When I go a stretch without tweeting, I will occasionally get an email from my mom, checking in. I always find this amusing but also gratifying: Thanks to Twitter, I can keep in touch with my parents and let them in on what I’m doing in a way that even the regular phone calls of a doting daughter can’t do. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
Stuart Blumberg is suddenly an authority on the modern – or, dare we say, post-modern – family, thanks to the critically-acclaimed debut of his new film, ‘The Kids Are All Right.’ Rachel Sklar Read Quote
I don’t mind other guys seeing movies I want to see and then writing about them. That’s fine, especially when it’s the New Yorker’s Anthony Lane, because he knows this stuff pretty well. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
Myself, I really like the iPad mounted as a frame, with a happy slideshow cycling through. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
The Crumbling of America’ should be required viewing for local and national government, not to mention the local and national media who should be keeping their feet to the fire on guarding against disaster. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
I am attached to my Blackberry. Sometimes, when I’m holding it, my other hand goes to my pocket automatically in search of it. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
I love technology, and man, is it helpful. But it also means you’re always on. Always findable. Always available to ‘just take five minutes’ to answer an email, tweet a link for someone, check in quickly on FourSquare. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
To be honest, I’ve been a passionate advocate for the value of tech to help us connect to people in real and emotional ways – and stick up for myself when people say, ‘Sklar! Stop tweeting!’ Rachel Sklar Read Quote
Here’s the thing: ‘The Hurt Locker’ was an amazing, important film. But did I enjoy it? Of course not. It was very tough to watch and, while gripping, not exactly what you’d call a happy place. Rachel Sklar Read Quote