently. Those with AS, according to doctors, have an inability to interact socially and lack of basic communication skills. Now, I don't mean to belittle those with Aspies-as it's known in the lay-community, but to me, these "symptoms" sound a lot...

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Tevye's Descendant to Sing "If I Were A Gay Man" on Broadway

3 Comments | Posted May 14, 2009 | 09:00 PM (EST)


We were given permission to publish "If I Were A Gay Man," a number from the musical, Spinster on the Roof, a Fiddler on the Roof spinoff. The show will be coming to Broadway soon and will probably star Bebe Neuwirth and Nathan Lane or Matthew Broderick if Nathan Lane...

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Who Is Pressing The Pressmen?

Posted March 29, 2009 | 08:52 PM (EST)


As self-appointed ombudsmen, the press once acted as the fourth branch of government acting as a check and balance system to those wielding influence and power. But in an age where everyone wants to rub shoulders with the elite, the rich and the (in)famous-even once immune journalists have come to...

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Date Hunting For Thirty-Somethings

Posted March 11, 2009 | 01:03 PM (EST)


You're over thirty and your friends of friends' circle has become concentrically smaller. What used to be a fun night out with single, horny, drunk twenty-somethings has turned into an evening of one glass of wine drinking, I can get sex whenever I want it, married thirty-somethings looking to get...

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Keeping Down With The Joneses: A Top Ten List

Posted February 25, 2009 | 01:10 PM (EST)


Ever since we punted the redcoats back to England, tea and crumpets in hand, kicking butt became a favorite American past time. We love to compete. And we love to win. But since our favorite sport, conspicuous consumption, has gone the way of the 8-track, Americans have been forced to...

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The NY/LA Dictionary

Posted February 16, 2009 | 04:47 PM (EST)


Is Los Angeles a constellation of plastic as New Yorkers maintain, or is New York a jungle of concrete as L.A. residents contend? Die-hard Gothamist Woody Allen talked loudly and carried a big pen when he answered this question famously opining that, "The only cultural advantage of living in Los...

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Style Guide for Global Warming

Posted February 12, 2009 | 12:02 AM (EST)


Dear Ms. Post:

Winter is the season in which I usually don a wool sweater in earth tones (and, if I'm feeling whimsical, I'll pair it with a magenta beret and/or boho-chic fingerless gloves!), but as it continues to be unusually warm, I've been staring into my closet twisting myself...

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12 Steps To Bush Recovery

Posted February 9, 2009 | 01:25 PM (EST)


Many of us come to W-Anon, a group dedicated to helping you get over the George W. Bush years, filled with despair and hopelessness. And many of us would not have voluntarily walked through the doors if we were not in some sort of crisis or pain that forced us...

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Haven't Recovered from the Bush Years? W-Anon Might Be for You

Posted February 3, 2009 | 09:09 AM (EST)


Living day in and day out with George W. Bush the past eight years has been an emotional roller coaster. Millions have been affected by his presidency and if you're seeking help, the following questions are designed to help you decide whether or not you need W-Anon:

-Did you ever...

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Weddings/Celebrations Announcement: Joseph Biden, Barack Obama

Posted January 28, 2009 | 09:23 AM (EST)


Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. and Barack Hussein Obama affirmed their partnership at the 56th Presidential Inauguration, a swearing-in ceremony that occurs on the West Side of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Reverend Rick Warren, a California evangelical megapastor, delivered the invocation while Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Stevens oversaw...

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