Laura J. Axelrod

Author and playwright, filmmaker. Member of the Dramatists Guild. Tweets about GenX pop culture. Historical fiction writer. RT is not an endorsement.

[Rixlerr @rixlerr]

Gillian Anderson reveals that The X-Files creator spent nine years manipulating her dialogue into weird geometric shapes, banning all "widows" from her script pages

"Chris Carter came up to me who was directing the feature. He looked at my sides where my lines were, and he said, 'Look, no widows'"

"No widows on your little paragraphs that each character has. The word went all the way to the end with the period, so there wasn't, you didn't like end halfway through that line"

"So it was a perfect rectangle. So the dialogue was designed visually for nine years"

[Jeremy Barr @jeremymbarr]

if you're in line for the white house press sec job, STAY IN LINE

[ABC News @ABC]

More than a dozen kittens from a Minnesota rescue organization made an adorable field trip to SEA LIFE at Mall of America.

[TheBossRoss 🇪🇺 🧶 ❄ 📷 6x💉 @BettinaSRoss1]

There's a saying in Germany:

When there are 11 people at the table and one of them is a Nazi and 10 don't speak out, then there are 11 Nazis at the table.

I know life is never as easy and clearcut as this, as on a moral level. I just wanted to leave it here.

[Greg Richter 📷✒ @OwenTew]

C. Husal Utes, Idea Man, met St. Nicholas at the Cullman Christkindlmarkt and heard how he was the inspiration for Santa Claus.

Special thanks to John Drake as St. Nicholas
C. Husal Utes portrayed by Greg Richter
Produced by @LauraJAxelrod

© 2025 Pharaoh's Drawers Media

[Greg Richter 📷✒ @OwenTew]

C. Husal Utes, Victorian-era Idea Man, visits the Christkindlmarkt in the German-founded Cullman, Alabama.
Performed by Greg Richter
Produced by @LauraJAxelrod

[Laura J. Axelrod @LauraJAxelrod]

Damn.

https://t.co/cw2BdVJbSn

[Greg Richter 📷✒ @OwenTew]

C. Husal Utes, Idea Man, declares: #Stability is NOT a vice! I find the modern appetite for constant, frenetic change to be quite unsettling.

Written & performed by Greg Richter
Produced by @LauraJAxelrod
#ChangeIsGood #VictorianLife #SocialCommentary #Humor

[Greg Richter 📷✒ @OwenTew]

Hosts Greg Richter and @LauraJAxelrod ask: When is too early to decorate for Christmas, and have Halloween decorations gotten to gory?

Share your thoughts in the comments.

Listen on Spotify or wherever you get podcasts.

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[RetroNewsNow @RetroNewsNow]

📺NBC Primetime, November 9, 1974:

— On ‘Emergency!,’ a husband (portrayed by Mark Spitz) accidentally shoots his wife (played by Spitz’s real-life wife, Suzy)

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

53 years ago this month, Sesame Street debuted the iconic "I Can Remember. "

You ready?

"A loaf of bread, a container of milk and a stick of butter.”

"A loaf of bread, a container of milk and a stick of butter.”

[Greg Richter 📷✒ @OwenTew]

C. Husal Utes: Idea Man has had enough! The Victorian-era transplant delivers a blistering rant on how modern social media has divided us, turning "one nation, indivisible" into a nation "divisible by one." #VictorianHumor #ComedyReel #SocialCommentary w/ @LauraJAxelrod

[Greg Richter 📷✒ @OwenTew]

C. Husal Utes, Victorian-era Idea Man, ponders why we've given up well water for plastic bottles. w/ @LauraJAxelrod

[Greg Richter 📷✒ @OwenTew]

Available now at my merch store! https://t.co/v9coAI215P

[Greg Richter 📷✒ @OwenTew]

I’m officially offering writing and editing coaching for journalists, essayists & emerging storytellers. Whether you’re trying to publish your first freelance story, strengthen your prose, or build a sustainable writing career, I can help you get there. https://t.co/Y1WphxbgOp

[Greg Richter 📷✒ @OwenTew]

Did Ted Turner really plan to have CNN air “Nearer My God to Thee” if nuclear war broke out in the 1980s? 📷
Greg & @LauraJAxelrod connect apocalyptic thinking to cultural memory in this week’s podcast episode.
https://t.co/LNYVdATIDX

[Greg Richter 📷✒ @OwenTew]

Greg grew up evangelical in the U.S. South.
Laura grew up Catholic in New England.
Both grew up thinking about the end of the world.
In this week’s podcast, they share their stories + discuss why rapture predictions keep resurfacing.
@LauraJAxelrod
https://t.co/LNYVdATaOp

[Laura J. Axelrod @LauraJAxelrod]

Just after sunset at Litchfield Beach, SC #scwx

[Greg Richter 📷✒ @OwenTew]

Historic 1885 farmhouse + 48 acres + remoteness near a 90,000-pop micropolitan town. Just 1 hr from Birmingham & Huntsville. Perfect for tiny-house village or off-grid community. Heritage meets opportunity.