I have a joke in my pilot that got passed on that I have to leave here because it’s as close to a quote unquote political joke as I’ll probably ever get. A Seattle based …
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Deck Pics
I already posted this on Instagram but I wouldn’t be a true Punstetter if I didn’t also lay these Deck Pics here. Is this even a Pun? Or is it just a lame joke? OR …
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Mom Brain
I read an ARTICLE! the other day (sometimes I read full articles) about new research regarding the actual science behind Mom brain. Where did I read it? When was it written? I don’t know. Who’s …
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30
Facebook just reminded me of this moment, 9 years ago. I was about to turn 30 or had just turned 30 so I grabbed my sheerest Forever 21 blouse and asked my friend Maggie to …
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Action Line
EXT. SHARED HOLLYWOOD OUTDOOR WORKSPACE. DAY. A WEATHERED HOLLYWOOD WRITER MOM sits at a table, shoving a salad into her face, desperately trying to eek out a few hours of work. A VERY PERKY AND …
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BREATHTAKING
I’ve seen fireworks over a glacier lagoon in Iceland, I’ve looked down on Machu Picchu from a summit above it, I’ve seen the jungle in Costa Rica and old churches in Prague and MANY MANY …
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Seasonal Fruit
Dear every restaurant ever, we are onto you. Regardless of the season, Seasonal Fruit means two blueberries, three raspberries, four wedges of pineapple, and 97 chunks of cantaloupe and honeydew. WHEN WILL YOU STOP WITH …
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movie making machine
Hollywood can feel like a Template Movie Making Machine, and I am proudly and ashamedly part of it. Sometimes I’ll see a headline in the news and I can see myself three years in the …
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Bekah Place of the Burning
Brunstetter comes from the German surname Brandstetter, which loosely means ‘place of the burning,’ because our ancestors cleared fields for crops with fire. I know this only because of my grandfather Richard Place of the …
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Away Message
Sorry I can’t respond to you right now. I’ve just realized that there will come a point in time when I’m not supposed to kiss his elbows, or smell his ears, or squeeze his thighs, …